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Posted: Saturday Mar 8th, 2008 09:27 PM |
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| Redding's Roger Gannon at Eugene in 1977. Attachment: roger gannon 1977.jpg (Downloaded 905 times)
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Posted: Saturday Mar 8th, 2008 10:03 PM |
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| Redding's Mike Chase at Eugene in 1977. He won a lot of races in this Chevelle.... Attachment: mike chase 1977.jpg (Downloaded 929 times)
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| From 1977 at Shasta in March, Bob Fox and Manteca, California's Ron Strmiska, a mutli time Stockton 99 Speedway track champion. Attachment: bob fox and ron strmiska 1977.jpg (Downloaded 902 times)
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Posted: Tuesday Mar 11th, 2008 04:33 AM |
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| Again, Shasta in March of 1977, Agoura, California star Oren Prosser who ran 2nd on this day to Mike Chase. Attachment: oren prosser 1977.jpg (Downloaded 895 times)
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Posted: Tuesday Mar 11th, 2008 04:44 AM |
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| Anyone recognize this guy? He finished fourth at that Eugene Open Comp race, but I didn't know who he was... Attachment: 11 eugene 1977.jpg (Downloaded 888 times)
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Posted: Tuesday Mar 11th, 2008 03:23 PM |
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HP Dude! Where did you ever come up with that picture of the #11 Nova? Unbelievable! That car was prepped by myself and a bunch of others for my Dad to race in California. I hauled it down to Eugene that weekend to shake it down for its wars in California. We had Don Ackerman in the seat that weekend and he did a great job with it for the first time. We were very happy with it as was my dad. He took it on to Sacramento where he lives. That car was driven at All American Speedway (Roseville) by Rick Poppert and has many feature wins........
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Posted: Tuesday Mar 11th, 2008 08:24 PM |
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Wow! It's a small world isn't it? How cool is that? Rick Poppert drove this car huh? I saw him race several times at Shasta and a couple of times at Roseville and he was always very strong. Is that your dad?
I was 14 in 1977 and convinced my Dad to drive up to Eugene for the weekend to watch this race. I took these pictures during practice on Friday afternoon as it was a two day show. The funny thing is I took pictures of everyone it seems but George Bragg who won the show. Dumb huh?
You might be able to help me with a couple others from that event.
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Posted: Tuesday Mar 11th, 2008 08:27 PM |
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| Any help on this Roadrunner bodied super stock? Attachment: 30 eugene 1977.jpg (Downloaded 823 times)
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Posted: Tuesday Mar 11th, 2008 08:32 PM |
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| Rick drove the car for my dad.. I recognize the 37 and it will come to me (gettin old) but I do not know who the roadrunner car is..
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Posted: Tuesday Mar 11th, 2008 08:52 PM |
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Rickt,
This one you might like too! I didn't take this, it was emailed to me by a friend. This is the B main I believe from the 1978 Rose Classic.
Let's see, the red mustang up front is Don Herring from Albany, Or, the gold Nova behind him is Yreka, Ca's Roger Lorenzini Sr, not sure about the next two red cars, the gold/brown Nova number 11 is Rick Poppert, the dark brown Camaro number 88 in Yreka's Bob Minton, the red 26 Nova is Cupertino drive Willie Jenrick (I think), not sure about the next five cars, the pink Ventura is Ron Strmiska from Manteca, Ca, the red 17 Nova is Bill Murchison from North Highlands, Ca, not sure who's driving the red and white Monte Carlo, (maybe Darryl Krentz?) the white number 6 Chevelle is Jerry Dow of Sparks, Nv and the red/blue number 34 is Ukiah, Ca's Ben Chapman.
Am I close?
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| You probably know em better than me..Hell, I CAN BARELY SEE EM..LMAO
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Posted: Tuesday Mar 11th, 2008 10:02 PM |
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Yeah, I keep forgetting that the upload shrinks the photo quite a bit, LOL. My copy of that shot is much bigger. 
It's still fun to look at these old shots.
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I can't leave without adding another photo. How about dirt for a change....
Folsom, Ca's Don Tilford in the Noceti Race Cars wedge at Chico for the 1983 Silver Cup Race of Champions for Outlaw Dirt Late Model's. He ran second that night to SoCal's Bob Etrick.
1. Bob Etrick 2. Don Tilford 3. Larry Damitz and 4. Scott Bloomquist
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Posted: Tuesday Mar 18th, 2008 06:55 AM |
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| The High Plains Drifter himself, Rick Carelli at Saugus around 1988. Rick is now working for Kevin Harvick as the spotter for Ron Hornaday's truck. Attachment: rick carelli 1988 .jpg (Downloaded 722 times)
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Posted: Wednesday Mar 19th, 2008 05:35 PM |
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hiplainsdrifter wrote: The High Plains Drifter himself, Rick Carelli at Saugus around 1988. Rick is now working for Kevin Harvick as the spotter for Ron Hornaday's truck.
That poor guy Mr. Carelli.....While living in Florida in 2004 we boogied from Hurricane Ivan to stay with the in laws up in North Carolina. Went to visit Harvicks shop right after it was completed and met Kevins Mother in law, Joyce. I was curious as to how much he paid for somebody to get started in the industry of NASCAR working on the cars and what not. Her response was, " Honey, we all love Kevin to death and what he has done, but he is by far the cheapest person in NASCAR to work for."
So, it just makes me wonder what he pays a spotter.......yes.......food for thought.
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Posted: Wednesday Mar 19th, 2008 08:29 PM |
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I've heard that rumor too. If that's true, then there would probably be a lot of turnover at Kevin Harvick Inc with employees looking for better deals. I believe the Harvick's and Rick Carelli are long time friends, so that my play into it.
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Posted: Monday Mar 24th, 2008 05:47 PM |
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| HPD.....it has occured to me that they may be good friends too. Like the way Harvick stepped out and gave Hornaday a job when alot of people thought he was done for and over the hill to drive anything. Probably just another person Kevin is paying back a favor too. He may be a cheapskate, but he has a good heart.
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Posted: Friday Mar 28th, 2008 04:32 AM |
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| Here's a shot of Idaho's John Dillon from the early 90's at Phoenix. Attachment: john dillon 1992.jpg (Downloaded 611 times)
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Posted: Friday Mar 28th, 2008 05:21 AM |
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| How about a shot of a national late model star again. Here's Wisconsin late model superstar Tom Reffner, aka the Blue Knight, in his AMC Concord/Hornet in 1980 or so... Attachment: tom reffner 1980.jpg (Downloaded 603 times) Last edited on Friday Mar 28th, 2008 05:24 AM by hiplainsdrifter
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Posted: Sunday Mar 30th, 2008 02:01 AM |
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Very AWESOME pics!! I love the old shots! I lived in Medford until 1983, and
then lived in Cottage Grove until 1992. I remember every car Dane Smith raced
from 1975 until now. If you went to the races at Medford during the wedge car era,
chances are pretty good that you were a Dane Smith fan. Excellent driver, with ex-
cellant equiptment; a true class act. I dig the shot of Don Tilford at Chico. Nocetti
cars were hot for 5 yrs. or so, especially in CA. "DRIFTER" do you have any shots
of Scott Bloomquist?? I mean pics of him before he was the legend he is now, like
the Chico race in 83? It sure would be cool to see some! I was at most of the Anderson shows that you have shared pics of.
I remember Detjens just being unbelievably fast!! He and Jimmy Walker were the only 2 drivers to average over 100mph around the 1/2 mile at Altamont (then Bernal)
Oren Prosser is in his 60's and races Sprints at Ventura last I heard.
I Love all these old pics of Fox, Ruttman, Phillips, Keck, Dane, Chase, Schmidt, Reggie Ayeres, Reg Kennedy, Vaughn/Becker, Tilford, Odie,ETC,ETC the list goes on, and, on.
Does anyone have any photos of Markey James Winston West cars? I'd really like see some.
And "Drifter" do you have any photos of Ron Richey of Medford? I'd love to see some of his cars, as he is my dad. Also of my brothers, Mike, and Lonnie if you have them it would be awesome to see.
Thanks to everyone that has contributed to this thread, I'm really glad I found it!!!! Quite a stroll down memory lane. When I get set-up to do it I'll post some shots I hope you all appreciate
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Posted: Wednesday Apr 2nd, 2008 02:45 AM |
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Welcome! It's great that you found this site. You and I probably passed each other on several occasions in the 70's and 80's at the old Medford Raceway.
I remember your dad, Ron very well. I have a photo of him in a blue 64 or 65 Chevelle that I've uploaded to the Remembering Dane Smith thread on this site. I'm going to try to keep those shots over there rather than loading them in two places.
Living in the Grove from 83 on, you probably have some great memories of that neat race track. If you have any photos to share from there please do.
That 1983 race at Chico was awesome. I do have shots of everybody at that race, including a 19 year old Scott Bloomquist in a black 18 with red flames, but I haven't located all of them yet. I will upload them once I find them.
I remember talking to Dane at Shasta the first time Detjens showed up there and they said he was in another time zone. He would have won both races he ran there, but something broke the first time.
I did see that Roarin Oren Prosser is racing non-wing sprint cars in SoCal these days. How cool is that? I'm pretty sure I won't be doing anything nearly that cool when I get to my 60's.
Here's a link to a shot of the Teddy Bear, Markey James Winston West Chevelle that I found out on the web. He raced this car on the dirt too... Look how stock this car looks. The rear fenders are not even cut....
http://www.motorsportscentral.com/winstonwest/james74.jpg
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Posted: Wednesday Apr 2nd, 2008 03:03 AM |
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| Here's another shot from Eugene in 1977 of Coos Bay driver Doyle Dendy. Attachment: doyle dendy 1977.jpg (Downloaded 549 times)
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Posted: Wednesday Apr 2nd, 2008 02:09 PM |
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Thanks Drifter!!!!!
Great shot of Markey! I'm sure we probably bumped elbows at Ray & Daves Action photos at the old Medford Raceway.
I do have some cool pics from the GROVE, and other tracks too. When I figure out how to put pics on the computer, I will share.
I have Shots of Jay Bugbee, Robert Hand, David Gould, and many, many others.
I enjoyed the shot of Doyle Dendy. He raced the Hamms I-5 challenge series and was a top contender in the 86-88 years.
My Buddy James grew up in Placerville, and was a huge Don Tilford fan! He appreciated that Chico photo of him. He also mentioned that Bloomquist ventured to Placerville as a young racer, and got taken to school by Tilford.
Mark Welch is another driver that I would like to see pics of. Didn't he win the bounty that they put on Dane Smith???
Thanks for the cool photos. My Dad will get a kick out of seeing his old Chevelle. He's 71 yrs. young, and is threatening to race next year. He raced from 1959-67, and then from 74-86. As we all know, once the racing bug bites, it's in your blood forever!!
Thanks again to all for sharing these photos!!!!!!!!!
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Posted: Friday Apr 4th, 2008 09:20 PM |
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| Here is a great picture of a living legend Attachment: Trickle.jpg (Downloaded 500 times)
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Posted: Saturday Apr 5th, 2008 04:21 AM |
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rickt wrote: Here is a great picture of a living legend
Did you know that Dick Trickle raced snowmobiles in Wisconson in the 70's?
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Posted: Tuesday Apr 15th, 2008 11:27 PM |
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| Here's North Bend, Oregon driver Don Dolezal at Eugene in 1977. That's Medford's Pete Cartwright behind him... Attachment: don dolezal 1977.jpg (Downloaded 401 times)
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| Cool shot of Wisconsin star Dave Watson from 1977 or so.... Attachment: dave watson 1977.jpg (Downloaded 403 times)
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Posted: Friday May 2nd, 2008 01:21 AM |
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Can anyone help me identify the driver here?
I knew about the Highwallers Racing Team back in the 80's, but I don't know who this is.
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| Here's a neat shot for you Willamette Speedway fans of Kenny Wheaton in the Highwallers ride from 1982 or so... Attachment: kenny wheaton 1982.jpg (Downloaded 333 times)
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| I can't see the driver too well, but Jerry Jackson drove the blue 01 for awhile. That could be him. Thanks for all the cool pics! I drove at the old Medford Raceway in the late 80's and it's cool to see the old pics of the guys I used to go watch before I got my start. Last edited on Friday May 2nd, 2008 05:25 PM by Black 7
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| short track star Larry Phillips....2500 wins, 5 time National Nascar champ..one badass Attachment: larry.jpg (Downloaded 324 times)
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| highplainsdrifter................thanks for the pic of Kenny Wheaton. KW is a close friend of our family and in fact the #34 of KW's is the number my son now runs on his Dirt Late Model. KW still finds his way to Willamette Speedway from time to time to watch the ole #34 run the high line.
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Posted: Monday May 5th, 2008 11:18 PM |
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ChancesMom,
Glad you liked it. If anyone knows who took the photo, please give them credit.
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Posted: Monday May 5th, 2008 11:24 PM |
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How's this for a wild shot from the Copper World in 1984 or so?
The white Trick number 1 was driven by Jimmy Insolo on that day, the red 5 is Jim Thirkettle and the white and red car is Bobby Allison. Not sure about the rest.
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hiplainsdrifter wrote: ChancesMom,
Glad you liked it. If anyone knows who took the photo, please give them credit.
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I would guess the pic was taken by Ken's wife who is rather handy with a camera........I have seen this same pic in the Wheaton family archives.
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Posted: Friday May 9th, 2008 03:10 AM |
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Here's a very unique late model from the late 80's, 1986 I think. This is Dick Trickle in an ASA Gran Marque late model. This series didn't last long, but the cars were very cool. V6 based late models that were going to be a less expensive entry into the ASA. It didn't catch on very well.
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| that was a very cool picture. I think some of the nascar drivers ran that ASA if I remember.
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| Any one have pics of a guy of the last name Hobac (Hobak?) from the late 60's and early 70's? I used to work with his kid Jeff a few years ago and can't remember his first name, but Jeff said his old man ran a jalopy or something up at Skagit in those years.
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| anyone have any pics of cars from monore in the 70's??
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I have a bunch of old pics of Jimmy Walker's cars from the 60s and 70s on my website http://olson_fan.tripod.com/welcome.htm
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