60'-70's Vintage Oval Track Modifieds

Ormie OHara

title says "Oryn Maine Spins"

Sweet looking super mod.

Otto Graham

Otto Harwi

 

Charles Pierce

Jim Shampine

Jim Shampin in a unique super mod.

This is one my favorite photos, even though I never saw him run, I love this shot of both of his mods. Always sharp looking cars.

Pappy Potter

 

Pappy Hough

Parker, Joslin, Orlando

Pat Moon

Here's a unique one for you Rich, Paul McElearney one of the best wheelmen from Long Island, but he didn't do it a modified, he was an amazing street stock and late model driver! Used to run on rails around the track.

 

Paul Naperstek

Paul Radford

Paul Bolahash



Paul Flynn

 

Paul Flynn

Paul Jackson

Paul Miller

Paul Pettit

Paul Radford

 

Paul Radfrod the ferrum flash

Paul Radford

Paul Radford

Paul Susi 14, Pete Hamliton v8, usually Bill Slater, didn't know he raced the v8.

Paul Wellington

 

PeeWee Griffin

PeeWee Griffin

PeeWee Jones

PeeWee Jones

Pentax 200, classic man!

 

How about this one from the GNRS. Ran in a "outlaw" super modified class in the 50's & 60's with no engine limitation. It has a blown SBC.

 

I loved that pic of Paul Radford in the Clarence's Steak House coach. Great looking car!

 

Pepper Eastman

Peppy Fernandez

Peppy Fernandez

Perk Brown

Perk Brown

 

Perk Brown

Perk Brown

Perk Brown and Bobby Allison

Pete Brittain, still racing

Pete Hamilton

 

Pete Hamilton, sweet ride

Pete Peters

Pete Brokett

Pete Cobb

Pete Cordes

 

Pete Corey another sweet ride

Pete DesJardins

Pete DesJardins

Pete DesJardins

Pete Fragee

 

Is this where all the 454s went? I see lots of rats....Thanks, Mike

 

A little more Trenton...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAHeLtLaXOQ
watch in HD

 

Pete Hamilton

Pete Frazee

Pete Frazee

Pete Hamilton

Pete Hamilton

 

Pete Hamilton

Pete Hamilton

Pete Kantorsky

Pete Michiels

Pete Michiels

 

Pete Michiels and Red Raynor

Pete Pavone

Peter Fiandaca

Peter Schwarz

Peter Schwarz, thank God they got rid of the sand dunes in the turns at Thompson

 

Peter Chesson

Pete Zantorsky

Phil Gemenden, photo of the day

Phil Smith

Phil Smith

 

i'll post this here also,since BIR ran everything from indy cars to sprints,modifieds and late models. still gripes my butt how this went down.
http://blog.al.com/blogoftomorrow/2009/01/farewell_to_bir.html

 

Great thread! Wish I had something to contribute, but don't right at the moment. I'll have to go through the boxes of old photos the next time I visit my folks and scan a few of my great uncle Don MacLaren's race cars. Wish like hell I knew where any of them were today!

 

Hey Pete, your comment about Paul McElearney...He was the most under-rated of the Long Island drivers and could have wreaked havoc in the mods had he gotten a quality ride. He did a stellar job in the Outlaw late models wheeling the Resner 60X up in New England. Besides a great driver, his stories were the best. I used to 'bout bust a gut listening to him tell a story.

His brother Joel owned the Danny McNamara #98 mod, back in the 70's.

 

Your uncle is Don MacLaren, the super modified legend?

 

Not uncle, great uncle, but yes, my name is Ross MacLaren. My grandfather was Lloyd MacLaren, Don's brother. My father, Ricky (Lloyd's son and Don's nephew) worked at 5D's Welding in Tewksbury, MA, one of the extended family's businesses, back in the late 70's/early 80's at the tail end of Don's racing career.

 

The 76 on the car hauler, the owner was Pete Chesson. The driver was Stan Ploski. Picture from Flemington. That car was unique, such as helicopter clevis on the front inboard coil overs.

 

Cool ! Dig up the pics; I'm sure everyone would enjoy them.

 

I would! Funny how a lot of racers take so much serious but when you really get to know them, most of them are rip riot! They like the stone cold look, but inside they are just big kids! Gotta love it!

 

Fred Harbach was the best and threw the best pit parties. His saying was "Win or Lose - Fred's got the booze"

 

Wow George Meade, now you really did it. We want more! We want more! We want more.

In the meantime everyone, enjoy George's latest...

 

Here's the only picture of one of my great uncle Don MacLaren's race cars I seem to have on my computer. As stated in one of my previous posts, it bears the name of his welding shop, 5D's Welding, where my father worked with him for a while in the late 70's-early 80's. Hopefully I'll find more when I go visit my folks on Sunday and get to dig through their photographs.