The Jalopy Journal
Marie Wilson of "My Friend Irma" fame on both radio and television as well as in a couple of movies.
Johnny Rutherford going over the wall at Eldora Speedway in 1966. Broke both arms but fully recovered to go on to win three Indianapolis 500s.
It's an Avro Lancastrian developed from the WWII Lancaster bomber. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Lancastrian
This statue was removed last year....
Two Ford DOHC Indianapolis engines used in a dragster. I think this car only ran a time or two as the engines weren't really suited for straight...
Mario Andretti's car at DuQuoin 100 mile dirt race in 1969. He finished 2nd to Al Unser.
The waving tall guy with the greasy T shirt is a young Dan Gurney.
I actually got pulled over once because my tail lights weren't "red" enough. The cop let me go with a warning after telling me to put some red...
Up and coming driver A.J. Shepherd crashing while qualifying for the 1961 Hoosier Hundred at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. He went out of the...
That's actually the lineup for the Championship car division of the 1959 Pikes Peak Hill Climb. That's Louis Unser in the #5 Raybestos car on...
Bill DeJournett was the chief mechanic on some of the Morris cars. By any chance would he have been your grandfather?
The plane is being restored to flying condition. https://www.b17alliance.com/restoration/ Also, the gas station owner that bought the surplus...
Yes. This was at Indianapolis Raceway Park just a couple of days before the 1962 Indianapolis 500. Foyt and Parnelli started 1-2 and finished in...
And brother Louie Unser on the other side of the car.
That's actually Jerry Unser in the cockpit of the #18 car at the August state fair race. Brother Bobby is reaching down into the cockpit and twin...
And Dick was also the father of Major League Baseball pitching great Rick Sutcliffe who played for the Chicago Cubs among other teams.
I assume that's a pretty interesting looking weight jacker setup on the side of the car. Is there any info on this photo, Rootie? Thanks!
Rootie, is that Len Sutton in one of Rolla's sprint car? Thanks!
Rootie, is the first photo Ernie McCoy in the Jake Vargo car? I'm guessing (totally) that the last photo is at Ascot. And this must be one of...
The first photo could be of Bob Gregg but I'm not sure of the car or the track. And the second photo is of Allen Heath at Ascot. I could be...
I believe the first photo is of Gordon Wooley; probably at an IMCA race. And the last photo is of the Noc-Out Hose Clamp car that George Robson...
Looks like Bob Hogle in the Morales car at (I think) El Centro. And the last photo is Jimmy Reece ahead of Eddie Russo at Langhorne. Thanks,...
Rootie, I should recognize this car but I don't. I've seen other photos of it with Paul Russo in it and it looks pretty street legal.
The first photo shows Parnelli Jones leading Don Branson at Milwaukee in 1960. They used to have stock car, midget, and sprint car racing during...
This is Vince Conze's down tube Championship car at Pikes Peak. Al Unser won the hill climb driving this car in 1964 but Jimmy Davies had also...
I'm not sure either but the driver looks somewhat larger and taller than I remember Greg being. I wonder if this could be older brother Jerry as...
Any info on the first shot? I don't recognize the track at all. The second attached shot shows a Ted Horn owned car at what looks to be...
I can't ID the car but it looks to be a pretty sharp CAE chassis (or at least CAE bodywork) racing on pavement. I don't know the track location...
Pat Flaherty is also in the photo with his arm still in a sling as a result of his Springfield crash a year earlier. Great photo!
Bob Sweikert at Milwaukee in 1955. This photo was taken by photographer Dave O'Dell who was one half of the O'Dell-Shields photography company...
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