John Bayer
Hello, Auto Racing Memories forum. I'm John Bayer and am writing a full-length biography of Frank Lockhart for my MA thesis and will publish a commercial book version before the end of 2014. I am...
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Rick Losh #95 LLM Lakeside CO
From the Leo Branstetter collection, taken in 1984 at Colorados Lakeside Speedway, I am being presented with some hardware for a main event win. I remember that earlier in the evening, during one of...
View ArticleReminiscing... 1940 Lakeside, Denver, CO Midget Speedway
I found a list this year for Lakeside standing.Possible for somebody interesting... 1.Llyod Axell(310 pts) 2.Bud Martinson(207) 3.Aaron Woodard(155) 4.Roy Leslie(135) 5.Bob Vorbeck(112) 6.Burton...
View ArticleTHP Kevin Tearney's Birthday
:singer:HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU....HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU....HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR KEVIN.....HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.....OK, LETS HAVE SOME BEERS!:banana::bandevil::cheers:
View ArticleRetired RMMRA Owner Richard Kaylor Passes
January 9, 2012 Denver, CO. - Retired Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Association (RMMRA) owner Richard Kaylor passed away on January 6 at the age of 78. Richard bought his first midget in 1958. It was a...
View ArticleRonnie Lee's Daughter
Hi, I am the oldest daughter of Ronnie Lee. He was my hero. I grew up watching him race at Lakeside Speedway. We loved Sundays that we were allowed to go to the races. We also watched our mom, Barbara...
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My 50's sprint car model.
Still working on pictures of my other short track cars. Bob hope you like it! Plans gave several different versions. Son said I was not man enough to build the pink one. Fooled him! Any one know...
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Championship Midget Car Owner Harry Conklin Passes
For Immediate Release Contact: RMMRA Media January 11, 2012 Denver, CO. - Championship RMMRA Midget car owner Harry Conklin passed away on January 10, 2012 at the age of 91. Conklin started owning...
View ArticleIntroduction... Lisa Clingan Martin
I guess the best way to introduce myself is to say that I am the very proud daughter of the late Mack Clingan. My Dad was a driver and owner for many years. He started racing at Sportsman Park and...
View ArticleRonnie Lee Memorial - Thank you
I wanted to send out a big thank you from my brother (Dean Carr) and family for all of those who attended the memorial for Ronnie Lee. As you all know, racing was a huge part of Ronnie's life and you...
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My name is Chuck Carpenter, i have been around racing, for over 60 years, started with my dad, and Pop Myles, at 11 years old, finished with good friend Mack, Clingan, as a Mechanic with him, helped...
View ArticleReminiscing... The most exciting finish I ever saw
Some of you may remember this, if so please comment, correct, whatever. I don't remember if the incident I'm going to tell about was a World of Outlaws race or just a special event that paid big money...
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The Bert McNeese-Harold Mainard Incident
From my 1994 Lakeside Speedway cable TV documentary 50 Years of Lakeside Speedway comes this wild story I thought would be fun to share with you guys. Local Midget historian Gary Martelon was nice...
View ArticleHistory... Does anyone remember my Uncle David Alitz who raced Figure 8 in...
My uncle David Alitz from Littleton passed away yesterday. I'm hoping someone here might have some old photo's of his good ol' racing days at Englewood Speedway. I'll never forget being a trophy girl...
View ArticleWhat Does Your Avatar Mean!!
Most of us have Avatars by our name, which usually defines how we appear to others. To some of you that are not computerized, it's the little picture under your name or symbol, that appears when you...
View ArticleMy how Auto Racing Memories has grown!
AutoRacingMemories.com is now 4 years old and boy have we grown! In fact our traffic has almost doubled just this past year. In one month ARM receives... - 11,114 Visits - 5,662 Unique Visitors -...
View ArticleIntroduction... dirtcurt
just another west coast modified dirt slinger...retired...old...but not slow. soon to join the vintage modified tour.
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Roaring Roadsters of the 1940's
I wasn't sure which forum to post these type of cars in, but I would like to know more about them. I ran across a bunch of great old pics of these Roaring Roadsters which mostly came from old Englewood...
View ArticleHistory... son of famous race car builder wayne ewing aka the wizz.
just wanted to introduce myself. my name is mark ewing the #3 sone of race car builder wayne ewing. he was the best race car builder ever. too me" he built championshipp cars in 3 diferent divisions....
View ArticleIntroduction... Hi there
It was 1965 when my dad and I drove from Detroit to Watkins Glen for the U.S. Grand Prix and my first race. Jimmy Clark, who had won the Indy 500 earlier in the year and was my favorite driver, dropped...
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