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

There is a guy from Pa, Syner Productions I think, that does old sprint and big car videos. I have a few and the earlier clip may be part of his work come to think of it. I'll see if I can put my hand on one this evening to get an address as I got them a few years ago and haven't seen them lately.

 

WOW that Dusie is about perfect for the street, except it looks more like a "one and a half", rather than a two-man car !

Tom

 

Turn the volume WAY UP!!!! That thing sounds sweet!

 

Don't have a lot of interest in the modern Indy anymore, but I will probably watch this weekend and root for Davey Hamilton. Think I will see anybody jacking up their high zoot, carbon fiber, unobtanium, Honda powered "go karts" like this?





BTW- If you like REAL INDY CARS, (roadsters, of course) check out this site for a BUNCH of pics:http://gwadagone.fotki.com/

 

Taking my 9 year old boy for his 3rd year in a row and my 24th in a row 29 in total (fuck the race!)for qualifying this weekend anybody else heading up??? Yhea it has changed but you gotta start them somewhere.We plan on leaving Sat afternoon....

 

The Hoosier 100 is this weekend?






I did find this site with several pics from the 68 Hoosier 100:
http://www.artemisimages.com/gallery.aspx?photomode=3&categoryid=4263

 

Is'nt it the 23rd? http://www.state.in.us/statefair/fairgrounds/events/past/April08monthly.htm

 

Hey Josh check this out

http://gwadagone.fotki.com/

 

Yes it is. The sprints are at Terre Haute the night before. To me the 500 just creates traffic congestion around some good sprint races.

 

YOU GOT THAT SHIT RIGHT!

 

WOW!

That was great. I saved it to my favorites. Great pics.

 

Yes, great reference site.

Thanks

 

Qualifying and bump day was pretty interesting! Also I made it to salem for the H.O.S.S. show.. Kinda funny.. A michigan boy set fast time then the race was won by an indiana boy in a canadian car! Great track.. Was good meeting up with Ryan yesterday at indy. Im just out side of Cincy right now and im going to meet Josh today. Gotta try and get this room for another evening also as the wife took sick last night so im leaving here here today.. I wondered what or where i was going to be tonite anyway.
Dave

 

Dave
Sorry to hear about the wife, hope she is doing better.. Was good meeting you yesterday as well, hope the rest of your trip goes well talk to you soon.... Ryan

 

Ryan I just got back here to the motel a little while ago. The wife is doing better and Ive had the time of my life.. Josh gave me the TOUR.. I have wood.. I got to see his shop and of course its in with Wade another + .. then we went to Zakira's and his dads and the the hi light of the day for me was the hoffmans.... Dam i love them sprint cars....
Josh im sure your gonna read this ..I owe ya.. Thanks Again..
Dave

 

Yhea, Josh's tour's are ACE'S! I told you it would be worth the drive! Glad your wife is doing better and enjoying our neck of the wood's....

 

I came across this HAMB board while searching the Web for info on Doc Bowles, and later was directed back here by e-mails from Mike W. and Josh. In searching the web, I came across this awesome page dedicated to the Hisso cars, which Doc Bowles owned at one time.

Most drivers of Hissos were known as ‘Hisso Chauffeurs’ because it took a special talent to drive one. The main reason was you had to keep the r.p.m.s up. Otherwise, it would take two or three laps to get them wound out again!” – Tom Delagrange, owner of the #100 Delagrange Hisso<O</O
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Clay Corbitt in the #22 Bowles Hisso


Bowles Hisso @ Dayton Speedway


Hisso engine drawing


Start at this link, and there are yearly links at the bottom of the page, as well as many links on the pages that will send you to pages on the cars and drivers.
http://www.winfield.50megs.com/Hisso.htm

 

Also linked from the Hisso site is this page about the "Black Panther" Bardahl car.
Plenty of great info and pictures, rather than post any photos, you can go here
http://winfield.50megs.com/AAUpload/Panther/BlackPanther.htm
to see for yourself

 

anoth great site (and actual museum) is that of Speedy Bill Smith's Speedway Motors collection.

http://www.museumofamericanspeed.com/index.shtml



link to the race cars (not all sprints)
http://www.museumofamericanspeed.com/Collections/Vehicles/VehiclesThumbs000.shtml


Also a fine collection of Engines

link to the engines
http://www.museumofamericanspeed.com/Collections/Engines.shtml

 

Anybody have any pictures of Hank Butcher??

 

This is from Marty Kobatas' excellent site, lotsa Nor.Cal. BCRA-NARC etc. pics, programs. http://public.fotki.com/nitram22/

 

Great history there, thanks for the link. I remember the # 98 "Chief Auto" car from the late 50s early 60s upper-midwest IMCA fair circuit.

 

Thanks alot. Hank and I use to drive together, we are both from Redding and started driving quarter midgets. Jimmy Boyd also ran with us.

Great Memories

 

My apologies if I missed something along the way here ... is this supposed to be the twin to the car that Clark Gable drove in the "To Please A Lady" film ... or the one that Mauri Rose drove? If this is supposed to be the double to the Gable/Mike Brannan Spl. #17 Big Car (on the Championship Trail and Indy) it looks nothing like the car. It may be the Rose car but certainly not Gable/Brannan's.
Joel

 

Not a full car shot but here's a movie still, obviously a studio shot, of Gable in his #17 To Please A Lady film car. It was a solid axle traditional upright dirt car.
Joel

 

Not sure.. I was going by what I was told. Interesting! I'll check it out.


Here is the "other" car, The actual Movie car. They said the movie was "to please a lady" but doesn't look like it from your "still pic" above..

"they" have been wrong before!



Thanks.
JD

 

Hey Guys!
The "Please the Lady" Champ/Indy car is in Tom Malloy's collection. He runs it. The last time I saw it was last year, when we ran at an exhibition at California Speedway. The blue car in the photos just posted looks like one of Lou Moore's "Blue Crown" Specials.
"Dawg"

 

Tell us who you are??? Hank was racing in Australia when Rutherford drove my dad's Midget there.

 

Posted some pics from THE Speedway today, vintage cars were on display, they run Friday. Got to hang out with George Bignotti, A.J. Watson, J.R. Willie Davis, Sonny Meyer, just to name a few. Was an Honor to even be around those guys!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/racer5c/

 

Great pics, I wish I could make it up to Indy this week but probably not going to have the time. Might try to squeeze in the Night before race. Anybody else going?