60'-70's Vintage Oval Track Modifieds

I hate to ask, what color is your barn??? lol

 

Walked right into that one, didn't I?

My barn is dark brown, but there's no accounting for the taste of city folks, ya know?

 

WOW!!! I remember the vegas and pintos and Beach Ridge Speedway[ P38] Homer Drew

 

Does anyone have photos of Vince Cannezaro,he was known as the "Flying Baker". He ran dirt mostly and also ran Pleasantville Speedway.
My email is raycer27@bellsouth.net.

 

Vince Cannezaro the Flying Baker from Trenton, N.J., 41c. No, I don't have any pictures, but try 3wide****turevault.

Vince was one of the nicest guy you could ever meet. I remember like yesterday his Chrysler 300 towing a simple trailer and neat old race car. I wish I had a picture of Vince and I together.

 

Bobby Hauer in the 9 and Freddie Adam in the 76

 

Freddie Adam in front, Harry Moore behind him

 

Dave Pace into the wall at Reading

 

Results of a bad crash at Reading

 

**** Tobias on the outside, Al Tasnady on inside

 

I understand what you're saying, however I was rather foolisly thinking that "common sense" was more common. In other words, if you're looking for "peace and quiet in the country", you don't move in across the street from an existing motorsports facility, then cry about the noise.

However, there's a real discrimination toward racers, and/or their fans. Want to build a football stadium? The counties/states will line up with tax breaks, property condemnation orders, new roads, you name it, in order to attract the construction. Baseball park? Same deal!! Complanits from the neighbors...are you kidding?? That new stadium is progress, you'd better learn to live with it!! Similar deal with a new airport.

Tell them you want to build a motorsports complex, however, and they'll run you out of town on a rail!! We're the "red-headed step children" of the world....

 

some nascar shots under collections and awesome Jags, vettes, prototypes and what not!
http://www.bridgehamptonraceway.com/index.htm

 

Gene Bergen not doing well.

aperschilli@cox.net coupes02830

 

Hogans Goat, I too heard heard the same thing....very sad. Denny Z

 

Harry Moore on backstrech at Reading

 

Jackie Evans at Reading

 

Some Reading cars

 

Front streck and packed grandstand at Reading

 

Big Donkey at Reading

 

I showed this pic of the Danbury Fair arena (Connecticutt) to a buddy and asked him about that silhouette sticking up behind the grandstand. He said they had a big statue near the Fair entrance. He thinks that when they took down the track and put in the mall, that it went to Magic Forest amu*****t park in Lake George NY, and that it is still there.
Anyone confirm/ add to that?

 

Nope he ended up at the entrance of Riverhead Raceway

 

not sure they redid the head dress or not.

 

There are several large statues at Magic Forest (Uncle Sam at the front of the park and a few "Muffler Men" in the middle):



...but from the arm position on the statue in the pic below, it definitely looks like the Riverhead Indian. The site where I got the above picture states that <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=20 width="80%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD bgColor=#ffdead>[FONT=Trebuchet MS,Trebuchet,Verdana,Sans-Serif,Trebuchet,Verdana,Sans-Serif]The Riverhead Raceway Indian stands in front of the racetrack. The Raceway has been here since 1949. They bought the Indian from the Danbury Fair in CT when it closed in the 1970s. [/FONT]</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

 

Few of us make fun of the thing because of how his hand is positioned, some of regulars call him "the nazi indian" which of course would be an oxy*****. He looks to be saluting instead of the normal "stop" hand signal.