How Many days to the Daytona 500?

[2 Sweet]

 

[Clutch]

 

[Pat]

 

[GenerationZRacingFan]

 

[Jorge De Guzman]

 

[Jorge De Guzman]

 

[Bobw]

Ack, beat me by >< much

 

[klemmabyna]

 

[be9ak7ts16]

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I'm slippin, I just noticed Bill Elliots car in the background.

 

[DIDIT]

It's a 1960 Plymouth Fury!

 

[aunty dive]

Christine ...

 

[Formerjackman]

Christine ...

Wasn't Christine a 58?

 

[aunty dive]

She was.

2 ugly girls.

 

[Bobw]

Yep, a '58

 

[be9ak7ts16]

getting ready for racing at Escanaba

 

[be9ak7ts16]

Lonnie Dalgord, Modified Feature Winner

 

[be9ak7ts16]

Coming out of turn 4 at Escanaba

 

[be9ak7ts16]

Honoring our past. What a great day for all of us!
-Fran Ansell
-Ron Baciak
-Jim Barron
-Don Benoit ...
-Al "Butch" Buckland
-Dave Christiansen
-Tom Chailler
-Tom Dubord
- Ray Gardner
-Bob Hengesh
-Bobby Iverson
-Herb Iverson
-Ron Paquette
-Dick Peterson
-Brian Rose
-Spud Willis
-Al Bilski
-Ken Viau
-Tiny Wagner
-Albin Dill
-Bill Egofske
-Norman Plourde
-Rodger Ives
-Wennell Tourangeau
-Larry Leach
-Jake Valiquette
-Larry Valiquette
-Victor Zar


The Old Guard from Escanaba and Norway.

 

[aunty dive]

Coming out of turn 4 at Escanaba

That is one rough, dusty turn 4.

 

[Efisher131]

Coming out of turn 4 at Escanaba

Wow and I thought New York tracks were dry and dusty.

 

[be9ak7ts16]

Rick Lemanski of Fox Lake on MSC trip to Northern WI and Upper MI in 1969

 

[pjmolo]

 

[aunty dive]

Larry Cannon 1974

 

[aunty dive]

Another Northwest Indianapolis car ... 1969

http://www.oldracingcars.com/hayhoe/68/

 

[aunty dive]

 

[aunty dive]

Granatelli Novi team cars in 1965

https://www.racingjunk.com/news/2015/03/19/tbt-stp-novi/

 

[aunty dive]

Jac Haudenschild ... one of the best

 

[aunty dive]

I’m sure there’s a 59 in there somewhere ...

 

[aunty dive]

 

[aunty dive]

Hoffman family USAC sprinter

These people have been racing for 87 years.

“More modern chauffeurs with Hoffman connections include Steve Butler, Pancho Carter, Dave Darland, Jeff Gordon, Rich Vogler, Jac Haudenschild, Kasey Kahne, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, Brian Tyler, and Kyle Larson.”

A good read: http://www.hotrod.com/articles/hoffman-auto-racing-86-years-young/

 

[Efisher131]

Technically still 60 where I am

 

[Jorge De Guzman]

 

[Bob]

 

[klemmabyna]

 

[be9ak7ts16]

 

[be9ak7ts16]

I love this car.

 

[be9ak7ts16]

A couple I just found. I want these guys known about. They were a big part of my teen years.

Jim Barron of Norway.

Larry Dubord of Escanaba

 

[Bob]

Love the junkyard pics.

 

[GenerationZRacingFan]

 

[Hotrod]

I'm slippin, I just noticed Bill Elliots car in the background.

Yeah I saw that. That was the 1977 Daytona 500. Bill was not able to qualify for that race.
That #60 is Ramo Stotts Chevy which he crashed and finished 27th that year.