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First photo is Vern 'Flip' Fritch taken I believe at Owosso, MI, just before he suffered a nasty flip that day which left him paralyzed for life....
Midget carrying #1 is Johnnie Parsons must be 1949.
Jackie Holmes drove the final 9 laps before an oil leak retired the #63 car.
Shortlived NASCAR Speedway Division cars in the infield. Must have been a combined show.
Rootie, Is the photo of the crashed Agajanian 98 the aftermath of the TED Horn fatal at DuQuoin in October '48? I know Johnny Mantz driving 98 was...
Leroy Warriner in the Hardwood Door car?
The Hudson is a stock mid-40's sedan, no limo. My father had one right after the war, a '46 model and the back seat was cavernous, particularly...
IIRC, the flips were attributed to a rut in the track that resulted from Duane Carter's flip during a 100 miler the Saturday before Labor Day. The...
Saw him flip that car at DuQuoin, Labor Day '51
Definitely is Tri-County, when still dirt (or reasonable facsimile thereof), so prior to May '72. #5 is probably Pat Patrick, #28 Ralph Latham and...
Appreciate the credit, but that was 6-7 years before I started shooting. Wayne
This might be Lawrenceburg, John. Wayne
This one looks like Tri-County Speedway. Can't remember the pilot. Wayne
I figured this one would draw some questions. This is the Ohio State Fairgrounds in Columbus. They had a half mile, flat, one groove race track...
John and all, This must be an Eldora shot, the guard rail and trees are not from Tri-County. I should have taken time to try to ID more of the...
John, I think the above photo is either '86 or '87. That's when the 2 plus 2 Pontiacs were run. BTW, I getting another, larger bunch of pix to...
I've been registered for quite some time, but never got around to doing this. I am a very much retired phototgrapher who shot races from the late...
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