60'-70's Vintage Oval Track Modifieds

Wee Willie Allen

Bill Layda

Bobby Santos Sr.

Bobby Turner

Bug Stevens

 

Bugs Stevens

John Rosati

George Summers

Fred DeSarro

Ed Flemke

 

Don LaJoie

Dick Berggren

Leo Cleary

Lou Lazzarro

Maynard Troyer

 

Richie Evans

Ron Bouchard

Art Barry and Bill Slater

Bob Park

Bones Stevens

 

Bugs Stevens

Bugs Stevens

Charlie Jarzombek

Charlie Jarzombek

 

Ed Flemke Sr

Ed Flemke Jr

Ed Flemke Jr

Ed Flemke

 

Fred DeSarro

Geoff Bodine

Geoff Bodine

Geoff Bodine

 

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JAWS !

 

Jerry Cook

Jerry Cook

Nick Giardina

Paul Radford

 

Reino Toulonen

Richie Evans

Ron Narducci

Billy Greco

 

Fred Desarro John Grady photo

Frank Mathalia at Utica-Rome John Grady photo

 

Eddie Flemke John Grady photo

Eddie again... John Grady photo

and again... John Grady photo

 

Wasn't Jaws outlawed by Nascar, Rich?

 

hey Frank I found thoses pictures for the car you wanted, I told you'd I'd get to them tonight after I got home! lol enjoy and keeping thinking!!!

1982 Cheech Garde

Cheech Garde

1983 Randy LaJoie

Here's the car in a later version, not sure if the same car or a rep resto car.

 

I was under the impression that it was that radical offset coupe before Jaws that was outlawed.

Everyone has seen the picture of it up on what ought to have been the driver's side, with the front axle nearly torn off, and headed through the catch fence.

 

That car came back post Dover as the coupe with the red/white/blue Harley styled numeral one.

I don't remember when, but at some point NASCAR banned all cars with the off-set engines. I do remember that Charlies' Chevette was banned in the eighties becuase of the chassis off set.

 

Dutch Hoag @ Fulton... John Grady photo

Don MacTavish... John Grady photo

Dick Clark... John Grady photo

 

I found this while searching google images for 61 olds sedan photos. pretty cool:



Whitey Gorsuch is the starter in this photo. Whitey was recently inducted into the FOAR Score Hall of Fame at their annual dinner in Niagara Falls, NY. Whitey was famous for his manner of starting races right down the middle of the cars as they came off turn four! This photo is from the Ron Lincoln collection with the famous driver, Franklinville, NY's Pete Tingue. This photo was made at Holland in the early 1960s. The car is a 1961 Oldsmobile, the marque driven to many wins and championships by Tingue

 

hey check this out, as you know being from Long Island one of best modified drivers around theses part was Artie Tappen. I've posted a few photos of his car here on this thread. As you may also know I do a racing website called www.PitstopPitbull.com, I was down at Riverhead Raceway this weekend taping the action for a DVD of the kids and go-karts. One of the kids I interviewed was a kid named Artie, I soon found out he was a thrid generation driver as his father and grandfather were also named Artie.....as in Artie Tappen!!! Really awesome, his father and grandfather were both on hand and I got a few words with the old shoe himself and told him about this site and how we've been talking about some of the drivers and his name came up on more then one occassion, now we can add it again! :O)

 

billy harmon

bob park

bugs

 

bones stevens

bob vavari

bob park

bugs stevens

dave alkas

 

don moon

doug coby

ed fleme jr

ed flemke sr

ed flemke sr

 

fred desarro

geoff bodine

jim hendrickson

ricie evans

richie evans

 

ok here's monday's batch of photos!!!

Tim Berndt

kinda ugly!?!

Bones Stevens

Butch Walsh 55 and Kenny Webb 2

 

Dick Watson

Fred DeSarro

Ray Hendrick

Maynard Troyer with Jim Shampine Super Modified wing!

 

Lew Boyd

Jerry Cook

Geoff Bodine

Fred DeSarro

 

Richie Evans, thank the good Lord, the wings didn't last!

Richie Evans

Jim Shampine

Jim Shampine

 

Bones Stevens

Earl Ross

Geoff Bodine

Jamie Tomaino

 

Peter, the winged mods were only at a special open comp event at Staffford called Modified Madness.

 

kinda ugly!?!


Yes indeed, but your dad probably likes it!