60'-70's Vintage Oval Track Modifieds

yeah that has to be Martinsville, the low stands on the stretch and the bushes in the corners, yeah that's Martinsville.

 

photobucket.com, create an account, you can bulk upload photos. click each photo and hit generate to get the html code for message boards, then cut and paste the code to this site!

 

Hi John, welcome to the HAMB. Looking forward to your great images of the up state-New York guys!

 

Looking forward to seeing Johns great work on here! -Tom Bliss

 

FRANK,
Pretty sure this is Middletown, NY....second turn as seen from the drive in area, which was new in 1967.

 

Did you create an account with photobucket??? The rest should be easy afterwards.

Al Tasnady crash

Bud Olsen



Ray Hendrick and Leo Cleary

Herb Simpson

 

Leo Cleary in the bone shaker

Tom McCann

Ralph Smith

Ralph Smith

Reading

 

Reading

Reggie Ruggerio

Reggie Himes

The Reg Reggie Ruggerio

Reggie Ruggerio

 

Reggie Ruggerio

Reggie Ruggerio

This is such a kick a$$ photo of The Reg, truck racing!

Reggie and Warren Lee

Reggie Ruggerio

 

Hi folks attached below are some pics of a famous Aussie Super Modified. This was driven to great effect by local legend Billy Wigzell. Whilst in Bills hands it was powered by a 383 Dodge and then lastly a fuel injected L88 427 Chev.

Pics show Bill in typical style at local track Rowley Park Adelaide.

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MAY 15, 2009 -- I'm planning on doing a little Photobucket spring cleaning this weekend. I took a look at pages 82-152 of this thread and some of the same pics are showing up as many as three times! This is mostly my fault, because sometimes I post pics without realizing that I've posted them already (long ago) -- not to mention those who pulled Gordie's pics from VintageModifieds.com and posted them here too. No, I am not complaining or pointing fingers! But I think I should pull the multiples of my pics that appear here more than once. If you see a pic has been deleted, don't panic -- it simply appears elsewhere on this thread...

 

Frankie Smith at Lancaster (NY) Speedway, 1970. Photog unknown.

 

Frankie Smith's $8 Modified at Lancaster (NY) Speedway, 1969. Purchased from Pete Hayes (ran as No. 17 in '68). Fred Smith photo.

 

Anybody have any color photos of Ronnie Martin's yellow No. 4 coach that he raced at Lancaster (NY) Speedway, Spencer Speedway (Rochester) or Oswego (NY) Speedway in '72? The car was purchased from the Snyder Bros. (it was Bobby Hudson's No. 10 coach/sedan in '71). The next year ('73) it became a Pinto...

 

Is anyone going to the DAARA races in Zephyrhills Florida on February 19-22? I am flying in from TX and the owner of my father's old car is going to let me take it out for a few laps. The races are going to have vintage modifieds, sprints and Model A's.
Dan

 

I enjoyed the Frankie Smith photos, good work. It's amazing that guy even walked away from that accident!

Reggie Ruggerio

Reggie Ruggerio

Reggie Ruggerio

Reggie Ruggerio

Reggie Ruggerio

 

The Reg again

IT'S BACK, THE FLYING FINN, BUILD IT!!! lol Reino Tulonen

Renio Tulonen

Renio Tulonen

Reino Tulonen

 

Renio Tulonen

Rene Charland

Rene Charland

Rene Charland

Rene Charland

 

Rene Charland

Rene Charland

Rene Charland

Rene Charland

Rene Charland

 

In picture 1751, Tasnady's wreck, that happened on the backstretch at Reading. Tas drove up and over Red Coffin's trunk.

 

KILLER stuff guys! Great pics, great thread!

Joshua Shaw
2000 Lawrencburg Speedway Modified Track Champion

 

Ted Renshaw (Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada) at Lancaster (NY) Speedway, 1971. Ted was unable to locate the car after it was sold many times and eventually disappeared, so he built an exact replica of the '36 Chevy (in its original paint job -- yellow with a "flyin' 5" numeral).

 

Here's another shot of the Frankie Smith coupe, in its third lettering job -- Lancaster (NY) Speedway approx. 1971. Gordon Reinig photo.

 

Cam Gagliardi (Lockport, NY) at Lancaster (NY) Speedway, 1971. This car started out as a full-body Corvair in 1969. It won its last feature as a Corvair in 1971, then was reskinned as a Vega in '73 with Dave Cramer driving (and it won one more feature with Dave at the wheel before it disappeared). Gordon Reinig photo

 

Bob Sweeney at Shangri-La Speedway (Owego, NY) approx. 1973. Fred Smith photo.

 

Ron McDonald Jr. (yes, his birthname is Ronald McDonald -- but they refused to sponsor him!) at Lancaster (NY) Speedway, 1975. His father, Ron Sr., also raced.

 

My all-time favorite dirt Modified driver and car, Gerry Chamberlain (1972). Photo by Jeff Scott. See all of Jeff's great NJ/Pa. dirt Modified pics at: www.speedwaysnapshots.com.

 

Kenny Meahl at Ransomville (NY) Speedway, 1975. Photo by Jeff Scott, www.speedwaysnapshots.com

 

Merv Treichler's coupe, 1971. <yawn....last one for tonight, boys 'n' girls!>

 

I know Gary Balough drove the Batmobile, but wasn't it the brain child of Kenny Weld back in 1979?