History Historic Stock Car Photos

Here are a couple you might reconize:

 

Maby these also:

 

I exchanged e-mails with Bill Desmond this morning. It was nice to hear from some one from the past. In case you don't know Bill, he did PR for All Pro and the NASCAR All American Challenge Series for some time. Thanks txtom for linking us.

I will try to scan some short track and NASCAR stuff as the week goes on. Any requests? I left racing in the ninties to be with my kids when they played sports so I don't have much after that.

Guess I had better head out for a while and get some home time (I don't keep a computer at home).

 

I don't get it. The cars all look different,the drivers don't all look the same[,like little tin soilders],the tracks all have thier own look,nobody is flying in to race,the owners don't spend millions,yet the stands are full and everyone here loves this site.Mabey someone should mention this to NASCAR. My best racing memorie is Fireball Roberts going down the length of the backstrech sidesways,At Fonda NY

 

Falconred, anything before the 90s is good enough. I just love old race cars.

 

It's page 43 of this thread. How can there not be more pics like this?



Or this?



Maybe this:

 

Had to be sure we were still on page 43.

 

keep up the great work guys, i love this thread...

 

Keeping the page 43 thing going.

 

A couple more shots for page 43-
I have posted the 61 plymouth before, but it just fit good here...
Anyone else have shots of one of the oddest looking nascars?(61 plymouth)

 

Here are a couple of Petty photos:



Better go to work now. See you all later.

 

Probably been posted before on the thread, but it deserves to be on this page...

 

Johnny Rutherford

 

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Regarding the Mystery Motor Chevrolets -

 

Woops, don't know why I always get that mixed up. He was fast at Atlanta too, he led until he blew the engine and then Jr. Johnson led until he blew up (of visa/versa) and Fred Lorenzen won.

 

i've been to a lot of races at nashville,but never got to see a cup race there.well maybe on T V. i would have loved to see a cup race,"back in the days"

 

Islip, NY

 

Good stuff as usual, Dog. I'm going through my photos to make sure I haven't posted them before so I can get some new stuff on.

 

These two aren't very clear, but I pulled them out of an ARCA yearbook page. Both drivers have had their photos posted here before, but I felt they needed to be together for historic significance. This is the two-car Pontiac team, both 1964 models, prepared and maintained by Harry Hyde which ran 1-2 in the point standings at the old Fairgrounds Motor Speedway in Louisville in 1965. Both were yellow with white tops and, if I remember correctly, red numbers. Jesse Baird in the No. 14 and Andy Hampton in the No. 16. With Hampton is John Marcum, the founder of MARC and then ARCA. Hampton had just set a new track record of 16.01. Baird lowered it to 15.90 a couple of weeks later. This was the year Pontiac pulled their "official" support, and Harry picked up a lot of former NASCAR equipment for this team.