KEN DELONG
WHERE THE HECK DIDN'T HE RACE ?

Jo Towns Collection, via Otto Graham
Ken Delong poses for the photographer at Fonda in the 1950's.

            When I first went to the Fairmont Speedway [as it was run by C.J. Richards], one of the regulars there was a Whitehall, New Yorker named Ken Delong. I was not aware of the fact that he had been very active in racing for a long time before he appeared on the Fairmont track in 1962, having not only run at about every track possible but also having promoted some races at Whites Beach Speedway, too. Most of the Whites Beach drivers also ran Ashland Park, in Warrensburg, and vice versa. When I obtained Dan Ody's DVD of old 8mm stock car racing, Ken appears on several selections. I have tried to show them all on this page.

From Ody's DVD In action at Stateline Speedway	From Ody's DVD In action at Whites Beach Speedway	From Ody's DVD In warmup laps  at Fonda Speedway - behind 54, Willie Chest.	Fuez Family Collection In a lineup, taking Chet Hames' green flag at Fonda.
Courtesy of LaFond Family In the fan - favorite Car 54 - Where Are You? ride, at the Rutland Fair in1962.	Courtesy of Wes Moody At the CVRA show at the 1962 Rutland Fair, getting  heat checkers from Chet Hames protege Danny Rumpf.	Courtesy of LaFond Family In that same fair show, Ken is looked after by one of the  Loomis brothers, whose #P.61 Delong ran  into in one of the race's two huge pileups.

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