FRAMES FROM 8MM FOOTAGE OF THE 1959 EVENT

Before the Race

Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Preparations around the Floyd Geary C38 of Buck Holliday, a favored entry.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Preparations around the V3 of Gary Reddick, from Morrisburg, ON. [This is Reddick's car number; but there is some possibilyt he hadn't begun driving yet.]	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry More work around the V3 , whoever was the driver.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Well-known Utica, NY driver Chuck Mahoney walks by the C15 of Larry Nye. Mahoney had the Hollebrand 53 that day.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry A couple of unidentified bigwigs before the action starts. I need help with who they are.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry The great Pete Corey walks by . This day, he was driving the A.C. Caprara 37NY, I think.
Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Crewmen by one of the cars, whose number I couldn't make out.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Larry Nye stands by his car C15. His future car, the lightning 150 was also in the race.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Another Larry Nye frame.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry I think this is Dutch Hoag, Bath, NY by his car.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Irish Jack Murphy fusses around the Shamrock 6 before going out and qualifying fastest.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Irish Jack Murphy [back to us} stands the around the Shamrock 6 pit area and chats.
Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry I guess this is Irish Jack Murphy by the the Shamrock 6' it's hard to tell.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry The pace car driver drove about the pits talking to several teams.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Conversation by the car 39. The guy at left looks so familiar. A little help ?	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry An official and his wife [who may have been a scorer] talk to the camera person.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry More Mr. and Mrs.official.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Who is this guy ? He got top billing for the first portion of the filming.
Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Alright papparazzi, enough !	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Big pit confab. Do we know any of them ?	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Pushing out Perk Brown's invading Virginia car 45.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Pushing out the eventual winning GIl Bruss car 22 driven by Bill Rafter.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry A row of cars in the pits.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry A crewman peruses the Henry Caputo 111 driven to third place by Tiger Tom Kotary. My guess is that Shoemaker was with the Trinkhaus 62 then.
Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Speaking of Trinkhaus, Frank looks out at the ramps before backing the 62NY off.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry An extra look just to make sure.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry The 62 is now on the ground.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Work begins.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Murphy drives out to the track surface.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry The scorers are in place and ready.

Time Trials

Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Prominent flagger Chet Hames of Saratoga Springs runs the show on the track during practice.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry The flamboyant Hames talks to an official just before time trials begin.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Chet shows the green to the first trial car as the 150 of Keith Gray sits int he foreground..	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Chet signals the end of someone's time trial. The speeding blurred car was too hard ot ID.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Buck Holliday's C38 is pushed into its place in the trial line.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Car 1 [not Jeep Herbert] pokes through the pits to the time tiral line.
Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Southerner Bobby Waddell waits to qualify.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry The great Ralph Earnhart waits to qualify, on his way to a 4th place finish [the best Southern finish].	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Ernie Gahan waits in the Koszella 15 RI.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Car 17 waits to trial.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Ned Jarrett and the late model - bodied 22 waits to time tiral with a host of crew and onlookers.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Mike Suraske's 10-10 [driver uncertain] heads out to be timed.
Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry The 10-10 [maybe with Cliff Kotary] at speed and under the clock.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry The A.C. Caprara 37, with [I assume] Pete Corey waits their turn to go.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry The A.C. Caprara 37, with [I assume] Pete Corey heads out onto the  track.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry The A.C. Caprara 37, getting up to speed.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry The 6VA sedan of Doug Yates completes his trial lap.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Jeep Herbert waits his turn in one of the J.R. Earl sedans.
Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Jeep heads out.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Jeep, at speed - on his time trial.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry A line of cars waiting to trial.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry The Trinkhaus car 62 heads out, probably with Ken Shoemaker.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Wimble heads out with the newer Chevrolet of McCredy. The SHerburne - based team also had their older Ford coupe there as 64.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry One extra shot of Jeep next to a NASCAR official.

The Actual Race

Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Flagger Chet Hames lets the green flag fly as the race begins. He is just out of sight at left.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry The flamboyant Hames struts and jumps his way alongside the middle of the starting field.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Chet continues to the race underway. Let's see a flagger do this today.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Car 24 chases another car in the early going.	Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry The 88A Studebaker, a regular at Airborne Park Speedway, ran well at the beginning of the race. It might have been Ernie Reid.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry A photographer and an offical station themselves trackside.
Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry The second Caputo car, the early 50s Plymouth business coupe goes by - probably with George Baumgardner.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Sedan 141 leads car V3, with Gahan on the outside.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Southerner Bobby Waddell running on the inside.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Car 24 is also running on the inside.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Car 43x is possibly [but not probably] Moose Carey.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry A good looking Car 87 is also running the popular inside groove.
Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry The slower Car 64 keeps to the inside, out of the way of the leaders who are lapping him.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Tom Kotary was surpringly strong in the excellent Caputo 111 that would become Shoemaker's car later.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry An unidentified Car 141, at speed.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Early in the race, Ralph Earnhart runs outside an unidentified Car 141, at speed.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Keith Gray motors along in the 150..	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry The car 10-10, catching up with a slower sedan.
Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Ned Jarrett, at speed with a car more appropriate to run Permatex races. He was strong.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Ned Jarrett, at speed with a car more appropriate to run Permatex races. He sailed along until mechanical failure hit him.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Buck Holliday was very fast until he broke and the car was left to sit ont he track.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Chuck Mahoney was good in the Hollebrand 53, but he had to make a pit stop during the race.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Unknown car JJ pursues a sedan on the outside..	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Slowing to make his pit stop.
Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Chuck Mahoney rejoins the fray.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Virginian Doug Yates is still in the running.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Another view of the Yates car.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Ned Jarrett, out of the race is signaled to by an official to get out of the car to a safer location.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Irish Jack Murphy, the race's first leader - some time during the race.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Eventual winner Bill Rafter, chasing Murphy at this point.
Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Larry Nye slowing down and dropping out.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry CLee Millington flies on by.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Chuck Mahoney rejoins the The second McCredy car races inside of car 150, Keith Gray.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry The Kempney 113, with maybe Dutch Hoag at the wheel.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Paul Marshall, in the Lefty Coogan 711Jr.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry A trackside offical signals to car 1, which is slowing down. This is not the Jeep Herbert car.
Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry The Perk Brown 45.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Car 70, at speed.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Car 28, at speed - racing to the inside of car JJ.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Eventual third placer Tom Kotary [111] chases eventual 2nd placing Bill Wimble [S33].	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry  Tom Kotary [111] passes the stalled car of Buck Holliday.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Eventual 3rd placer Tom Kotary [111] at speed.
Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry This unnumbered, unidentifed car was in the thick of things all race long.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Eventual third placer Tom Kotary [111] chases eventual 2nd placing Bill Wimble [S33] near the end  of the race.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Chet Hames flies checkers for winner Bill Rafter.

The Post Race Activities

Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Rafter gets the checkers in his winning coupe.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Rafter displays the checkers out his crowdside window.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Rafter starts out on his victory lap.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Rafter pulls into victory lane.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Cigar chomping Ed Otto with the winner's trophy.	Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Rafter is out of the car, covered with dust and grime.
	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Bill ends up with one of Otto's cigars.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry  Ed Otto with the winner's trophy for Rafter.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterly via Rick Parry Mechanical wizard Gil Bruss with the owner's trophy.

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