History Historic Stock Car Photos

Thank you C5, that's good to know. Fred was quite the driver and I wish he could have stuck around a while longer to compete with the other legends of his day. And yes tommyd, this is a great thread. Thanks again Indybigjohn.

 

This looks like Eddie Hawkins from Simpsonville S.C. ??????

 

This is Rick Boyer in the late '60s in Central PA.

 

I do it was taken in up state new york near saratoga or saratoga springs

 

Looks like the fans should be safe to watch up on that hill Amazing what we used to do and never give a thought to what if!

 

Not as historic as most but it did have the a track record at Saugus Speedway.

These are before the first race:






And these are after its last race:

 

THIS IS CRIMINAL! I'd rather see it as a street legal stock car. I think I'm going to be sick.

 

If you go back far enough in this thread, you'll find out that it was taken at Winston-Salem, I believe.

 

I sure hope the pictures of that last 57 Chevy "before the first race", and "after the last race" wasn't taken on the same day. At least it still looks saveable, it also looks to be in need of more stout bumpers.

How recent were the pictures taken? Gene

 

Heres a 57 chevy stock car. It was burned up in a garage fire unfortunatly....

 

Gene, I ran the car in '86. It's sitting in a buddy's back yard. He's been picking pieces off it for years. The body wasn't that good back then.

 

man its only 1 out of 340897 no b pillar 2 door hardtops chevy built in 1957.. I hate to tell you how many 56/57/ Chevys 64/65/71/75 Chevelle/ 72 /75 montycarlo and 75 camero I have used for round track racing as cars and part cars. Not counting the fords 32/34/55/60/ At this time I am racing out of my shop a 71 Baracuda/75 Carmero/ Open wheel modified on a 72 chevelle frame and 34 ford flathead powered last a 2.2 mopar mini stock with a arrow body.. Hey man they are just cars and fun to play with.. Have a Good day. Thank You Bobby

 

k9, you say;

"they are just cars and fun to play with.." to which I agree. But up here in the rust belt these "cars" are so very hard to find.

 

John, The facts are, most of the cars used for race cars probably would not have survived this long anyway. Back in the mid 60, one of my dad's friends used to race ford coupes on our local track. He did junking on the side, and all of the coupes he used were picked up as junk cars destined for the salvage yard to be scrapped. As it was, he saved them to be used as race cars, and when they got wrecked, they were then scrapped.

I did the same thing in the late 70s and through the 80s. The cars I was using on the race track were factory high performance Mopar cars. Had I not saved them for track use, they would have been gone anyway. Because of the reason I was using them, a lot of good parts survived and went on to an extended life. Anything I didn't need was game to sell, and that was what funded most of my racing habit.

As far as the 57 Chevy, it was a clean looking car, so I know how much work was involved to get it to the track looking as good as the "before the first race". Through the years, I saw my share of nice build and good looking cars that were destroyed the first night out. One season, we destroyed 4 cars! Reality tells me after a long season of racing, few cars looked as good at the end of the season as they did at the beginning. My hope was the 57 had survived at least the first few nights. Gene

 

The 57 made one season and got wrecked shortly into the second season. It was the right time to quit. I learned a lot and have friends from the track 26 years later.

 

Man that is just the way it was ... the pristine cars were on the road and the lesser were on the track or in the hands of some high school kid .... a gazillion tri-fives and not much else

 

We cut up some nice bodies back in the '60s and '70s to make race cars, some times we would have to clip the bodies during the season so that meant another car lost its' body parts. Back then they were plentyful, besides we all wanted new rides for the street. There were a few folks with nice street '55-'57 Chevys and Fords but most of my buddies wanted the new stuff. We went through two '56 Ford 2 door hardtops, a '63 Fairlane 2 two door HT and a '66 Fairlane two door hardtop. We had a '69 Mach I body but scrapped it instead. Lots of nice cars were sacrificed for the fun of racing back then. I remember one fellow having an old race car or two out in his dad's pasture along with some extra old bodies. His dad got someone to do some dozer work and filled a wash with the old cars, the opperator said that he had a rough time crushing a couple of the cars (I guess the old roll bars were pretty good afterall).

 

Seems like a good place to ask..looking for some info on a tire I have...a Firestone Stock Car 800 Series..size is 8:00-8:20-15 says ''Gum Dipped'' on it.
Something I've had for a long time, mounted on a wide 5 8'' wheel..but looks as if it never turned a lap on the track..not used on the local dirt track..any help with this? thanks Steve Pellerin

 

What does the tread look like, is it a real fine tread or a heavy tread? The early to mid sixties NASCAR stock car tires were marked 8:00-8:20 or something similar even though they were a lot wider. Do you have any photos?

Does it look like this??

 

Northeastern Vintage Dirt Modified Racing Club's first on-track event of 2012 is scheduled for Saturday, May 12, 2012 at Middletown, NY's Orange County Fair Speedway.
Club website:
http://vintagedirtmodified.webs.com/
Track website:
http://www.orangecountyfairspeedway.net/index.html

 

Try again. That clay looks too red to be from NY.

Others have posted this picture in this thread and I believe the track was in Georgia and is longer in operation.

 

March 31, 1957. Asheville-Weaverville Speedway North Carolina. Winner Buck Baker in the #87 Black Widow. Don Hunter was the photographer.

JAC



Current state of 1964 Holman Moody Galaxie chassis C4HM-10041.

 

Hey C5, just wanted to say how great the Holman Moody Galaxy is looking. Very impressive. Your dedication to bringing this classic back to life is very inspiring. Keep the pictures coming when you can.

Thanks,
John

 

Thanks for the props. I am beginning to believe that the old girl might race again! JAC

 

Beautiful job going on the Galaxie. Great to see these cars restored.

 

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Thanks for the props. I am beginning to believe that the old girl might race again! JAC


I can see that happening.

 

This made my day! Great save.

 

Thank you for sharing. I was trying to find something on my dad Ivan Woolf who used to race in the 50's and 60's. Looking at your pictures brings back childhood memories of sitting in the bleachers at his races and hearing and feeling the roar of the cars actually vibrate in your chest as they came around the oval tracks starting the next lap. Thank you again for sharing. He passed away when I was still a child and I have none of his trophies or articles of him. I do remember many cold winter days spent sitting in the garage sorting wooden boxes of nuts, bolts and parts.

 

Nice to see this car being brought back to life. Good luck and keep the photos coming.

 

Woolf Girl, don't stop looking for your dad's stuff. You just never know who may have something...anything. Good luck.