This helmet may have been Charlie Jarzombek’s.
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Other
Daytona.
Other – Memorabilia
1956 – Langhorne.
Other
Martinsville. Photo by T. Taylor Warren, from 3Widespicturevault.com.
Other
Martinsville.
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Other
Memorabilia
Daytona 1960
1960 – A small portion of the wreckage from the 37-car crash in the Daytona Modified-Sportsman 200.
Car from New Jersey
General Interest
1961 – Old Bridge. Although Ed was 1961 Old Bridge track champion, I don’t believe his car is in this photo, which appears to be of a heat race. Rene Charland is in the brown #3 on the outside of the front row.
Of general interest
1963 – Trenton. Visible are the Junie Donlavey #90 driven by Red Foote, the William Mason “#451” coach driven by Paul Radford, the Don House XL-1 driven by Joe Kelly, and Pee Wee Griffin’s yellow #72.
1964-10-24 – Langley dirt track.
Of general interest
1965 – Thompson. Bob Melnick’s car. Photo by Pete Stoll.
Of general interest
1965 – Thompson. Photo by Pete Stoll.
Rene Charland
Of general interest
1966 – Thompson. A typically beautiful car of Don Flynn’s. Photo by Pete Stoll.
Of general interest
Leo Cleary, of general interest
1969 – Martinsville. This is the start of the 1969 Cardinal 500. Leo Cleary is on pole, then Ray Hendrick in #11, Lou Austin and Bugs Stevens in the second row, Gerald Compton and Perk Brown in the third row. About halfway back one can see Bentley Warren’s #44 coach, and near the rear Maynard Troyer’s distinctive #6 Falcon.
Of general interest
This was the Parodi Cigar 150 on the Pocono short track in June, 1970.
Of general interest
Fulton.
Of general interest
Lebanon Valley. The Turner brothers’ cars, #s18 and 81, were usually driven by Dutch Hoag and Lee Osborne. Here Lee is behind the wheel.
Of general interest
Waterford. This is Seabury Tripler in what was the very first Pinto-bodied Modified car. It did not however race in NASCAR. Bob Judkins’s 2x Pinto which came along about three months later was the first Pinto to race in NASCAR.
Of general interest
Martha “Ma” O’Rourke, wife of Big Bob.
Of general interest
Promoter Larry Mendelsohn presenting a winner’s trophy to Bobby Isaacs.
2x Pinto
1972 – Martinsville Dogwood 500 start – L-R: Fred DeSarro, Jimmy Hensley, Richie Evans, Gene Bergin, Lou Lazzaro, Ed, Jerry Cook. Ed led this race for 60 laps but retired with a blown engine while in the lead on L136.
Bob Judkins, Of general interest
This was the first Pinto Modified, shown here with driver Seabury Tripler. Bob Judkins, who built and owned the famous 2x, first NASCAR Pinto, said that he got the idea from this car, which preceded his by about three months. Rene Dugas photo.
Of general interest
Thompson – Lou Austin with Ralph Scotland’s ‘Purple Cat Diner’ car.
Of general interest
1973-06-03 – Pocono Parodi Cigar 150.
Of general interest
Islip.