History Vintage "Cageless" Midget Picture Thread

see you all at Mr. Brenn's show on Sun., Jigg's nephew Johnny, always enjoy seeing the D-V #83, and the Brenn #24's, he drove the Red Car now owned by the Miele's (was the Robin's Egg Blue 24 then) but not Dick Brigg's Trevis, will prob have my Dad with me, last surviving of the 13 kids, he, and his brothers AL, and Walt, all drove Coupes/Coaches, while Uncle Jigg's was tearin' it up in Midgets/Sprints

 

Hey Rich ..

I had yourell number with a 973 prefix. .. Now you've posted it with a 201 prefix.

I just want to be sure which is correct. (THANKS)

More cell numbers being accumulated between Private Messages & eMail .. plus some from my phone calls to.

MORE ON THIS LATER.

 

Hey Big John ..

Do you have a cell phone number .. so I can contact you at the show .. to alert you as to where we're all going to gather there & when.

THANKS.

 

Can't help with any history on the car, but Johnny Zeke's real name was John Zukowski. He was an outstanding midget & stock car driver .. in his spare time he was a real dapper starter in the 50's at the Riverhead (NY) Raceway, he also promoted some at the Deer Park (NY) Speedway. I believe he was also an airline pilot. He & his wife retired to Thousand Oaks, Calif. He passed away some years ago.

 

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A belated heads up to interested parties to participate or spectate at four events in the next two weeks.
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Webster City, IA at the ½ mile fairgrounds dirt track two days of on track running for all the Vintage Cars on Friday nite the 10<SUP>th</SUP> and Saturday nite the 11<SUP>th</SUP> with a rain date on Sunday the 13<SUP>th</SUP>.
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Celina, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com</st1:State>OH</ST1 at the ½ mile fairgrounds track, AARA event with Sprints, midgets, Speedsters, and TQ’s, all cageless and mostly pre 1950. Saturday the 12<SUP>th</SUP> and Sunday the 13th on track events beginning at noon both days.
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<st1:City w:st="on">Oskaloosa</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">IA</st1:State> at the ½ mile fairgrounds dirt track the 3 day Hawkeye Futurity of the Mississippi Valley Vintage Race Car Association. On track events start with a test and tune on Friday the 17<SUP>th</SUP> from 9AM until 5PM, one car on the track at a time. Saturday the 18<SUP>th</SUP>, pit gates open at 5PM and Sunday the 19<SUP>th</SUP>, pit gates open at noon for on track heats.. Open to all Vintage race cars.
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<st1:City w:st="on">Lima</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">OH</st1:State><SUP> </SUP>at the ½ mile fairgrounds Sprints, midgets, Speedsters, and TQ’s, all cageless and mostly pre 1950.The <st1:City w:st="on">Lima</st1:City> event is run in conjunction with the Lima Rebel Run. We will be running Friday evening the 17th under the lights beginning at 6:00pm and Saturday the 18th at Noon.

General Spectator Admission is Free at all events​

 

They're calling for possibly rain on Sunday (at least for here on Long Island, NY) .. so we're going to have to watch and follow the forecast (on the Internet, I guess) for Warren, NJ re the show there scheduled for this Sunday (the 12th).

I've checked the Web Site and there doesn't seem to be a phone number to call on Sunday, in case the weather is so, so.
http://www.warrennjcarshow.org
I've eMailed the show chairman, to see if there is one or not. If I don't receive a reply, I'll give Ken Brenn a call.

It'd be nice to have a phone number to call, rather than driving &/or towing the full distance & possibly being disappointed.

If it does rain (I hope not) .. the rain date is the following Sunday, the 19th.

Meanwhile, I've accumulated some of the cell numbers of the folks planning to be there. How's 12:30 for a time for us to get together there????? .... If that that time is OK .. I'll call everyone approx. 1/2 hour before as to exactly where, etc..

I'll post this on the sprint car & modified threads too.

 

Not to get off topic but does anyone have an e-mail address for Joe Feori ? ( I might be spelling his last name wrong?
He's from the New England area and restores midgets.

I can't seem to get ahold of him by phone.

PM or E-mail me

Thanks
Zach
Zach@suhrsc.com

 

Zach, Go over to the Sprint Car site and leave a message his handle is wynns#1. Denny Z

 

Thanks Denny,
Which Sprint car site do you mean?

Zach

 

Zach I just e-mailed you Joe's contact info

Doug Post

 

thanks Doug!

 

Hey Ken, It's 201-452-9599,I guess Living with my blonde, polish girlfriend is starting to rub off ....SEE YA SUNDAY!!!.....Rich

 

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.

 

You were right Jim. The Bennett Brothers did buy the pink car from Brenn.

In speaking to Brenn, he expanded on the story. A couple of parts of it sure made me chuckle.

 

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​

 

neat set up on ebay for a midget

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/V8-6...ptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

 

From the same place as the historic Williams Grove Speedway, the Ascot of the East, no less.

 

I'm not so sure. Carbs out in the dirt, exhaust in your face. Might be good for a 135 hydro.

 

I do not think very many of those engines were built. What I was told they did it that way to help the 60 run cooler.
Jim Graybeal

 

The next event coming up (that I'm aware of) is the ATQMRA (American Three Quarter Midget Racing Association) Pinebrook Speedway Reunion at the Teterboro Airport (Route 46 & Industrial Road in Teterboro, NJ).

It's part of the Wings and Wheels Show which is Saturday the 25th and Sunday the 26th (September) at the airport.

The ATQMRA will have an area set up with race cars on display and big wheel races for the kids.

The show also has classic cars and planes on display and a stage with bands and music.

$12.00 for adults, children under 12 $7.00, chidren under 3 free.
Also active military personal free and veterans free.

 

Pine Brook Cars.. I remember Lenny Boyd and Johnny Coy driving these cars

 

The Yellow Badger may be the car Billy Mann drove. I have to look at some old NEMA year books and some of my picutres from back in the day. Johnny drove Dewey Cali's car and it was orange with a Chevy II. I was working with Dewey back in '76 and remember the trip to the midwest but I could not get the time off from work to go with him.

 

The Werle #02 is alive and well .. faithfully restored and can be seen usually parked next to a replica AJ Foyt Watson roadster at many shows here in the east.

I don't know which one .. but Lenny Boyd is currently in the process of restoring one of the TQ's that his Dad built (from the ground up).

 

The Badger that Billy Mann drove was at first an Offy, then later that was replaced by a SESCO.

My creaky old brain kind of remebers it as being white, while a former neighbor of the Mann's thinks it was red.

 

Found a few of the 43 t/q cage and cageless from atlantic city......Rich

 

OOP's Here They are, Found a few shots my father took of the #43 T/Q with a cage and cageless from atlantic city......Rich

 

Bet'cha this paint job wasn't available in a spray can!!!

 

Looking for info, photos, programs, anything on AMRA, the midget group that ran out of Michigan. Mainly '73 - '78. Especially interested in King Kramer, three time AMRA champion in mid 70's.

Also, anything on Gary Schooley out of Iowa. Ran BADGER as owner/driver in early 70's.

We are piecing together info and images for a Edmunds midget we are restoring. We know Kramer drove it in AMRA, but he has no photos, programs, etc. ???? Schooley ran it probably in '71 - '72. We have not been able to contact Schooley.

Car was originally the Lithgow Offy #28, but later ran SESCOs. Lithgow had the car from 1965 (new) until probably '70 - '71.

Update on car. Down to bare frame, bolt on cage and mounts are gone, have new Edmunds roll bar (thanks to a fellow HAMBer), installing correct front shock mounts, eliminating extra brackets, fabricating new drag link, etc. Big, heavy, all brass radiator (probably from late '50's) in shop for repair/rebuild/restoration.

Blacki-Suede

 

Looking for information on the Jungle Park Reunion this Saturday.

Is there a web site or a contact? Saw mention of only 15 cars being there two years ago or so.

Can someone give me an overview of the number and variety of cars?

I'm aware it is static and there is no running other than a "parade" of starter and clutch/gearboxes. Have also been there on my own in the late '90's so it's the cars and the guys that are my main interest.

It's a long tow from Minnesota and I just returned from running Lima, OH 10 hours ago.

 

58 years ago today the racing world lost one of its greatest drivers at Allentown. RIP Bronco Bill Schindler.