Features VINTAGE SPRINT CAR PIC THREAD, 1965 and older only please.

I've never met him, but have heard he's a real standup guy. Here's some more.

 

Here's a different kinda midget with a "different" kinda driver.

 

IMCA and central states legend Jerry Blundy.

 

Man, I'm drawing a blank... (Roy has my mind spent!) but, back to my question. Didn't Bigelow hold a BIG USAC record forever.. like most wins in a season.. or career. It just fell a couple years back.

He was a stud either way!

JD

 

I think it was "all time wins"

 

That's the late Mark Donohue.

 

Yep, give the man a cigar. Drove it at Limerock in a midget/sports car show.

 

These are out of a couple photo albums with photos dating between 1923 and 1938. I'm sure they belonged to a fellow named Kenneth Bowman.

 

Here's more

 

...and more. The man inside the "Champion Driver" grille shell is Kenneth Bowman. Hope y'all dig it.

 

Wow, thats some real (and kinda scary) history there. This face looks familiar, Babe Stapp maybe ?

 

Have always loved the old dirt cars, is anyone making repro bodies for us poor souls that don't have a gennie one to restore.

 

Go back to pg. 11 of this thread to post#210 (mac miller) and click on the link at the bottom, he might be able to help you out.

 

Reading this thread has jolted me from being a lurker to being a poster. This is a really amazing thread. I am into vintage open wheel oval track cars in a big way. I also love traditional rods,so this is the best.
I just met the guy who has the 44c roadster thru my open wheeling and he told me to join up.

Tony D.

 

Josh, that is Jimmy Davies in Vince Conze's car (the Bopper will be disapointed in you as they were good friends) Al Unser won Pikes Peak in that car in 1964. Here is a little info on Vince Conze
http://www.hotrodhotline.com/feature/friends/05conzebros/

 

ZomBrian GREAT STUFF!! any info on the tracks or drivers???

 

How about one from the board track at Nutley N.J.

 

My Step Dad, Dayton Ohio 1969 in the Al Unser Chevy

 

Top This one Josh, one of my all time favorite pictures, Mel Hanson is still trying to save it!

 

How about some Jud Larson

 

racer5c:

I`m the guy who did those pictures of Jud Larson(I`m millerracers2000 on flickr) I did this stuff to post on the Williams Grove racing in the Past discussion board. I`m glad you guys over here like this stuff.
We just had a thread where we talked about the night at Williams Grove in 1970 or 1971 where Danny Caruthers won the USAC Midget race. He ran that thing harder than anyone I`ve ever seen at the Grove.Some of the others who where there that nite say the same thing. The Kid was on the Hammer.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2417/2203909375_e51d892115_o.jpg

There is my art from that nite-That kid was awesome!!!!!!!

Are you Danny`s and Jimmy`s cousin? My Uncle Jerry Karl raced with Jimmy from 1970-1975 in Indy cars.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2295/2178615606_02e59d8616.jpg

Uncle Jerry Karl and My Dad Tony De Seta Sr were sprint car guys back in 1966.
I`m on the racing history at yahoo board also.
If I figure out how to insert images over here,I`ll contribute to this thread.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/millerracers2000/

This is my photostream for anyone here who wants to check out my stuff. I did a bunch of open wheel racing cars in 1/87 scale-I have a set of photos of them on there,too.

One cool thing about looking at them on my photostream is you can see them in my original size. Warning for dial up users,some of the files are large!

Tony D.

 

Here's Jud Larson in A.J. Watson's Offy.

 

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2174/2224939296_b70a2908e7_o.jpg

This is one I did of AJ Foyt in AJ Watson`s 4 cam Ford Sprinter.

 

Hey Roo, I thought so, that place is the coolest shop I have ever been to. I went there with Tom Bigelow and got the tour, and his back shop, the stuff in there drove me crazy, he had the only red Daytona Coupe there at that time......

 

It was all time wins, he'd drive today if thed let him, he drove at the Chili Bowl within the last five years, and he is in his late 60's...
He let me drive his ARCA car around Winchester Speeday, thrill baby, thrilllll

 

ZomBrian.. GREAT STUFF!!


Welcome "Buildy"


Roy, (Racer5c).. Now, don't be going and getting Bopper mad at me! I seen that guy in action.. (Or at least his reputation in action)
I was helping Joey Kerr and Carl Cruse out at Lawrence burg one night in Boppers car.. It was a USAC race and we were cutting it close on getting the car ready for the heat. A Fully dressed USAC official came up on a four wheeler and yelled, "If you guys dont have that THING in the line up shoot in 30 sec were rollin out without you!" Well, Bopper (Sitting on a four wheeler) real non chalantly said, "YOU ASSHOLES AINT GONNA DO SHIT WITHOUT MY CAR" We all looked up cause you kinda don't talk to USAC guys like that. So the USAC Official Starts to get off his four wheeler all pissed and makes it about one step torward Bopper when some Old timer in another USAC shirt grabbed him and said, "Hold up there buddy.. " He pulled him over out of our ear shot and did a bunch of "explaining and story tellin and pointing at Bopper" At which point the Guy got back on his four wheeler and said, "Try to hurry guys" and HAULED ASS! Bopper just sat there and smiled and I knew right then and there I didn't ever wanna get on that guys bad side.
I said hi to Bopper saturday at the Indy swap meet. He was sitting talking shop with Tony Elliot. Great old Guy.. I hope they right a book about him someday. The drivers he's worked with alone is unreal..

Joshua Shaw

 

Richcraft mike has us all covered with this one..




...but I'll se what I got.

JD

 

Thanks. In of the action pictures, You'll notice one says "1935" at the top and "Louis Meyer" at the bottom. The car is "36". Louis ran that car two years earlier at the 500 and won! The year this picture was taken, he placed fifth. I'm not sure if this was a 500 shot, though there are some photos from Indy in the album. Another picture from that "series" says Mauri Rose. That year at Indy he finished 20th. That's all I found out so far. If you guys know anything or could help, it's welcomed.

 

More info and some close up (may be fuzzy...I shake).

Louis Schneider and the #23 Bowes Seal Fast circa 1931




The "Mace Goodyear Special"(?) in 1931...on the actual photo the number 36 or 35 is barely visible on the back.


And more misc.

 

here's something a little different a 1958 Mantz 500 quarter midget that me my dad and brother restored a few months ago