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Lee My sympathies on the passing of your father. Also sad to report that Baldtireman (John Stickley) last his brother, Chuck, who passed away...
Thanks for answering that question... Always comes up around here as to what became of that car. LM
John is correct... on all counts. Bobbie drove for the McMillan Bros., I'm thinking before Steve Travers had the ride. First car I saw Bobbie...
Before hooking up with Al Hamilton in Central PA, Bobbie was the regular driver of the Wilbur Hawthorne Trevis #35. Billy Cassella moved into...
Since Al and John were from the Altoona, PA area, and Al raced with URC...that is an excellent suggestion. BTW... anyone know the history of...
Bobbie normally drove the Hamiltion #77... This car is (was?) located in the Johnstown, PA area, and the owner brought it to Jennerstown for...
Greg Thanks for the update... I will pass the info on to Phillipe... Thanks... LM
The ex-Jim Clark Volstedt car came up in a discusion on slotblog.net... Noted historian Phillipe de Lespinay (he restored the 1961 Indy Cooper...
John Bobby was driving a midget that day that was from Pittsburgh... 'Jim White Builders' (former Lowther #88). I think it was their first...
Yep, Rod is one of the guys to beat in the Ohio Valley 1/32 plastic car series. I plan to be racing that series a bit next year, along with my...
Neat slot car Lee... The body actually appears to be one of the three 1/24 sprint cars that were available in the 1960's. I had Wendell...
Sad to see the demise of NSSN... And, indeed, a sad day for Chris. After a 77 year run nothing is sacred. A part of motorsports died this week....
I remember people telling me that Mac's car was a former Deb Snyder car that competed in IMCA? I believe this was also the car that Bill Thomas...
John I have a photo of Dick in the Vargo sprinter... I can make you a copy, if you want one. LM
Didn't Brenn's cars carry #24? I think over time his cars were painted red, light blue, cream and then white and red... His boy's modifieds were...
John Gil Morcroft was from Pittsburgh (lawyer?) owned midgets and Indy cars, but for some reason I remember a newspaper story connecting...
Was this the car that Dick Linder was scheduled to drive at Indy in 1959? LM
Rootie would appear to be right on the money... In the Tom Saal book about Andy Dunlop it was mentioned that the Central Excavating car was...
John I think I was writing a column for National Speed Sport News when that incident took place... Howard could be a little intense at...
I recall Johnny Hubbard running it in a URC race at Bedford... If I recall I think J.D. Leas won in the Long Bros. #55. LM
Looking for some help re: stretched midget sprint cars... With the recent release of the 1/25 scale Revell Kurtis midget model kits, I'm...
I think it is Bob Wlkey in the Caruso #3... There is a photo of him in the car at Nazareth in the Buzz Rose URC book... LM
Jiggs Peters drove the Shaw #3 in 1968... Tommy Price in 1969... The orange and white car is not a Long Bros. car. They always had Trevis and...
Thanks... Appreciate the info. LM
Hi Deek Someone told me it was still in Western PA... Good to see it is still around. LM
The #88 was the team car to the #77 that was normally driven by Van Johnson. The car had a 'reverse' paint scheme at one time ... red with...
Sorry, the above post re: the Lowther car was in reply to John Stickley's thread . I forgot to post his quote...duh. LM
John Russ Lewellen did a piece on the 'restored' Lowther sprinter that was in the PA Museum in the Feb. 1992 issue of Open Wheel Magazine......
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