60'-70's Vintage Oval Track Modifieds

I'll second that... I remember it as top straightaway speed, not a lap average speed.

 

Sounds extremely plausable to me. In a super speedway mod? Yeah and as we talked about in the beginning, NASCAR would not like any other division to show up their top division, the Cup cars. Especially by Saturday night bullring drivers!

 

So, that would be in practice and not an official lap?

The official 196.8 was still almost 3mph faster than Baker's pole of 194.009
1980 Daytona Pole and race speed at top of page.

 

That is a rare pic of The Travelin Man Peter Fiandaca #135 where is that @

 

Picture of the traveling man....Plainville stadium, believe wednesday open comp. race, they were always great races

 

Dr. John,

What a great shot of Troyer's 75 Mustang II!. Another one of my favorite cars.

Thanks,

JBull

 

Here are a few shots of Maynard Troyers Mustang that I pulled from my scrapbook:

2 photos I purchased from Fred Smith;





A poster I purchased





I believe at speed on the Daytona Road Course



At Trenton or Pocono racing Buzzie Reutimann and his big track asphalt camaro

 

some more shots of Troyer's Mustang II, including its demise

a glimpse



at home?



At speed, possibly at Daytona again



At Daytona again? Not sure of photographer...




At Pocono before the accident...



The aftermath of over a dozen barrel rolls and flips at Pocono....

 

I didn't remember Troyer flipping a mod like that. I thought he did that in a full-size Cup car.

 

Bob Bergeron Collection

 

Hi Bullfather The#29 car is of Pete Walker. He past away from injuries that were from an accident at Oswego Speedway.This picture was taken there.

 

Maynard Troyer crashed and rolled that Modified in late August 1974.

 

Mike Loescher also drove the 29,before he moved to Florida.He told me he didn't feel safe in the car. He vacated the ride, and yeah,this is Pete Walker.

 

brian what made him feel unsafe?

 

Bob Bergeron Collection.

 

Bob Bergeron Collection.

 

At the time, Mike was building chassis. He didn't feel comfortable with the way it was built.His actual exact words were "it's a death trap". I wasn't at Oswego that fateful day, so I don't know for sure if Mike was right.
The owners of the car, the Loden Brothers, didn't return to racing until the mid '80's, when young Andy Loden, raced a late model.

 

Brian,From what I heard the seat broke from it's mounting points.Hope this clears things up for you and Bullfather.

 

While I have the Troyer Scrapbook out I scanned a few more....

the early years....but a familiar sight





possibly losing an engine with Max Berrier on the outside...Martinsville maybe...





Some color from Lynchmob

 

Some more of Maynard Troyer's Ford Falcon

An All Star Race at Islip (1970?) Al Deangelo in the $7 Mustang, Richie Evans in the #61





Winning the All Star Race at Lancaster



In action at Lancaster with Rene Charland #3 and Jerry Cook #38. Gordon Reinig photos from Lancaster Dr. John?









Racing Dick Clark #16

 

And on to the pinto years...

Some of us may curse Maynard Troyer for being one of the forefather's, if not the most successful builders, of the turn-key or cookie cutter modifieds of today. But, back when he was racing he was one helluva driver and he built some neat and fast machines. Even though I was down on Long Island, I couldn't wait to see a picture of the newest Troyer creation each Spring. I was fortunate to see him race on LI in the 70's and I took in the Race of Champions and various big races at Trenton and Pocono where I saw him race. He won a ton of races and track championships including all of the prestigious races of the day, the ROC, the Spring Sizzler, the Classic.....

A Fred Smith Photo



Racing Eddie Pienezak



Battling Lou Lazzaro in the #4 Valiant, Jerry Cook in the #38 Falcon and #58 Merv Treichler in a Gremlin (Fulton?)



in victory lane with Roger Treichler



in victory lane at Fulton



Leading a pack of heavy hitters: Jerry Cook #38, Richie Evans #61 and Geoff Bodine#99....weekly racing was tough at the upstate NY tracks...



another Fred Smith Photo

 

Katman43: I don't look at this site every day, so I just saw the post about Jackie Wilson. Thanks for the info!! Jackie was quite young when we saw him race. Lebanon Valley was quite a place for us. We were used to the jalopys up here in Vt. When we saw that track and those cars, we were pretty impressed!! Neal