NEWS & UPDATES
May 1
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A special date for this website. It would have been my uncle's birthday today
- his 100th. This is the uncle to whom I dedicated the site. Without him, I may
have been interested in something else instead of racing. The
April 2008 news updates have been
archived.
At the recent conference in Saratoga, I found out some good
information about some of my many mystery photos. I now know that Doc Blanchard
was the mystery driver on the Young/Vine #75
page. On the Fairmont Speedway page, I have
discovered that a mysterious #P.38 was driven by Nelson Moore. It probably
belonged to the Loomis family, which liked those WWII fighter numbers.
Below is a sample of some of the great shots I have gotten to use. I have
added some photos to the Mettawee Speedway
page, and one group shot to the Stateline Speedway
page.
McDowell Photo Courtesy of Ken Gypson
Rhode Island's Ed Hill poses in the pits at Stateline
Speedway.
Note the familiar barn across the road.
May 3 - Well, those expecting to see me at Thunder Road this year probably will not. I was told Saturday, by a member of the ACT staff, that I would not be given press credentials this year at TR. Apparently doing incessant work to preserve the history of racing in the state, and writing a column frequently in a racing paper is not enough to be considered press. It is very deeply hurtful to think that is all ACT thinks of the work some of us do.
May 4 - I will be adding some photos to the Ashland Park page. Several of the photos I got from the album of Bob Hackel, Sr. [courtesy of Jr.] were from Warrensburg, I was delighted to discover.
May 6 - I will be adding some photos to the Stateline Speedway page.
May 7 - I received a great photo from the April Saratoga lost race tracks conference from Joe Grossetti. It shows Joe's hero, Link Pettit, with George Proctor and Dick Hansen. Proctor actually raced at Airborne in the last two years. Amazing man.
 Joe Grossetti Photo Link Pettit [left], George Proctor, and Dick Hansen |
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 Pettit Collection Link |
 Ladabouche Photo George |
 Cavalcade of Racing Dick |
May 11 - After trying, unsuccessfully for more than a year, I figured out one of my mystery photos on my own. The first two shots show this #6 that I noticed showed up both at Stateline [left picture] and Pico [lineup]. Then I noticed the drivers' name in the Pico ad. Finally, I saw on the middle shot that the #6 appears to have "J" on one side of the 6 and "B" on the other. Good enough for me to assume this is Jack Barney. When I am not doing lesson plans I will add individual shots of Jack on both tracks' pages.
 Herbert Family Photo |
 Jerry King Photo |
 Courtesy of John Nelson |
I did some upgrades to a couple of track pages this weekend, but I had not internet access where I was. I'll get them up ASAP.
May 12 - I have put up the upgrades to the Mettawee Speedway page that I worked on over the weekend. I also will upload the changes to the Ashland Park page. I also added some information about the Gaylord Rowe #26 car on the Airborne Speedway page. I have put the aforementioned Jack Barney onto the Pico Raceway page.
May 13 - In looking at a couple of files before I started school work for the night, I stumbled across one of the best discoveries of the year - two rare shots from Otter Creek Speedway. One is the track pace car. Someone who knows Darryl Tucker should let him know. He loved that car. The other is an action shot I never saw before [and there aren't many].
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