60'-70's Vintage Oval Track Modifieds

Those of you who are looking for some more cool pictures, even late models stuff, there are two facebook accounts. One for Islip speedway, and one for Freeport speedway. Just spent many hours looking at some really cool pictures.

 

Richie Evans

 

more Evans

 

Ernie Bodreau

Ernie Faust at Hickory

Brasher at Talladega short track

 

Ernie Gahan

Ernie Reid

Ernie Marshall

 

Peter Milano - He does the surfing, so we don't have to!

 

Just got word, that Harold Page (Old School School Brush here on the HAMB) and a follower of this thread, is having some medical issues. Get well soon Harold!

 

thank rich hahaha

by the way send our best to the brush, he's in our prayers and thoughts.

 

R.I.P. Merle Spencer, youngest of the Spencer brothers -- founders of Spencer Speedway in Williamson, N.Y. He passed away March 4 at age 80.

 

Gerald Compton (Fred Smith photo)


Carl Nagel (Fred Smith photo)


Billy Blum ('66) (Fred Smith photo)


Dick Taylor (Fred Smith photo)

 

Some from the 70's

 

Evans

 

Don Howe

Ed Doty

Evans

 

Sentell



Ambrose and Wagner freeport

 

Anyone know who drove this car?? Photo taken at Utica-Rome, 1970 NewYorker race.

 

Amos Fanciulli at Shangri-La Speedway, Owego, NY. (Fred Smith photos)




Don Slack (Fred Smith photo)


Frank Myroncuk (Fred Smith photo)

 

A pic of my dad Danny Simkins at the famous Ascot Park in Gardena California. 1978. Ascot ruled.

FOr more historical photos on my site see teamsimkins.com

 

Flyin' Brian,
According to pic on pg. 236, that #52 is Wayne Johnson...a Southerner

 

Don Mosher (Fred Smith photo)


Larry Groover (Fred Smith photo)

 

All Fats Caruso

 

Fast Eddie Delmolino

Fats Caruso scary wreck

fats

 

Bob Park

Bob Park

Farquhar

 

Red Farmer

 

George Kent (Fred Smith photo)


Ernie Gahan (Fred Smith photo)

 

Yikes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Wes Moody; I always like this car.

 

Great looking old coupe. I still remember the Kenny Shoemaker Rene Charland wreck in turn 3 at Syracuse. I think Charland spun and Wes ran into the ass end of Kenny. Then all hell broke loose. Kenny was in the Kugler owned 24s Barrel Head Root Beer, I was semi-crewing on the car that week.

 

I helped Wes back then.We built that car in a barn shared with a horse up in Oswego county.We had an appointment in Springfield Mass. to get custom hedders built at Agawam Speed Shop.It had snowed and took two full days to get it out of the barn.We did sit on the front row of the Spring Sizzler that year.Later on that year Wes crashed it at Lancaster and tore down the starters stand which my boss Bruce Fleishman (from B&M Speed Shop)was in.It later ran as a dirt/asphalt car.It was a three window coupe when we cut it off of it's frame at the junkyard but Wes sat so far back we made it a five window out of it.

 

I was at that New Yorker 400. I don't remember that car or that driver; Wayne Johnson? There were a lot of Modifieds there. I do remember Lou Lazzaro that day. He was unbelievable, he won both 200 lappers.