History Vintage "Cageless" Midget Picture Thread

I say the picture is Hinchcliff, same railing/concrete construction

http://mysite.verizon.net/charliesballparks/stadiums/ph/hinchli3.jpg

 

Saw an article in NSSN this week about Hinchcliff. Restoration efforts, I believe.

 

You midget experts may have this book, my dad bought it when I was 4 years old, still in my collection. Crocky Wright put it together seems to have race results, box scores, stories, photo's from every race at Hinchliffe Stadium from 1939 to 1949. I've scanned a couple pages to see if it match's the other photo posted, hard to tell, but it looks like Hinchliffe to me.

 

Neat!!!
Can't wait till I'm finished with my time machine - Hinchliffe Stadium circa 1940's will be one of my first stops........

 

Pics of tank, steering and engine getting fitted.

 

Looking good! What engine is that? Pontiac?

 

.....'Rim Ryder, 'I am definitely impressed. Is that a Brayton/Buick head on a SESCO? And if so, is it the original SESCO or a Canaday? 'Lookin' good!

 

Hi Buildy,Shou & others I just got back from the sign shop & had this idea,did Rice a Roni have a particular color scheme on their signage ? if so I would love to get a pic asap.Can anyone help please as this maybe the color scheme on Larrys helmet? Thanks.
re post #358/359

 

Hey Ron ..

Can't sat what their signage was back then, bit here's their Web Site that shows their current packaging.
http://www.ricearoni.com
BUT, don't forget that this wasn't a sponsorship deal for him .. it was more like a nick name .. like HUTCHO is for you.

 

Thanks Ken just a thought I'll go with my original ideas.

 

Back in the day, New Jersey had a rule stating the roll bar had to be three inches above the drivers helmet. And the enfrced that rule.b

 

SCCA still has a rule to the effect that the roll bar must be above the driver's head, I believe.

 

These were emailed to me.
I don't who the artist is but pretty nice.

 

Absolutely super.
I'd love to know who made it!!

 

100% corect Spike!!

Can anyone name who the two people were (back in the day) with the state of New Jersey, who saw to it that the roll bar rule Spike pointed out and other rules were enforced? .. Both were good guys. .. One or the other usually turned up at the ARDC &/or ATQMRA awards banquets.

In later years .. with many more rules .. the World of Outlaws (WOO) almost pulled out (cancelled) of their first ever date in NJ (Flemington, if I remember right) because they had to rip a good part of thier cars apart & rebuild them in order to comply with the New Jersey state safety laws .. as they applied to auto racing,

Funny how the NJ state laws almost always became standard proceedure almost every where else!

Also the concrete Jersey barriers .. now so common on highways through out the country .. of course were originally a product of NJ state highway safety.

 

One was a Sargent Wykoff.

 

The craftmenship is good enough to build a full size car , I, know thats what I have been doing for about 45 years .

 

Awesome stuff !

 

You`re correct Buildy, the roadster down here in Oz you refer to is in fact one
of the original ten KK`s. It was imported & raced here in the early sixties by Adelaide based promoter/driver Kym Bonython & was dubbed the Supercar.
It came to Oz as the black #76 Hank Green Roadster as driven in the Midwest
by Leroy Warriner
Wheels53

 

Easy to find on the net.
Sandy built it. You can buy plans.
http://cancars.webs.com/heineken.htm

 

Right on Spike!!!
The other was Lieutenant Philburn (spelling?).

They were firm, very fair and yet always most pleasant & reasonable. Everyone both liked & respected them.

In comparison (no name mentioned) there was a civilian quasi race official, who was also had some sort of connection (half baked I think) to the same New Jersey state department they did .. who all too often often came across like a JERK on a power trip!!!

For some unknown reason .. bringing back the name Sergent Wykoff .. made me think of East Windsor (NJ) Speedway & it's promoter Don Jones. Another NICE GUY .. who at the same time had a fair, yet no nonsense way about him. A hands on promoter, he was VERY PROUD of that facility and how it was run.

I LIKED him and that place. Did you ever run there Spike?

 

Yes, i did run Windsor; only prob was i got upside down. ll. No harm done tho.

 

Anyone remember this car?-it was at the Hanford 200 Indy car race in 1969 for some reason.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mountseer/3405893567/sizes/o/in/set-72157616253780308/

 

just came across this one

 

From the Life archives

http://images.google.com/hosted/lif...ing+source:life&hl=en&imgurl=79b11d76406074b1

http://images.google.com/hosted/lif...&prev=/images?q=Auto+Racing+source:life&hl=en

Ted Tappet-I think.

http://images.google.com/hosted/lif...fe&ndsp=20&hl=en&sa=N&imgurl=123914fb804ff0f7

Russ Klar.

http://images.google.com/hosted/lif...fe&ndsp=20&hl=en&sa=N&imgurl=00670d8b18eaa56a

 

That should be the Kingsbridge Armory.

 

.....'Buildy, 'A couple things. The beautiful, red, white and blue Kurtis-type car #95 was owned by a man named Karl Hokanson (Even though it's 'Carl' on the hood) and driven in USAC and BCRA up in Northern California by Dick Atkins look-a-like Larry Mimms, Bob DeJong and Ken Nichols, among a few others. I've got several pics of the car but, with respect to the wishes of this thread, will not post them because the car had a cage as early as 1970. Also, found another picture of the Mad Russian driving a Ford V8-60 machine. But, it doesn't look like the #33 car???

 

Thanks LittleFauss.

I`m more a Student rather than an expert on Bill Vukovich`s early racing career.
I was looking at my 1946 URA yearbook and it said Bill was 27 then and a nine year vet of Midget racing,which I guess means he must`ve started around 1937.
I`m sure there are others on here who know more about the Vukovich brothers than me and I look forward to learning more.

 

Absolutely GRRRRRRREAT stuff!!!!
THANKS Tony

 

Here's something I've wondered about for awhile. Maybe someone here knows the answer &/or has some pictures.

Joe Csiki drove a number of different midgets with the North East Midget Racing Assiciation (NEMA) two he built himself .. one was the Falcon powered car that he later sold to the Bennett brothers & campaigned for them as a team mate to "Dutch" Schaefer in the ARDC.

The one I often wonfer about is the other one he built .. the first one. Because of it's strange appearance (I believe) it was nick named .. "THE WORM".

I don't think "THE WORM" has ever resurfaced. Does anyone know what happened to it? Does it still survive?

Also does anyone have any pictures that they can post of it .. either of the cars he built in fact .. but especially "THE WORM"?

THANKS.