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

Spike Ruth called the simply nerf bars, but I always thought that referred to all small diameter tube bumpers. 'Kickouts' makes sense for the side nerfs.

Do rules specify the diameter of Nerf Bars, tube or solid? I'm interested in rules from the 1950s (if any). Maybe you can tell me what was the typical bar diameter?

 

That car took out: Dick Linder, Van Johnson and Hugh Randall!

 

Mike Nazaruk, the pride of North Bellmore Long Island, in the McNamara sprint car. This was Mike's favorite Lee Elkins car because his lucky number number was 11 (8+3 =)

 

This is John Hanscom at Reading. I suppose that this was the 55 car.

 

In the John Hanscom photo is his left hand pulling the outside brake lever?

 

Yes. He's still "saving it"...

Ask any good Sprint Car driver about what happened after a good crash, and he'll usually state:

"It got outta shape, I tried to save it, thought I had it but after the third flip I figured I might not be able to save it"

J Shaw

 

That might be the ejection seat lever.

 

That was the Traylor 55.

 

Orange Show

 

Great video! Except for the palm trees being much taller and the now paved infield, old San Berdoo has not changed a bit.

 

Brian26 "AWESOME"!!!!!!! Thanks for the video......

 

more hoosier hundred pics

 

a few more

 

a few of J.R. and Mario

 

Marshman and Johhny White, Ruby, Tinglestad, Unser, Ward Parnelli and Marshman, last two George Snider

 

Snider, anyone want to see Duquoin and Terre Haute?

 

If I could be so bold, I'd like to answer on behalf of everyone else on this thread and say: "HELL YES!" These are great. Ol' Ziggy wasn't scared.

 

Yes, yes, a thousand times YES!!!!!!

 

I was thinkin' AIR BRAKES!

 

Dad's first sprint car. Sorry about the cage.

 

A couple years later - without the cage. Man, he was proud of that Bardahl decal. He must have been doing OK, he has a new truck in this shot. And, he has fuel injection instead of the three deuces. That's Rip Bates towards the back left. The guy in the white shirt may be Doris Wisegarver. Doris drove stock cars and made the Daytona 500 in the mid 60's.

 

Terre Haute

 

a few more

 

ok so far?

 

enjoy

 

should I keep em coming?

 

last batch for now

 

Keep 'em comin', Roy! Thanks!!!

 

They are terrific Roy. I have seen them before,but for those who haven`t,this is the real stuff!

 

went out to A.J. Watson's today, I gave him an old torque tube for this replica of his 2nd Indy car, and the first Offy car he had