George "Mac" McCormick
George A. Mc Cormick (September 5, 1933 - February 4, 2014) U.S. Veteran George A. Mc Cormick, 80, of Lochbuie, passed away February 4, 2014 at his home. Born September 5, 1933 in Denver, CO to Addison...
View ArticleGoodbye
It is time for the old "Professor" to retire. I have been challenged on my posts for the last time. I have always tried to be as accurate as possible and I am truly sorry if I've posted false or...
View Article1972 footage from Australia
I was going through my computer and came across this footage. It's from 1972ish...... because it has the Anderson/Rush sprint car in it. The car that creates so much discussion on whether it was the...
View ArticleWalter Lloyd Flint, 86, of Cheyenne, WY passed away peacefully Jan. 31 in his...
Walter Lloyd Flint 1927-2014 Walter Lloyd Flint, 86, of Cheyenne, WY passed away peacefully Jan. 31 in his home. He was born Nov. 19, 1927, in Gillette to Ora and Rheba Flint and moved to Cheyenne with...
View ArticleIntroducing a Motorcycle Sidecar Road Racer
I learned to road race on the streets of Detroit , running from the cops to avoid tickets on my motorcycle in the late 50's. I had a lot of fun running autocross and road rallies ( totally different...
View ArticleNew Guy from Fort Collins
Grew up in Ohio, father owned a garage and also did engine work on race cars. When I was 12-13, I raced go karts for another shop that sponsored a Super Modified and an Offy Midget. When they would...
View ArticleQuestion... Auto Racing films in the USA - 1900 to 1940
I am looking for info on a series of 4 films about auto racing in the US from 1900 to 1940. I watch these many years ago and I am trying to find them again. Townfryers
View Articleorange show speedway in san bernardino cal
I grew up at the orange show watching my dads cars race in the 70s.
View ArticleBob Olds passes
Gene Pastor informed me today (3-4-14) that Bob Olds passed away last Saturday evening. A memorial service will be held for Bob at St. Josephs Catholic Parish 969 Ulysses St. Golden, Colorado Saturday...
View ArticleNew from Minnesota
Started in Hot Rods in 1950, Road Racing late fifties to mid sixties including running the USAC event at CDR in 1961 and trying to qualify for the Peak. Vintage Midgets since 1980 running from EMMR to...
View ArticleNew guy from Texas
Hi there, my name is Andrew Thornton, im an 18 year old Bracket racer from right outside Houston Texas, ive been to this site a couple times before and decided I should register, ive been drag racing...
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Kelly Peters
Once I get the rights I will post some pics of my dad, Kelly Peters. Dad drove for Mick Naggy, Bob Steinmann, the Marchese's, Fred Thomshe, Otto Hamburg and a host of others. Good friend to Ray...
View ArticleReminiscing... Son of a racer
Hello, Tim Peters here, my father was Kelly Peters, aka the Flying Irishman as coined by Chris Economaki. Dad started racing midgets and stock cars after WWII were he served as a flight engineer on a...
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Colorado race cars
West coast historian, photographer, Charles Fawcett has been posting some of his incredible color photo's from various west coast speedways. I've asked him if it's o.k. to share them he said yes. Here...
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Bob Smith collection
Here are some real nice photos from the Bob Smith collection. Enjoy Attached Thumbnails
View ArticleNew here
I have photos to share and look forward to seeing other posts.:sprint::sportsman::dirtlate:
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1/8 Scale Vintage Midget
This is a 1/8 scale midget model I'm scratch building. It will be the Hurd's midget that Allen Heath drove. Bob McCoy built a 1/4 scale model of this same car.
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