History Historic Stock Car Photos

YABA DABA DOO on the ladies!!!!!!

 

Nice avatar, ModelCarMan! Looks like an old friend of mine. When they talk about his age, it make me feel REALLY old, because he was in his teens when he first ran with us in ASA.

 

Here's some of Mark Martin back in his ASA days....

 

"The ZERO HERO" Tom Jones with Joe Shear in the background.

 

"The Bluebird" Bob Sennecker

 

Hey guys,

Here's a photo of O'Hare Stadium stockcar action. The track closed and torn down in 1968, it still is a very much talked about racing venue even after all these years!



Enjoy,

Joel

 

Here's a few pics of Chicagoland favorite, Sal Tovella.

He ran all kinds of series from Late Models to USAC to Grand National stockcars. I've had the pleasure of meeting him recently and he's quite a gentleman. He tells some great stories and at 80 sum years old, still very spry.

First up, Sal's USAC Superbird. This car by the way, is going to be cloned and lettered by the original sign artist, Art Dexter and host of other Chicagoland lettering guys. This will happen at the Chicago Brushmasters charity art auction at the 2010 Chicago World of Wheels.



Another of Sal's USAC rides. '67 Dodge Charger, also lettered by Chicago great, Art Dexter!





Enjoy,

Joel

 

Love those Sal pics! I'm currently redoing my own '67 Charger (street, not race), and I always love the pics of them as stock cars.

 

Lakewood Speedway, WAY back in the day...

 

Thanks Indy Big John. Yeah I tried to get a job helping Mark back in the early 80s when he would come down here to Florida to race, but he didn't need anyone at the time. I always liked him, he's only two years older then me, and he was so dam good racing against all those guys older then him it impress the heck out of me.

 

"The Blue Knight" Tom Reffner
"The Black Knight" Johnny Boegeman
"The White Knight" Dick Trickle

All photos from http://homepages.gac.edu/~bmcclain/race.html

 

still got my 1977 ASA poster of the 3 drivers , got it at MN state fair cant rember who sponsored the guys??

so joe being you are from Wi whos the all knight?? all nite!!

used to have a ton of stock car magazines must have thrown them after quiting racing in 1988

 

They were sponsored by SuperAmerica gas stations.

You got me stumped on the all knight, all nite????

 

Keep 'm coming guys, I'm still in PA and enjoying the photos. Thanks for the Lakewood oldy, I will try to scan my photos from the last race held there. Buck Simmons won in the Jimmy's Speed Shop car. I have several.

 

Rusty at the Milwaukee Mile.

 

think the all nite was dick trickel?? Friar Grubba used to write for stock car racing or circle track, and wrote up the tales of woe and whatnot??eons ago brain cells dead by now

 

1980 USAC Stock Car champ Joe Ruttman in the pits at Springfield and in the turn at Milwaukee.

 

...some random Dick Trickle pics.

 

...various Alan Kulwicki pics.

 

All nite? Dick Trickle. A pretty good comparison. He told me once that breakfast was the break between the party and racing.