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vintage midgets from Sydney Australia
Went to a display of 1960s midgets yesterday. Here's some of the cars on display..... One of Bob Tattersall's midgets.....
View ArticleReminiscing... Old Speedcars/Midgets.
Hi All , New to this page,great site. I live in NSW Australia and was involved in Speedway at Sydney Showground,Westmead and Liverpool from1960 TO 1968 I started of on pitcrew of Johnnie Hughes Holden...
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Old Racing pictures from my Dad
I have some pictures here from when my Dad use to race. I know he raced at Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs Raceway, and Beacon. I am not sure which track each picture is from. I also have some newspaper...
View ArticleQuestion... Mynatt's Esso Servicecenter
Anyone remember the city location of Mynatt's Esso Servicecenter in the 1940's They sponsored a custom aero bodied 1930 Model A Coupe racecar with a airplane type tailfin Picture can be seen at search...
View ArticleQuestion... Tattersalls Midgets
Can anyone confirm that the Matoon Imperial Motors Offy black #3 is the same as Matoon red & white #3 ? Is the car Kurtis Kraft Chassis #243 ? and what does the letter L on the front nerf bar stand...
View ArticleHistory... Looking or Historians
I am looking for some people who know the tracks history of Colorado and Arizona and the results of the 1920's and 1930's from. Thanks
View ArticleHello from Indio, CA
Hi Mitch et all, Long time lurker first time poster. Grew up with the jalopies, cutdowns and modifieds of Norwood Arena and Southern New England. That all ended in 1961 when I joined the Naval Air...
View ArticleLooking for information
Does anyone on here recall a mechanic or team member, probably on champ cars and sprint cars, named Harold McCullough? Apparently worked with Foyt among others. A friend who is a relative is asking me,...
View ArticleOld San Jose Speedway
:sprint: Hi To All,This looks like a really cool website. Just love the old photos. My Dad took me to my first race in June of 1953, At the old paved San Jose Speedway. I have been Hooked ever since....
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West Coast Vintage Racers Southwest Chapter Event Tucson
Some photos (not sure yet whether I have image and link posting privileges) of our recent vintage event at Tucson Speedway Inaugural Re-Opening (will add more as they become available) Vintage...
View ArticleSprintcar Chassis ID
My good friend and vintage mechanic Kenny Surabian -trained by Clint Brauner in Phoenix- bought land in the Durango area and is planning to move once his house here in Indio is sold. Last Summer he...
View ArticleAutoRacingMemories.com is 5 years old!
It's hard to believe but AutoRacingMemories.com is now 5 years old. It seems like just yesterday Rick Wasilko was calling me on the phone asking if there was any way to save the old Colorado Racing...
View ArticleHello from Muncie Indiana
Hi guys, I found this forum while looking for reference pictures for a modeling project I'm working on. I'm chopping up and converting a 1/18 scale die-cast 55 Chevy into an early 70s Dirt Track /...
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1/18 scale 55 Chevy Dirt Track Car
Back in the early 70s when I was a teenager my dad used to take me to the Anderson Speedway here in Indiana on Saturdays. I loved to watch those nasty looking dirt track cars. There were a lot of 55 -...
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High Speed sprint cars
A Steve Ellis photo from "Open Wheel Magazine", Aug. 1993, the shot is from the famous Winchester Speedway (1/2 mile paved oval) in Indiana, from a USAC sprint car race in 1974. Bill Engelhart in...
View ArticleCARC DICK DAY
Just got word that CARC Lifetime Member Dick Day has passed away. This came to me from Bob Land who had been notified by Dick's brother Dan. The Day's are best known for the white #88 CARC modified....
View ArticleMy First Post
Hello everyone, I am new here in this forum. I always like to explore new things and I found this forum just two days before and I got a lot of information then I decide to join this forum. I think...
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Sprint car in advertisement!
Just got this in a weekly mailer for ads and coupon's, pretty cool, last place you you'd think you would see a real race car. Oh, it's Brady Bacon in the Hoffman family sprint car out of Indiana.
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Brave!
The age old argument, "The guys today ain't as brave as those old boys", vs. "The young guys today are going so fast the old guys just could not cut it today". Well, take this into account, these...
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