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I never met Buck Holliday, but I would have to imagine he was not the kind of guy you would even think irritating. A pugnacious former boxer, he and his car owner, Floyd Geary toured all over the North Country - from southern Canada to Pennsylvania - usually dominating the competition. Geary was known to be a pretty tempestuous character, himself, once nearly braining his then - house driver Bill Wimble by throwing an object across the garage in a fit of rage. One time, Vermont car builder Royce Tucker and his team built a 1937 Pontiac coupe, painted it up with the striped roof like a Geary car, and even numbered it C37. When Geary came to Vermont to buy an engine, he spotted the car, nearly had a seizure, and stormed off telling them where they could stuff their engine.

At some point in time, Geary was struck and killed in the pits at some track in northern New York, and Holliday spent some time with car owner Cliff Barcomb, driving a former Chris Drellos - owned Chevy coupe. I am not strong on Holliday's latter years as a driver, as I am just coming into knowledge on New York drivers from his part of the state. There wasn't much he hadn't conquered by that time, and the old cadre of dominant, tough northern New York drivers like himself, Dick Nephew, Bill Wimble, Gaston Desmarais and others was fading out. Buck deserved to have his own page on the sire long before now.

Russ Bergh Photo Ladabouche Collection
A typical shot of Holliday, in the Geary era, with an unpopular win at Fonda Speedway. Fonda regulars bitterly resented the northerners coming to their track, although
they thought nothing of invading Saranac Lake Speedway or Airborne Park Speedway. Tough guys like Holliday and Slugger Moody delighted in irritating the Fonda - ites.

Bob Mackey Photo Courtesy of John Rock Buck manages a smile with a young fan called Mike, at Airborne, 1956.	Russ Bergh Photo Ladabouche Collection Holliday and Geary in Victory Lane at Fonda in 1960. Probably, beer cans are raining out of the stands, knowing Fonda.	John Grady Photo Ladabouche Collection A typical shot of Holliday, in the Geary era, with a win somewhere.	Ladabouche Collection Holliday, in a later Geary car, climbing over Gaston Desmarais	Source Unknown Yeah, this is Floyd's car - who's askin' ?
Bob Mackey Photo Courtesy of Mike Watts Buck poses at Airborne Park.	Bob Mackey Photo Courtesy of John Rock Crewmen from both Geary cars mill around a wreck at Airborne in the mid 1950's.	Bob Mackey Photo Courtesy of John Rock How wouldja like me to get out of this car and paste ya one ?	Russ Bergh Photo via Otto Graham A young future Hall of fame, David Lape [rt] poses with Buck.	Bob Mackey Photo via John Rock Interviewed, at Airborne Park Spdwy.
Photo Courtesy of The Midstate Site At Syracuse, likely in late 1950's or 1960.	From Dan Ody's 8MM DVD #1 At Syracuse, likely in late 1950's or 1960.	From Dan Ody's 8MM DVD #1 At Langhorne, likely in late 1950's or 1960. That's Cliff Kotary [10-10] Billy Rafter 22, and Wimble in the next row.	From Dan Ody's 8MM Footage Coll. At Bouvrette Spdwy in St. Jerome,QC around 1959.	From Dan Ody's 8MM Footage Coll. In a ditch at Bouvrette Spdwy in St. Jerome, QC around 1959.
From Dan Ody's 8MM Footage Coll. At Bouvrette Spdwy in St. Jerome,QC around 1959.	From Dan Ody's 8MM Footage Coll. In a ditch at Bouvrette Spdwy in St. Jerome, QC around 1959.	Russ Bergh Photos Courtesy of Doug Fetterley Receiving a shirt from a large fan club in NY. Bill Wimble is wearing the hat, at right. That hat suggests this about 1956.	Courtesy of Doug Fetterley Another win somewhere.	Bob Mackey Photo Courtesy of Doug Fetterley Another pose at Airborne.
Photo Courtesy of Doug Fetterley Doug Fetterley found Buck and brother, Sterling at the track in Canton, NY.	Photo Courtesy of Craig Revelle Flying the checkers at Capital City Speedway in Canada.	Photo Courtesy of Craig Revelle Posing with the spoils at Capital City Speedway in Canada.	Lynch Photo With a turbo reference on the hood, whatever that meant in thos days. This is Langhorne.	Source Unknowno With the spoils at Fonda.
Russ Bergh Photos Ladabouche Collection Eventually, he drove for Cliff Barcomb, who bought him the Drellos 11 that Corey had run. [See below] John Grady Photo	Russ Bergh Photo At Fonda.	Photo Courtesy of John Grady After a while, it sort of had Buck's touches added on.	Frank SimekPhoto At Fonda. Frank Simek Photo With the Cliff Baromb - owned, former Drellois car at Fonda.	Frank SimekPhoto At Fonda, in full opposite lock. Buck has already made some body adjustments.
Photo Courtesy of Phil Butler At Airborne, with a later C-38. Not sure if Geary was still alive, at this time.	Photo Courtesy of Doug Fetterley At Airborne, with a later C-38. Not sure if Geary was still alive, at this time.	Joe Cryan Photo Courtesy of Rich Young What must be one of his final rides.
EARLIER Photo Courtesy of Otto Graham At Fonda in the mid 1950's. Geary drivers Bill Boorgeest and Roger Craig stand with Bob Whitbeck [rt]	GEARY Photo Courtesy of Boorgeest Family Boorgeest, with a win at unknown venue.	ENTRIES Photo Courtesy of Mike Russo Dick Woodley, with an obvious Geary car. Bob Mackewy Photo Courtesy of John Rovk Sherwood Holliday.	Photo Courtesy of Craig Revelle Roger Craig, in a Geary car at Fort Covington Spdwy.	Photo Courtesy of Craig Revelle At Lansdowne in Ontario. Likely it is Bill Dalton.

Bob Mackey Photos Courtesy of Bucko Branham
A set of Bob Mackey's photos from around 1958. I think that is Sterling Holliday at lower left.

Bob Mackey Photo Courtesy of John Rock
The offending, Tucker - built C-37 was not received as a compliment by Geary. I remember seeing Jim LeClaire drive this car at Otter Creek Speedway.

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Geary came up with a really different C38 here for the first ever New Yorker 400. I believe it is the car Fran Kane built for Dick Nephew
and Rod Ritchie to share at Saranac Lake and Airborne.