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Posted: Thursday Jan 3rd, 2008 03:23 AM |
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| The first picture is Mike Moore at Portland Meadows he was killed july 23rd 1950 at portland meadows they put the car backed together and named it the spirit of Mike Moore and ran it for one race and gave the proceeds to his wife. The second picture driveer unknown. And we know who the 3rd picture is. These pictures were all handed down to me from my father. And now me and my son are open wheel racing.They are so cool to look at i have many more will post more. Also have some stock car stuff. Last edited on Thursday Jan 3rd, 2008 03:24 AM by Sprintcar9
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Ok boys and girls..I am going to tell you about a famous racecar (sprintcar) that ran on the westcoast (mostly southern area). I will post the pic in a day or 2..See if you can guess........
Arizona had great super modified racing in the 60's and this is one of its most famous. Originally owned by Hank Arnold and powered with a blower motor. It was later sold and turned into a sprintcar. The car is currently owned by Tucson's Don Brown who tours the car at special events..What car is it and what was its famous name??????
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Posted: Thursday Jan 3rd, 2008 02:29 PM |
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Exactly! Gonna have to make the next one tougher I guess..
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Posted: Thursday Jan 3rd, 2008 03:04 PM |
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Not sure if this will work but heres one.
Anyone know the car or driver?
Here's a hint, he has been seen at the Skagit QM Track watching his Great Grandson Race.
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Posted: Thursday Jan 3rd, 2008 03:17 PM |
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Posted: Thursday Jan 3rd, 2008 03:24 PM |
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Great Job!
He gave me a package of old pictures, heres another that has some guys we all know and love.
Speedbuggy, You know Carl?
Scott
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Posted: Thursday Jan 3rd, 2008 03:28 PM |
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4PzRacin11z wrote: Great Job!
He gave me a package of old pictures, heres another that has some guys we all know and love.
Speedbuggy, You know Carl?
Scott
Cool pictures.
I believe around 1964. I have a 65 year book with the same car, only difference is the 1965 car has extra paint trim and the numbers are straighter. I worked for Carl at Skagit (Bendix) back around 1972 in the foundry. My dad worked with him, must have been in the machine shop during his racing days. He was pretty much the reason we started going to the races around 1962, 1963. If I remember he shared the ride with Don Leeper and at one time he drove a number 47 car.
Also in the second picture, notice that 604 car?
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Posted: Thursday Jan 3rd, 2008 03:40 PM |
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Oh Yeah! Butch Gilbert!
Have some Jr Gibbs Pictures as I grew up with Wes.
I still remember "Helping" Don Latting paint flames on a 57 Chevy Stock Car when I was like 8 years old.
SW Auto Shop with Don Bingham.
I was on Steve Beitler's crew for his Skagit years, MANY Memories there!
I will try to find more, I do know a guy that has tons of 80's stuff from Skagit.
My old man worked at Skagit Steel in the mold shop from 63 to 81.
Scott
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Posted: Thursday Jan 3rd, 2008 03:44 PM |
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Who's the 3rd place car? The only white car in the 65 yearbook with a stripe down the center was the 9 car. Driven by John Blackwell and co-owned by Don Jeter.
My Dad worked at Skagit from the mid 50s till he retired in 1980s. In the Ordinance plant in the 60s, (I remember they made large shell casings.) Then the machine shop in the 70s.
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speedbuggy wrote: Who's the 3rd place car? The only white car in the 65 yearbook with a stripe down the center was the 9 car. Driven by John Blackwell and co-owned by Don Jeter.
My Dad worked at Skagit from the mid 50s till he retired in 1980s. In the Ordinance plant in the 60s, (I remember they made large shell casings.) Then the machine shop in the 70s.
SpeedBuggy,
Carl loaned me a few of his early 60's Skagit Yearbooks, great stuff Lloyd Armey, Butch Gilbert, Knox Knowles, Thumper Teesch and the many more. (Sorry for any misspellings)
The old yearbooks are very cool to look through.
I can still recall hearing the break whistle from Skagit Steel as a kid.
I will see if I can dig up more early open wheel stuff.
Scott
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Posted: Friday Jan 4th, 2008 02:28 AM |
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You guys are doing a great job!!!!!!!! This is a true Racing Forum!! Like you guys I grew up at Both Sky Valley and Skagit. My first memories are around 1966 or so when my dad pitted for Knox Knowles. My Dad worked for H & D Glass in Everett and sponsored the 99 driven by Ross Fontess and built by Jim Niel. Also Mic Craft who owned the original #99 later to be bought by a young Fred Brownfield was kept at the Mobil Gas station in front of H & D. Ron Radke put his first Sky Valley Jalopy together in that gas station.
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Posted: Friday Jan 4th, 2008 06:09 PM |
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Thank Safeway Kelly,
We learned from you as you are also one of the great poster.
It's fun to think back on all the great things that we as racers have done over the years, and with the statue of limitations running out for most of us we can start sharing these memories!
Just kidding I think
I hope this year brings many great memories back and creates many more for the next generation.
We will be running 3 cars this year, one at Deming (Our first Year Up There) and 2 at Skagit so I am going to have a busy 10 year old.
I know his Great Grandfather (Carl Detillion) enjoys this as much as I do.
See Ya at the races.
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Posted: Friday Jan 4th, 2008 07:20 PM |
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| Those yearbooks are priceless. Too bad they don't still do them. I would love to look at some from the late 60s. Kelly your right this is great stuff. I remember a couple years ago there was a thread on another board where people were posting pictures from the 70s and 80s. Old Skagit, Sky, Elma (1/2 mile), Northwest Sprint car, WRA, IDC, you name it. Even the the classic Fred Brownfield flip sequence at Elma. That is what I love about these message boards.
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Posted: Friday Jan 4th, 2008 08:06 PM |
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Only one thing bad about this, REALITY!
When the music I listened to as a kid that ticked my parents off is now on the CLASSICS Radio Stations.
One of our sponsors has a website that is dedicated to North American Oval Tracks Board, Pavement and Dirt from the teens to late 70's.
http://www.racinghistory.org, check out Steve's site.
I know he has an old Hal Champ car that Qualified for Indy way back when.
Scott
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4PzRacin11z wrote: Only one thing bad about this, REALITY!
When the music I listened to as a kid that ticked my parents off is now on the CLASSICS Radio Stations.
One of our sponsors has a website that is dedicated to North American Oval Tracks Board, Pavement and Dirt from the teens to late 70's.
http://www.racinghistory.org, check out Steve's site.
I know he has an old Hal Champ car that Qualified for Indy way back when.
Scott
WOW Scott.....went to that site......that freaking board track on the main page was incredible. 50* banking????......OMG!!!!! A track like that today and the speeds of today, is there a driver anywhere who could handle the g's that would generate? Again, WOW........LOL
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Posted: Saturday Jan 5th, 2008 05:19 PM |
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SprintCar9....regarding your 3rd post of Len Sutton.........Heres a pic from '05 or '06 at Sunset.....note the car behind him.
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The car behind Len is the Ford 4-cam Champ car he drove for Rolla Vollstedt in the 1965 Indy 500 race. Don Shervey of Portland owned the car at the time they were at Sunset. Not sure if he still has it or not. Sure would get your attention when the fired it up.
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Is the #69 John Tharp Sr. and the #15 Tony Swint?
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| Kelly you've got those two correct.
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Posted: Tuesday Jan 8th, 2008 06:27 AM |
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Just saw #36 car-must be John Carroll
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| Yep in this car. Attachment: 36.jpg (Downloaded 437 times)
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Man oh man, I used to love those pits at the old Elma track...Lots of room everywhere with grass..
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| Is that Roy Curtis in the 21 Lakes Autobody RAM sprinter? Looks like an early RAM cage?
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After working for Safeway for 31 yrs. (still do part time) I work for Stanwood School District and work at an Elementary School about 2 blocks from where John Carroll grew up, lived and passed away in a house fire. The house has been rebuilt and his mother I believe lives there but it still has John Carroll on the mail box. The old timers tell me John use to take his Modified over to the old Elementary School next door to his house (it's now a Senior Center) and fire it up. I remember watching John race as his head always stuck up through the top of the roll cage. I remember being in the pits the last race John raced at Skagit when he got t-boned on the front stretch by I think Mark Witherow. Most sprint cars had the quick release pin steering wheel, but John sat in the car until one of his pitman used a wrench to get his old steering wheel off.
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Kelly,
It's one of my great memories in life to have had the chance to work, race and know Big John Carroll. The man was a true life legend that not only lived up to the legend but many times quietly exceeded them.
I'll never forget the time.......
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PSWILDERNESS,
Roy Curtis is who I have in the 21. That just leaves the 00, 81, or 38 of the cars you can see #s.
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| How about this kid? First win at 16yrs old in a sprintcar! Attachment: 216_Kasey_s_First_Win_In_A_Race_Car!_16_Years_Old_.jpg (Downloaded 357 times) Last edited on Thursday Jan 10th, 2008 04:03 PM by rickt
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rickt wrote: How about this kid? First win at 16yrs old in a sprintcar!
That picture was taken at Deming Speedway ( where he started his racing career ) and it's a Mini-Sprint!
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Sprintcar9,
The first is Art Scovell in Bob Scovell's DO Hal. (That was easy, because the info was on the picture.)
The second is from Aurora Stadium, Seattle, 1946. Val Hoyt fatal.
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This is from the cover of an old Portland Speedway program:
Racing Personalities.
Driver Art Scovell
The day was Sept. 16, 1928, the place was San Jose, Cal. The big car was a Model T Rajo, and the driver was Art Scovell, wheeling in his first race. He placed third in the “B” main.
Since then, Art Scovell has raced in all types of cars, won a flock of honors. In 21 years, he has driven 220,000 miles in competition from Canada to Southern Cal., east to Indianapolis. Hardly a track fan along the coast hasn’t seen the little guy with lots of moxie.
A year-by-year account of Scovell’s driving feats is impossible in this space, but here are the highlights of his illustrious wheeling.
The car he drove in his first race carried him to the Northwest crown in 1933 and 1934. He won the first race he sat in at famed Ascot, and in the early years he drove at Oakland, El Centro, Bakersfield, Colton and Banning Calif. He made the “A” class in his second year at Ascot, and the most regretable part of that was that he then ran 14 straight races without a victory.
Although born in Salem, Art didn’t race in the Northwest until 1932. That was a pursuit he won at Burlington, Washington. He next appeared at the old Bagley circuit, once winning “A” mains on two consecutive days. He also raced at Gresham, Bend, Grants Pass, Myrtle Point, Eugene, Everett, Silver Lake, Seattle Civic Arena, Spokane and Yakima. He still holds the track record at the Yakima fairgrounds.
In 1935 he drove in the first midget race at Loyola (Calif.) stadium. He won, too, in a rear-engine job. At the start of 1936, he drove midgets and big cars in he Northwest, being title runnerup in the big cars and placing third in midget standings. In the fall, he was back in California and had a good season in the big cars. He was on Northwest tracks in `37 dividing his time between midgets and big cars. California again saw him that fall, and he had better than fair success in both sections. Art drove in his first stock car race here in 1938, and was leading in the 100-lap feature when his`36 Ford roadster broke down. However, he won a stock chase at Seattle and another here to compensate for his disappointment. During `39, `40 and `41, Scovell saw considerable action, mostly at Oakland stadium. In `40 he piloted Fred Fame’s (sic?) 151 c.i. supercharged Dusenberg to a victory in Oakland, turning up 140 MPH. Art wryly admits he hasn’t been able to win a big car race there since. In `42, `43 and `44 he was serving his country, being in army ordinance at Pecos, Texas. He returned to racing in 1945 with the midgets and collected a flock of firsts and seconds on the NW circuit.
`46 found Art in stocks and midgets with fair success, but `47 he was again “at home” in a big car, owned by Leo Dobry. He drove it here once, then went to Indianapolis to drive in the famous 500-mile classic.
Scovell won the Northwest 1948 big car championship handily, and in his only midget appearance, at Yakima, his car went out on the 97th lap of the “100” while roaring along in second spot.
In his long racing career, Art has had only one bad accident. “I just ran out of track at Aurora (Seattle) Speedway”, he explains it.
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| This is very nice to here the history around some of these guys i inhereted these pictures from my father i can remember some of them but dont know all of them i have a whole album of these pictures. see if any body knows these ones Attachment: old race car pics #2 011.jpg (Downloaded 265 times)
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