this is great. the brown #24 seen at about :50, was a brand new asphault car, driven by ken shoemaker. this was it's 2nd race. it was a new design refered to as a "funny car". at this time, only bill wimble and eddie flemke, had them. a few days earlier, this car finished 2nd, behind billy wimble, at fulton speedway. . they lapped the ENTIRE field. in this malta race, shoe was so dominate, that after running out of gas, on the backstretch, with 5 laps to go, he STILL finished 5th !
My Pa, Butch Walker raced modified at Burton fairgrounds, Sportsmans park, Bedford fairgrounds Canton speedway back in '50-'53...41 Ford coupe #166 The Mule train Spcl. I was hoping maybe I'd get a glimpse of it on some of this early footage...Drivers for my Pa, were John Nagy, Harvey Luhta, and Burleigh Walker...drivers he raced against were #11 Mac Clingon,,,Bob Burt, Walt Kratche...I was 4 yrs old and remember a lot of the drivers names...Wally Arkelin
A few years ago I saw an interview with Chris Economaki. He was making the point that when the factory built Midget cars started showing up, that it killed Midget racing because the race became a parade. The lack of diversity killed the sport. I would make the same point about auto racing,today, in general. NASCAR Cup: All the cars are the same, exactly. BORING. NASCAR Modified: The spec. is so tight the cars are almost the same. A few years ago I would watch the Modified when they were on TV. No more, when I found out that a car owner was fined and had points taken away because in post race inspection it was discovered that his drive shaft material was too thin. That was the last straw for me. F1: The spec. is so tight the cars may as well be the same.... I would like to see some technical diversity like there was years ago. Different engines, cars, tires. Make the teams build their cars. And, most of all, no team can have more than 2 cars. This would let the smaller teams have a chance at the big sponsors. One more thing. When a team has defined the formula they were going to use for their 2 cars, they could not change during the season. No more different car for a different track.
Lol Thompson with dirt walls that's what I remember thanks for the memories
WOW! Some GREAT memories there. Thanks for posting!
this is great. the brown #24 seen at about :50, was a brand new asphault car, driven by ken shoemaker. this was it's 2nd race. it was a new design refered to as a "funny car". at this time, only bill wimble and eddie flemke, had them. a few days earlier, this car finished 2nd, behind billy wimble, at fulton speedway. . they lapped the ENTIRE field. in this malta race, shoe was so dominate, that after running out of gas, on the backstretch, with 5 laps to go, he STILL finished 5th !
We're in the same business I see :) Il love this nostlgic stuff. I visited a lot of old race tracks, most in Europe but also a few in the USA.
The legend himself in the red and white #2 Frankie Schneider!
Wow great video. Pine Bowl looks interesting. I came to see footage of O.C.F.S.
Riverside in Agawam, MA, Stafford Springs, CT.
My Pa, Butch Walker raced modified at Burton fairgrounds, Sportsmans park, Bedford fairgrounds Canton speedway back in '50-'53...41 Ford coupe #166 The Mule train Spcl. I was hoping maybe I'd get a glimpse of it on some of this early footage...Drivers for my Pa, were John Nagy, Harvey Luhta, and Burleigh Walker...drivers he raced against were #11 Mac Clingon,,,Bob Burt, Walt Kratche...I was 4 yrs old and remember a lot of the drivers names...Wally Arkelin
Looked like they built a track in the middle of the forest lol.
danbury
A few years ago I saw an interview with Chris Economaki. He was making the point that when the factory built Midget cars started showing up, that it killed Midget racing because the race became a parade. The lack of diversity killed the sport.
I would make the same point about auto racing,today, in general.
NASCAR Cup: All the cars are the same, exactly. BORING.
NASCAR Modified: The spec. is so tight the cars are almost the same. A few years ago I would watch the Modified when they were on TV. No more, when I found out that a car owner was fined and had points taken away because in post race inspection it was discovered that his drive shaft material was too thin. That was the last straw for me.
F1: The spec. is so tight the cars may as well be the same....
I would like to see some technical diversity like there was years ago. Different engines, cars, tires. Make the teams build their cars. And, most of all, no team can have more than 2 cars. This would let the smaller teams have a chance at the big sponsors. One more thing. When a team has defined the formula they were going to use for their 2 cars, they could not change during the season. No more different car for a different track.
I 100%AGREE