60'-70's Vintage Oval Track Modifieds

Thanks for the corrections and filling in the blanks, guys.

JBull

 

The extended forecast for Sunday, the 12th (right now on Friday evening) for the Warren, NJ area and the show there that Ken Brenn is such a big part of is 60% chance of rain.

http://www.warrennjcarshow.org

Of course we've all seen forecast like that, on the day in question and not seen a drop of rain, yet other times it has poured.

If you planning on going &/or bringing a car, it might be a good thing to follow both the National Weather Service forecast and Doppler Radar for that area, here on the Internet.

If the weather on Sunday is still questionable, Ken Brenn has given me his cell phone number, for those on their way to call. .. I'm not going to openly publish it here, but if you're going and feel that you might need it .. either PM (Private Message) me &/or eMail me at ken_schou@verizon.net and I'll give it to you.

Ken (Brenn) plans to be at the show site, early Sunday morning.

 

Does anyone have the full field rundown of the 1970 and 1971 All Star 100's at Islip? I'm pretty sure Jerry Cook won in 1971.

 

CFL7171 you gave me a good idea.
I would also like to ask our members for the results for the early Syracuse races say until 1980.
I would also be very indedted to anyone who has the results for the Race of Champions when they ran Trenton and the Pocono big track.
Of course any year is welcome, but those were the events I attended.
Thanks in advance.

 

From the Web Site .... http://www.warrennjcarshow.org

THE SHOW IS ON - SEE YOU TOMORROW (Sunday)
The local forecast is for only possible (light) showers in the late afternoon​

 

I'll take a break from the Troyer scrapbook to post a few from the Bugsy Stevens scrapbook

Bugs in Joe Brady's #00 battling Ed St. Angelo





Bugs battling Brian Ross in the Mystic Missle #4 of Bob Garbarino



in victory lane



battling Richie Evans



leading the points at Seekonk

 

Bugs in the Armstrong #1









Bugs in the beautiful Troyer built, Don Flynn owned, Bradley Air Parking Pinto. A lot of chrome!

 

HI : I HOPE THIS WILL HELP YOU WITH YOUR QUESTION ? thare is a book out called "SYRACUSE SCRAPBOOK" THAT COVERS "
"50 YEARS OF STOCK CAR RACING ON LABOR DAY" it should anser any questions you may have. you might find this book at costal 181 publations. as far as the race of champions go,s you might try oswego year books on the race of champions? i hope this will help!

 

Fonda...early 70's
Don Wayman in the Jay-Lin Special

 

More modifieds...DeSarro in the Bohler #3, Bugs in the Woodchopper Special, Bernie Miller, Jack Johnson (Fonda, Vega) and Pete Corey

 

A bad night at Flemington in '75.

 

10/8/72 Trenton Race of Champions Modified Finish - open sanction
167 laps/250 miles

Finish/Start/Driver
1. ( 3) GEOFF BODINE #99, Chemung, NY, 1961 Valiant, 167 laps
2. (14) Gene Bergin #34, CT - 166 laps
3. (17) Guy Chartrand #69, Canada - 166 laps
4. (10) Roger Treichler #74, NY - 166 laps
5. ( 9) Merv Treichler #58, NY - 166 laps
6. (28) Bob Potter #4, CT - 165 laps
7. ( 5) Sonney Seamon #60, NY - 164 laps
8. (18) Mike Loescher #88, NY - 163 laps
9. (15) Bryan Osgood #9, NY - 163 laps
10. (11) Ollie Silva #0, MA - 162 laps: I'm only doing the laps for the top ten finishers.
11. (33) Fred Harbach #89, NY
12. (34) Budd Olsen #44, NJ
13. (12) Blackie Watt #92, PA
14. (31) Graeme Bolia #15, NY
15. (45) Chuck Boos #93, NY
16. ( 8) Jan Opperman #11, NE
17. (27) Bob Wearing #40, PA
18. (49) Joe Krukowski #71, NY
19. (46) Joe Huss #39, NC
20. (40) Satch Worley #45, VA
21. (36) Ed Flemke #2, CT
22. (50) Hal Browning #43, MD
23. (55) Rene Charland #33, MA
24. (51) Bob Leach, Jr. #52, CT
25. (48) Leo Cleary #94, MA
26. (38) Will Cagle #24, NY
27. (25) Ray Hendrick #1, VA
28. (21) Bugs Stevens #10, MA
29. ( 2) Paul Radford #26, VA
30. (22) Jim Rudolph #72, NY
31. ( 7) Ron Bouchard #17, MA
32. (24) Tom Leeson #97, NY
33. (13) Denis Giroux #50, NY
34. (42) Gerald Chamberlain #76, PA
35. (19) Jerry Cook #38, NY
36. (29) Gary Iulg #56, NY
37. (52) Mike Grbac #7, NJ
38. (16) Buzzie Reutimann #00, NJ
39. ( 4) Max Berrier #12, NC
40. ( 6) Don LaJoie #55, CT
41. (26) Gary Cornelius #51, NY
42. (20) Cliff Tyler #21, NY
43. (41) Jim Hoffman #22, NJ
44. (30) Bob Merz #66, NY
45. (32) Kenny Brightbill #19, PA
46. (35) Jerry Dostie #72, CT
47. (37) Bob Santos #91, MA
48. (44) Clay Husted #23, PA
49. (53) Bob Ballantine #36, MD
50. (54) Chip Cregar #31, PA
51. (47) Wayne Reutimann #3, FL
52. (23) Richie Evans #61, NY
53. (25) Andy Hailey #25, NY
54. ( 1) Maynard Troyer #6, NY
55. (39) Charlie Jarzombek #18, NY
~ alternate starter as Red Kagle #16 scratched with engine failure

 

Records for langhorne and Trenton:

http://www.thevintageracer.com/tracks/trenton.htm

http://www.thevintageracer.com/tracks/langhorne_ntl_open.htm

http://raceofchampions.net/03/former winner release.htm

 

Some more shots from the Bugsy Stevens scrapbook:

in the Brady #00



a pile-up at the Spring Sizzler

Bugsy in the #00, Tom Baldwin in the #7, Ed St. Angelo getting launched in the #19, Bouchard in the #3





looks likes Ron Bouchard climbing out of the #00 and Bugs looking on



Bugs in the #00 battling the Armstrong #1 with Bodine



Bugs in the Armstrong #1

 

Bugs in the Armstrong #1, renumbered #10 at Pocono ROC



Bugs running with Ken Bouchard in the Boehler #3



Bugsy racing Ray Miller in the #01 at Martinsville







sideways at Stafford with Reggie Ruggieo #44, Brett Bodine #4, and Dick Caso #55 to name a few going by

 

In post #6631 standing by the left rear of the #17 is Rene Charland (face partially blocked by girls head), Maynard Forette in the engineers cap, and to Rene's right is Don Wayman. Jay Broderick, the owner of the Jay-Lin Special, was the man behind the scenes with Rene for many years

 

Dr John, Anything you can do in photoshop with the colors of the photos in post 6632? Great shots, lousy color.

 

Nick Calabretta (Buffalo, NY), 1953, Buffalo War Memorial Stadium (a.k.a. Civic Stadium). The Calabretta family lived in the Bailey-Delavan neighborhood of Buffalo's East Side (near us). Car was sponsored by East Delavan Auto Service. Photos courtesy Calabretta family collection.

 

threeragesbuffalo, cdnmodman and capt. History.
Thanks.
Capt. History, I would be happy with aany additional lists for Trenton even without the laps complete, or even a link to the info.

 

The 12A has to be Jack Johnson at Fonda

 

That is really neat,,Didn't know they had a contest back then
Not that I could match the "craftsmanship" these guys did
Wonder if they made the models after any particular car/driver they might have followed

 

The lives of these two men were very much intertwined: Bugs Stevens and Fred Desarro


Bugsy in the Boehler #3 Camaro



Bugsy in the Log Roller Corvaire of Sonny Kozella



Bugsy in the Kozella #15 Vega







Fred Desarro in the Kozella #15 Coupe




Fred Desarro in the Kozella #10 Corvaire Log Roller




Freddie in the Boehler #3 Coupe


Bugsy and Freddie: Two Nascar Champions



The 1- 2 finish at the ROC Fred in the Boehler #3, Bugs in the Kozella #15



Afterwards

 

UNBELIEVABLE....isn't it? I'm very happy that this thread turned out to be so popular!

 

This thread IS unbelievable...thank you john56h for starting this

 

cdnmodman; Thanx for the links. I checked the Race of Champion's link and noted a mistake. It listed the 1961 winner as Freddy Adam. 1961 was actually won by Bobby Malzahn. I am pretty sure he was in the Harold Cope #1. He also won the very first modified race run later in October at the Reading Fairgrounds. Bobby is one of the drivers I became pretty good friends with during the early/mid 1970's.

I also thought I'd post a few Malzahn photos from my collection...Most I took, one I bought....Most from Reading between 67 and 72 and the primered Pinto was from 5 Mile Point (Schaeffer show) in 76. The blury fireball coupe was from Nazareth in 72.

 

I don't think Lou Lazzaro ever owned a fullface helmet,or wore one.
Thats Les Alberti driving probably.

 

Yep, thats him. When we were in HS early 70's we started a HO slot car modified/sportsman mail-in series of national races. We were in Car Model Magazine a couple issues back then. Good times...

 

John - Thanks for starting this thread. I enjoy looking at it every time I login. It helped me re-discover my father's car and now I own it.
Thanks, Dan

 

Wow, 'Car Model' magazine and slot car racing....brings back a lot of memories from my early days, probably around '62-'67. I had dozens of the 'Car Model' magazines, and built MANY model cars. Wild paint jobs (candies and metalflakes) were my specialty.

I also had several slot tracks over the years. An Aurora HO set, a Gilbert (think American Flyer trains) 1/32 scale set, and two 1/24 sets one an AMT Turnpike and the other an Atlas (again think electric trains). I think I still have one of the Ideal 'slotless' HO sets in the basement. Despite having the tracks at home, I was primarily a 'slot rat' at the local slot car stores that were in the Rochester, NY area, around '65-'67.


Anybody remember Oscar Koveleski and 'Smitty', from Auto World, and their 'JC Whitney style' catalog of model cars and model car building supplies? I've occasionally gotten nostalgic, and wondered whatever happened to them. Remember when AMT model kits were $1.49? I was in one of these big hobby supply/craft supply mega stores recently, and saw some re-issues of the kits I built in the early 60s....the same kits are $16-18 dollars now! Talk about getting a 'payback' on all of your old molds and tools....

 

Kind of like "Horsepower TV" is today....