60'-70's Vintage Oval Track Modifieds

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I don't recognize the car, but that looks to me like Ed Flemke.

 

This Past Saturday at Saratoga Auto Museum
"EVR 99", where you there ?
Bigger crowd every year, Very Good Presentations.

 

New Britain, You are correct Eddie Flemke, the car was Garuti brothers (Rich & Ray). They had two cars 438 and 439 Eddie drove one, the other was driven by others like George Lombardo, Ray Brown, maybe Jocko I'm not sure. I would guess that picture was taken at Riverside Park. I was still in Soap Box Derby at that time. Denny Z

 

A little 2nd. turn action at Harmony

 

**** Tobias at Harmony

 

Another shot of Al tasnady, Harmony Speedway

 

We're back to reading with Bob Malzahn and **** Tobias on the backstrech

 

Poor quality photo od Dave Marburger, Al Tasnady and Tommy McAndrews on backstrech at Reading

 

Fredie Adam and unsure of driver in the Z1

 

Hal Reifinger in the 57 and Bobby Pickell in the 80 on the Reading backstrech

 

Will Cagle at Reading

 

Mushroom Special driven by Ken Wismer at Reading

 

Another view of Bob Rossell in the 36 at Reading

 

Yes, I can believe that. Ed was born in '30, and you would have arrived many, many years after that. Many years.

Two interesting things about that photo of 439.
The first is that it must have been a fairly small car; inside it, Ed looks to be bigger than he actually was.
The second is that it's a neat and pretty little car. The last 14 and 28 were clean and well looked-after, but, goodness, were they ungainly, with those tall roofs and big windows.

 

I own the #22 Buddy Krebs car now.......Are there any other pictures of it floating around??

 

The driver of the Z1 is Leon Hendrickson

 

The guy standing in this photo is Bob Shoenert. He had some great movies from these shows.

 

Could be Bobby Abel

You have some great shots, Dave!!!

 

Ralph Detweiler

 

Maybe Red Coffin

 

awesome stuff Dave. Love it.

 

Some LI shots: George Brunnhoelzl Jr. & Sr. and others

George Sr in his coupe at Islip (not sure of photographer)



George Sr. in victory lane at Islip in his mustang



George Sr. late in his career in the #28 vega at Freeport battling Jack Duffy in the #30 (former Buzzie Reutemann coupe) and Joe H***an in the #74 gremlin



One of George Brunnhoelzl Jr's first modifieds the #8 Mustang II in the infield at Freeport (possibly a Wurthemann photo)



George Jr. at speed (I believe a Len Calinoff photo)



George Jr #8 at Stafford battling SJ Evonsion #91 and Mike Murphy #4 at Stafford

 

Post #7243 is that Paul Richardson ? That's the only #97 I can think of.

 

After spending several days at the Daytona Turkey Run Swap Meet with Bob Judkins , I just happened to think of something.

If Bob hadn't installed that Pinto body on his #2x modified in the early 70's and started a trend away from using coupes and coaches, what kind of impact would that've had on the tin for street rodders and hot rodders?

I'm convinced oval trackers would've cut up every coupe and coach they could find until they were ALL gone .

Heck, the vintage racing oval trackers are still cutting them up, me included .

Just a thought (really a brain fart) .

 

Don Gillette died at Trenton not Bill Rafter. Denny Z

 

I don't think so, we'd just be building our fabricated bodies to look like rough approximations of coaches and coupes instead of rough approximations of Pintos, Gremlins, and Monzas.

As soon as it became legal to build your own body work, it instantly became more trouble than it was worth to prep and maintain stock sheetmetal.