60'-70's Vintage Oval Track Modifieds

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.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for posting.

 

thanks for the photo of your uncle. Let's get some more up of more racers!!!

Georgie Cousins

Jimmy Mott

Eastern States Pit



Plainville

 

Poncho Kennedy

Bart kent

Proulx plainville

Les Savarese

Puddin Swisher

 

Punky Caron





Saunders

Radford and Ray Hendrick

 

Rags Carter

Rags Carter

Ralph Brinkley

Ralph Earnhart

Ralph Hoetzler

 

My grandpa used to race oval tracks in the Missouri-Kansas-Oklahoma-Arkansas area. He also raced the MoKan Speedway around the same time. I can remember growing up almost every weekend at a different track or at the strip with him and my dad. I would give anything to be able to go back to my childhood and hang out with gramps.

 

this is such a sweet shot is that your pops or you when you were little???

 

2 Kenny's

 

Kenny Weld and Kenny Brightbill. Back in the day that was old technology vs. new technology.

 

cool cool!

Ralph Moody

Ralph Zullo

Randy LaJoie

Randy LaJoie

Randy LaJoie

 

Randy Saunders

Randy Saunders

Randy Saunders

Randy Saunders

Randy Saunders

 

Rapid Ray

Ray Hendrick

Ray Hendrick

Ray Brown

Ray Evernham

 

Ray Hendrick

Ray Hendrick

Ray Hendrick

Ray Mattern

Ray Miller

 

Thats my dad when he was a youngster. It's one of my favorite pictures too.

 

Hey Pete, do you mean sweet, as in cool; or do you mean sweet in the same manner in which a soccer mom states that something tugs at her heart strings?

 

cut it out sweety lol... com'n man you know it's all cool! now if it read "awwwwwwww that is such a sweet shot." then you could be worried! lol

 

The Flying 11 in the #1725 photo with the #300 is an earlier version of the car. It is a 36 Chev. instead of the more recognised 37 Chev. shown in the #1726 photo. My understanding is the 36 was owned by Ray.

 

Hey you 2, cut it out and get back to the racing!

 

ok ok........... PHOTOS!!!! Superbowl Sunday and Super racing photos or something of that nature or a lot of Ray Miller and Ray Hendrick today.

Ray Miller

Ray Miller

Ray Miller

Ray Miller

Ray Ackerley

 

Ray Cook

Ray Evernham Atlantic City NJ

Ray Hendrick

Ray Hendrick

Ray Hendrick

 

Ray Hendrick at Dover

Ray Hendrick home Richmond, Va

Ray Hendrick

Ray Jordan

Ray Kable

 

Ray Miller

Ray Miller

Ray Miller

Ray Neary

Ray Sharron

 

Heres a good link, I don't know if you know of it >
http://www.3widespicturevault.com/
cool pics.... I could remember the dirt tracks on the east coast
like it was yesteryear .....

 

Old tech vs. new tech and low buck vs. high buck. I'm sure some spent more than Weld cause he could build 'bout anything, but, win per dollar spent, I'd guess Brightbill would win that battle. If you look closely at the pic, Brightbill's car is built to load the left rear, heck big Kenny is even sittin' over the left rear. Kenny Weld was a great inovater in sprint, mods, anything he did.

 

on page 81: isn't that Jack Wilson the one they called "Whistling Wilson" at Lebanon Valley? That 6 cylinder really whistled!! Thanks for posting!! Neal

 

Ray Smith

Ray Smith

Ray Hendrick and Sonny Hutchinson Martinsville, Va



O'Kirk

 

This has to be the sharpest Super Modified EVER! Jim Shampine, notice where the engine sits behind him.

Red Byron, the driver name reads Red Vogt, anyone know anything about this photo? Nevermind, another photo shows the top of the door reads "Built by Red Vogt"

Red Byron and Ed Samples

Red Raynor

 

Red Bolduc and Leo Cleary

Red Byron

Red Farmer

Red O'Keefe

Red O'Keefe

 

any idea of where that shot of red farmer f-97 was from?

 

Looks like Martinsville.