LINK PETTIT       
 

     Through the good graces of a friend, Joe Grossetti, I now have a good collection of Link Pettit photos. Schenectady, New York's Pettit, whose team hailed from Great Barrington, Massachusetts, looked more like a high school librarian than a stock car driver. Opinions of him range from Lebanon Valley immortal to vastly overrated. I saw him race only once, so I have no opinion other than I appreciate these fine pictures of racing long past. I did meet Link at a breakfast gathering in Watervliet in July of 2007, and I found him to be a fine man - so I am going to go with the Valley legend label.


Photographer Unknown
One of the nicest -
looking stock cars of
that era. Probably
for Empire Speedway.

 
Photographer Unknown
An older version of
the RU21
 
John Grady Photograph
Another earlier car-
probably 1950's.

Les King Photo
Link, in action, on
Pico Raceway.
From Joe Grossetti
A beatup home shot
of Pettit with his
familiar late model

 
From Joe Grossetti
Another version
of the 200 - at
Dempsey Pontiac

From Joe Grossetti
The full 200 crew.
From Joe Grossetti
Receiving a trophy
at the Valley, with
Primo Grosetti at
the left.
From Joe Grossetti
A home shot
of the crew loaded
up for a Saturday
night show in July
of 1963.

 

From Joe Grossetti
A 1962 victory lap.
From Joe Grossetti
via Otto Graham Site
A chuckle in victory lane.
From Joe Grossetti
via Otto Graham Site
The whole Pettit gang.

 

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