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I have chased this all over the internet, including twice at one forum (and hasn't it come up multiple times here as well?) This keeps...
You're welcome indyrjc. Sorry it took so long for me to get around to posting it, or for that matter, posting this reply. In an odd coincidence,...
It's the Magnolia Park district of Burbank, California. I thought the foliage looked a little So Cal like, but I've also seen a photo of Lou Webb...
Sportland Park in Bakersfield ran a midget program on Friday, July 31, 1942, which is believed to be the final racing event held before the ban....
D'oh...correct. I was going solely by the cars and OTTOMH (actually, the cars look more like pre-WWII roadsters from Nor Cal). Tom Motter's...
How could anyone possibly think this was Bonelli Stadium? With that banking? Bonelli (Saugus) was flatter than flat. It's clearly the 1/4 mile at...
You know, all the talk back around page #1022 about Carl Adams cutting up the Surdam Spl. that Hank Henry died in... Why doesn't someone just ask...
Red 21 is Joe Garson, blue 10 is Danny Oakes, red 18 Perry Grimm. Parsons and Banks are also definitely correct.
This is an error that I've seen before. Not only is it not the original Ascot, but it is a photo of the Culver City board track.
Re: Branson crash, last race Thank you Michael, thank you Michael. The myth of "the last race" is one of the most common with racing fatalities....
Late to the party here. Jim, everything you wrote here is spot on with the exception of the location of the Exposition, which was in Balboa Park...
Ascot Park. That would have been when your dad was going up against Clem Proctor's powerful '53 Dodge convertible and Don Noel's all conquering...
D'oh, I was at that Permatex race. I knew I'd seen the #99 Torino, but drew a blank of who was in it. Thanks again, DRH!
Thanks DRH. After I thought about it, I recalled Larry in the Sigman GTO. Definitely remember Butts in the Chevelle. Stuck down in the South Bay...
Thanks for posting the photos Lonnie. Rivergrade Road was between the track and the freeway and went right along the backstraight. I mean, very...
I'm here Carl, but I defer completely to Michael when it comes to the IDs of cars. Tracks, drivers from California...those I'm better on. Still...
They didn't announce it because the accident happened during practice the day before, not in the race itself. You're also thinking of Billy Wade....
DRH, thanks for all of this. Guehr, could not recall his last name, just remembered Kurt. And, it's amazing that Spencer's car is still around....
Oh, not you...I mean the b.s. about the Spencer/Petty connection (and that's not aimed at the poster either). I just find that sort of track...
Several corrections here... Foyt didn't literally walk away from the '65 Motor Trend 500 crash, he had a broken back, but I understand where...
I love the bs that gets spread around :D Good psych out. Bill Spencer's '56 Plymouth Hobby Stock was #543 and he painted it Petty Blue and had...
Photo from post #2619 . Yes, definitely Oakland Stadium (1946-55), same as the photos of very stock cars running around the steep banking (edit:...
Photo in post #2585 , yes, great photo. Taken at Vallejo Speedway during a PCLM race program. The hills and white fence are the ID clues. Vallejo...
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