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03-29-2011, 11:47 AM
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Location: Moraga, Ca
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Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Part II
As promised, here is part II from Ron's photo archive showing vintage dirt track shots from the Bay Area. As far as I know, these images have not been published elsewhere, and this latest batch has a...
To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here. |
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03-29-2011, 12:19 PM
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Grenade Inspector
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: central left coast
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Re: Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Part II
Great photos "J". Thanks!
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03-29-2011, 05:24 PM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Charlotte, NC
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Re: Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Part II
Great stuff. Some cool hot rods. It was "balls to the wall" by real men, for sure.
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03-29-2011, 07:23 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Fresno, Ca.
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Re: Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Part II
Great post !!! These pictures are awesome, I studied the first batch for a long time also. These are sooo good. Thank you and keep posting.
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03-29-2011, 08:17 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: San Mateo, Ca.
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Re: Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Part II
Neat stuff. Looks like Belmont didn't really make the grade for these pictures. It was a cool Midget track once. And I saw lots of hard tops there.
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03-30-2011, 12:04 AM
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Grenade Inspector
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Western Washington
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Re: Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Part II
BIG thanks JB, love the history that you dig up!!
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03-30-2011, 09:01 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Olathe,Kansas
Posts: 1,049
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Re: Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Part II
Thank for the history.A friend of my Dads still has his midget racer that he ran on the wood tracks in KC back in the 40s.I've always wanted that car....
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03-30-2011, 09:51 AM
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Old School HAMBer
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: In a Van down by the river (WisTexan)
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Re: Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Part II
My brother told me that Clint Eastwood raced his car occasionally and did some drag racing out at the Albany land fill!
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04-04-2011, 01:55 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: San Mateo, Ca.
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Re: Dirt Tracking in the Bay Area- Part II
This picture showed up in my inbox. Supposed to be local. I am not so sure.
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