60'-70's Vintage Oval Track Modifieds

This is the second time I have seen a car with dual rears instead of a larger tire. Was there a supposed advantage to this setup, or maybe to get around some tire rule, or was it just cheaper to use the skinnies instead of a fat tire?

 

The duals were the step after single skinnies and before grooving drag slicks. We ran them at the same time/track in the early 60s.

 

Thanks, I hadn't thought of that possibility.

 

Thanks, John.

 

1967 photo taken at Lancaster (N.Y.) Speedway by Gordon Reinig.


No ID whatsoever (on the car or the negative's sleeve) but my friends whose fathers raced at Lancaster at that time tell me this is "Steve Mal." Seems Steve's last name was a long Polish one, so he shortened it to "Mal."

 

150-Larry Nye 47-Gordie Treichler V3-Gary Reddick


16-Dick Clark 17-Moose Hewitt 84-Larry Myronchuk 101-Gene Bergin


Pete Corey

 

71-Mitch Smith 7-Lee Osborne 6-"Irish" Jack Murphy 41-Leo Cleary 26-Don Diffendorf


78-Jim Shampine


8-Jim Tyler 12-Ed Ortiz

 

Nice stuff George.

 

Thanks Rich, but they're not mine! I found them on another great website...http://www.vsrnonline.com/GoodOldDays/RaceOfChampions/Langhorne-1970/Langhorne_1970.htm

 

92-Ed Mooney 380-Gary Winters


16-Dick Clark 17-Moose Hewitt 84-Frank Myronchuk 101-Gene Bergin 651-John Berkoski 45-Gil Hearne


54- Roger Burdick 21-Cliff Tyler

 

1973 Lancaster (N.Y.) Speedway program, first week of July. Gordon Reinig photos (and captions).

 

Keep the fort up Dr. John! lol Been swamped with racing season and videos. check out my site!

 

Yeah! Modifieds & a leggy local trophy queens in go-go boots; nothing wrong with that combination!

 

I'm looking for more Roger Treichler photos, there's not enough of them on the internet. lol

 

LANCASTER (NY) SPEEDWAY PHOTOS BY GORDON REINIG

Ed Ortiz of Ransomville, N.Y., celebrates in 1971 (driving the Bill Sandman-owned coupe)


Approx. 1968 -- I am told this is Bill Brainard in the Jerry Gradl coupe...

Dutch Hoag, April 1969 (note the lettering job is not finished yet).

 

Thanks to all for all these great pics!! Long live the COUPES/COACHES!!!! Neal

 

Merv Treichler at Oswego (N.Y.) Speedway, 1972. Don Kranz photo.


Maynard Troyer at Oswego (N.Y.) Speedway, 1972. Don Kranz photo.


Jean-Guy Chartrand at Oswego (N.Y.) Speedway, 1972. Don Kranz photo.


Richie Evans at Oswego (N.Y.) Speedway, 1972. Don Kranz photo.

 

Roger Treichler at Oswego, 1972

 

Hey Pete, get back on the stick here. This is the only break time I get.

 

Merv Treichler's new dirt Corvair Modified under construction at owner Gil Bruss' shop, getting ready for the 1972 season. Gordon Reinig photo.

 

Here's an Australian modified from the seventies. The driver is Paul Cannon, he was the Australian champion back then, the picture was in the pits at the Newcastle Motordrome.

 

Merv Treichler, 1973, Lancaster (NY) Speedway. Gordon Reinig photo. I was a big fan of Merv's, but I never cared much for Modifieds with full windshields...

 

Chris Thank You for telling me where to find the photo of Nels Wholstrom do you have any of the new car that yaw built? If you dont mind me asking what is your last name ? we were very close friends with the Wholstroms back when Nels was racing. I might remember you I was very young then.

 

By looking at the chassis set up it looks like you ausies turn left..?? It is some kind of scary to have your head/ human body up against the wall. But I guess its not a problem if you start out that way.. Do any of the modifidies have left hand drivers poss? Thanks to every one Keep posting them.. Thank You.. Bobby...

 

Jerry Cook at Lancaster (NY) Speedway, 1973. Gordon Reinig photo.

 

Steve,
My last name is Langer. I was the smallish guy with glasses, clean-cut, straight arrow. Randy Doucette and I drove my '73 Corolla from Cromwell to Clinton and back every day, 25 miles each way.
I have never seen a picture of the Monza, which was a yellow #69, of course. It ran in '76. Don't know about '77. Don't know when Nels got out of racing. John Hoffman ran a dark blue #1 Monza in '78. Might have been the car. Monzas were very uncommon modifieds in CT. dave Dykes might have a photo.

Regards,
Chris

 

Chris, you should never let on who you really are....

 

I think i remember you. Do you remember any Darlings ? My moms name is Linda , Dads name is Fred and my two older brothers are Scott and Jeff. My dad passed March 8, 2002. He helped Nels on the bomber before the modified and he helped a little bit on the modified. If you find any pictures of the monza please let me know. I know there is at least one of it in the pits at Thompson. Nels is standing beside it. One more thing was Randys old ladys name Dawn ?

 

K9racer, yup, all our speedways are turn left, just like yours. We only have bullrings though, 1/4 mile is the standard with the occasional 3/8 mile and very few half miles.

In Australian speedway back in the seventies and earlier we had modifieds and late models all running right hand drive, but in the early 80's after an influx of American cars and drivers (like Jack Hewitt and Rodney Combs etc.) we did the switch to left hand drive cars... but only until about 1988 when the super sedans (that's what our late models are called) mysteriously voted to change back to right hook.

Most of the modifieds were American cars, or fibreglass replica's anyway.

 

Dr. John thanks for keeping them coming. I had forgotten about the V3 of Gary Reddick and that Mike Miller drove the Turner brothers 18 too.