Historic Stock Car Photos

[Demo Derby X-100]

Pictures from the Polar Bear 150 are here. About 20-30 historic stock cars took parade laps before the race.

http://public.fotki.com/racerap/2010...565.html#media

(click NEXT to see more pictures)

[indybigjohn]

Congratulations to Chuck Barnes for winning that Polar Bear 150 for the second straight year. Top five was all Kentucky and Indiana drivers. Hope Frank doesn't catch too much flak from his nephew running third and his son fourth. Knowing Frank and Bill Jr., I'm sure those two cars were legal down to the last bolt, and their inspections probably took longer than most.

[Demo Derby X-100]

Inspection was real quick for the car I was crewing with. Safety check while we were in line, body and motor tech checklist once inside the garage and then on to the scales. Took just a few minutes of our time.

[strawberry]

Originally Posted by ARCA Guy

Here is the Falcon Fair spoke of.

man this car looks so familiar to me, I knew a guy in s.fl. that had a car just like that, my memory ..he had about 6 kids.

[butch27]

I know Joy Fair didn't have 6 kids but he may have sold the car to someone who did.

[copley62]

Hey bnorton734 were did you get those pictures? Do you have any in color. Thanks for posting them.

[twistedmetalvideo]

Originally Posted by indybigjohn

Could possibly be, but I think Copley62 said his copy is an 8x10, and it looks like a 7, which makes it Long John's car.

BTW, your buddy Spaugh was one tough driver and one tough customer. NOBODY wanted to mess with him. Personally, I liked him and I don't think we ever had a cross word between us. Another thing about him was that he was one of very few drivers who actually studied the rule book. When you discussed rules with him, you had better have your rules right, because you knew he was going to.

I was proud to call him a friend. I understand he's still with us and I'd love to see him again.

Tommy still attends the races most Saturday nights at the Sportsdrome.

[Our57]

indybigjohn, did you ever spend any time at the dirt track in Somerset (not the one that is in Burnside now, but the old one that was north of town on 27). My grandparents lived on old rt 80 just dow the road from the Yanders family. Danny always had dirt track cars. They were maroon with a white top & he had #96.
I have been trying to find some photos from there for a long time. I'd love to see some photos or hear anyones stories from Somerset.

[indybigjohn]

Don't have any photos, and although I can't remember the track specifically, I think I flagged or visited at just about every track in southeastern Kentucky at one time or another back in the 60s.

[copley62]

Attachment 861913 Guess who this is Indybigjohn,you should know?

[bnorton734]

Originally Posted by copley62

Hey bnorton734 were did you get those pictures? Do you have any in color. Thanks for posting them.

These came from an old neg sheet I have.

[indybigjohn]

Copley, that's Wendell, isn't it?

[Our57]

I took these shots at a gas station on route 80 west of Somerset Ky in the mid '70s when my family was returning from a vacation in Nashville. I have a couple more but i cant find them.

[Our57]

Heres a program from Tri County Speedway. Tri County was a great place. It was 1/2 mile dirt until '72 the was paved and was later renamed Queen City Speedway then closed down sometime in the late '80s or early '90s.
The track remained remarkably intact with a trucking company and a softball complex on the property until just a couple of years ago.

[indybigjohn]

Thanks, Our57! I collect .jpgs of old program covers. Also copied the two driver pages, because there are a lot of guys on there I remember.

[jonzcustomshop]

a guy over on a truck board I go to posted these up, nashville, and the drivers names are in the photo titles.

[Deuce3wCpe]

...did some more rummaging over the weekend and found the companion card to the one I posted of Nelson Stacy.
Here's ol Freddy looking quite dapper >

[copley62]

Thats Right. Wendell Scott in Macon Georgia making his movie Greased Lightning. I knew you would know Indybigjohn.

[1986Eddie]

The Driver is George Toohey, He own's Toohey's Auto parts, Remember when your Car goes Foohey Call Toohey. Well he use to race before he went to the service.

[1986Eddie]

Originally Posted by allstarracing

Here is a picture of a Crosley in the Fourth Street Armory, Louisville Ky. Don't know the driver. They raced on the lower level in the area for indoor training and vehicle storage. After they stopped racing in the Armory it became one of the important stops on the national wrestling circuit.

The Driver is George Toohey, He own's Toohey's Auto Part's.