Les adair usa, september 19, 1948, sprint car, midwest dirt track racing association, flag of the. Car service city is a nationwide, awardwinning network of over 70 servicing and repairs workshops for all makes of cars and bakkies. David mayhew born february 19, 1982 is an american professional stock car racing driver. Stratford has been no exception with stockcars the only class on the programme for the first few seasons. Stock car racing this is your chance to drive a real deal stock car on a championship track.
My thanks to brian lucas, who was rons helper, for the photos and facts. John wesley spencer was only 21 years old, while employed as an electrician by a niagara falls electrical contractor. Speedway histories maryland stock car racing hall of fame. Aug 05, 2006 the driver of the other car told the dispatch that she was headed east and glenn was driving west. I know kyle petty has recorded a few country songs. Superstocks superstocks once called stockcars are very much the mainstay of new zealand speedway with many tracks beginning solely with this class. Other results daytona qualifiers all star races convertible division grand national east series cart ccws nascar north tour usac champ car series indianapolis 500 results iroc langers juice s2 series a1 grand prix n. The team was a combination of scotts former team and rollies former team. Nvidia corporation both companies look wellpositioned to profit from a selfdriving car boom, but other factors make one a better selfdriving. The official watkins glen international pace car was featured in the sendoff procession of two cornell. Mike winterton has some fantastic memories of spectacular and exciting stock car racing in the midlands in the 70s.
Activities in the park include short nature trails varying from 1 hour to 5 hours no bookings required, game viewing at leisure in. Champ car, nascar winstonnextelsprint cup series, world sportscar championship and indy racing league. Floyd harland van reenen was born on august 8, 1902 in gay township of taylor county, iowa. Find the perfect south african gas station stock photo. In addition to its operations at the bob bondurant school of high performance driving, snt coaches professional drivers at sonoma raceway in northern california.
Ron allen 172 raced in the earlymid sixties in this ford y and then fiat topolino stock car. Nascar driver tony stewart kills kevin ward in sprintcar. See more ideas about race cars, vintage racing and racing. Sports car racing photo gallery of john blanckley gbs cars photo gallery. Watkins glen international raceway high performance driving. Due to the inherently dangerous nature of auto racing, many individuals, including drivers, crew.
Slide behind the wheel of a race primed stock car thats competed in past nascar events for a stock car racing experience to remember. Forty stock car drivers from 27 states in the united states participated in the interviews for 43. The king racing team was formed with scott as the driver and rollie as the owner and car chief. Rene charland november, 1928 september 30, 20, nicknamed the champ, was an american stock car racing driver. Amy myers said her car and glenns collided as he tried to turn left onto a ramp for interstate 270. Developing stock car driver hailie deegan usa today. A separate list compiles drivers who have died of a medical condition while driving or shortly thereafter and another section shows non driver deaths. This information is mostly used to make the site work as you. One we are proud to induct into the west coast stock car hall of fame. See more ideas about stock car, race cars, old race cars.
Driving a super powered stock car at incredible speeds around new hampshire speedway and unleash your inner speed demon. Bill van allen was perhaps the most versatile stock car driver to ever compete on the chicago area racing scene during a career that spanned more than 20 years. Nascars 50 greatest drivers is an alphabetical list of nascar drivers in 1998, as part of its 50th anniversary celebration, nascar gathered a panel to select the 50 greatest nascar drivers of all time. Floyd and thelma van reenen, married for over 65 years together, died within three days of one another. Drive your own car on track stock car racing experience. Glen reenen rest camp south african national parks sanparks. Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing found mainly and most prominently in the united states and canada, with new zealand, australia, mexico, great. Aug 15, 2014 1975 higgins wins redbud 300 anderson, ind. Voiture bonjour jackie stewart course vintage voitures anciennes formule 1 graham ayrton senna motosport.
Road course specific stock cars corporate programs. Ladabouche collection gater racing news photos this is one of the most familiar photos in northeastern stock car racing the godfrey wentzel sedans running, nose to tail, in one of the all star league shows. The park has two selfdrive loops that are tarred and well maintained. Threetime nascar champion tony stewart struck and killed a fellow sprint car racer, 20yearold kevin ward, who was confronting stewart on the dirt track of the empire super sprints in. Finishing in the runnerup position was dave sorg of fort wayne, ind. Ray petersen tell laura i love her 1958 the sad story of tommy, the least succesful stock car driver in history. Suit up, strap in and chase a professional stock car driver around the challenging 16 turn bondurant track custom designed for high performance driving. Earlier years in the part of vermont where i came from, nascar was not sanctioning any tracks. Foot firmly pressed on the gas pedal, launch that highly tuned super race car off the banks into exhilarating swoops and ultra fast straightways. Stockcar racing in britain more seniors f1s in the sixties. Ritchie raceway, glen burnie, md 12 mile dirt 19531954 modifieds ran a modified race in 1948 st. The road going through the national park may also be noisy sometimes. Find information on nascar races, watkins glen race tickets, race schedules, standings, motorsports. We all know that merrittville speedway opened in 1952, followed by humberstone speedway in 1958 as well as lancaster speedway in 1959 and ransomville speedway in.
That same year the glen reenen rest camp was developed by utilising an old farm. Snt specializes in all levels of stock car driver coaching and custom stock car road racing experiences. A maximum of 6 person, one caravantent and one vehicle or one auto villa is permitted per site. Join facebook to connect with glenn driver and others you may know. Physical demands, injuries, and conditioning practices of. Home car service city affordable service guaranteed.
Sanctioned by national association of stock car auto racing nascar nascar officials. Nurburgring kilometres, adac kmrennen nurburgring, 31. Lions in wisconsin provide an exciting stock car racing experience for. Earnhardt was known as fearless on the track and could be any driver. Billy griswold texas racing history lone star speedzone. Drive a stock car, new hampshire motor speedway great. Oct 17, 2018 mostly old oval track cars, but any old racecars that make me smile. Golden gate highlands national park images, stock photos. After a short ground school covering driving technique and safety you are ready to go. Heres ron in the ford y at wimbledon in 1962 or 1963. You must have completed a 10 mile or longer stock car drive experience with stock car racing experience at pocono raceway within 3 years and be at least 25 years old with a valid drivers license. Eric setchell track photo at aldershot in 1964, ron allen has rebodied the car with fiat tin.
Browse through latest information on your favorite stock car drivers, including full biographies, latest news, highres photos and high quality videos. During this time, the problem with stock theft surfaced again. May 17, 2009 as i recall, that car was either a 33 or 34 ford coupe bodyframe. I was born in coventry in 1964 and i suppose i first went to a stock car meeting in about 1969. Beginning with his first race at gill stadium in 1948 to his last race in early 1972, van allen seemed to have a mastery of short track stock car racing, whether it be on a dirt or. My only trip to speedorama was 64, and they only had stock cars that night. Find golden gate highlands national park stock images in hd and millions of other royaltyfree stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the shutterstock.
But, when we traveled to either the small otter creek speedway in vergennes, or if we ventured over to fonda, i would get to see stars from fonda speedway, the track which was arguably the mecca for racing. Tonight we reflect to an era when stock car racing was in its infancy in niagara. It was inspired in part by the nbas decision to select the 50 greatest players in nba history on its 50th anniversary in 1996. He will be missed greatly by his friends and family. Glen reenen, in the first place, suffers from the usual smallminded architectural flaw so prevalent in our national parks that all accommodation of this type must be placed close together, as if in a laager. The year was 1953 and merrittville speedway was one year young. Touring car championship grandam series american le mans series x1r pro. Neat and tidy facilities with a small shop that is not very well stocked. A coroner has called for better safety measures at stock car racing after a driver was killed in front of hundreds of spectators. May 15, 2018 when you visit our website, we store cookies on your browser to collect information related to you, your preferences or your device. Find caravan autumn stock images in hd and millions of other royaltyfree stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the shutterstock collection. The dirt show photo gallery dirt track racing radio. Most racing fans remember len sutton for his second place finish behind rodger ward in the 1962 indianapolis 500, or his six other appearances in the 500, but up in the pacific northwest sutton is remembered as a whale of stock car driver.
He was a fourtime champion of the nascar national sportsman division, now known as the nationwide series. The glen reenen camp sites are on beautiful shaded grounds and have barbecue facilities, a scullery and power points in ablution block. Join facebook to connect with glen driver and others you may know. An independent group of 51 individuals representing various. Oct 16, 20 death of stock car driver in staffordshire sparks plea. Charland was born in chicopee, massachusetts on november, 1928 and made his home in agawam.
Pete won the nascar national sportsman championship in this car, launching a career that included winning the 1970 daytona 500 driving one of richard pettys winged plymouth superbirds. Marlin would later pick up a hudson hornet, the hot ticket for racecars in the early 50s and take his stock car down to decatur, ala. By 1946, roy hall was banned from most stock car associations and races, either by his actions on the track or simply by being in a jail cell. Even after he was banned from stock car racing, a driver continued to run with a car that looked a lot like halls, with the same stature and driving style. As we remember the history of short track dirt stock car racing in southern ontario, there is one facility that is remembered as the most modern and fastest dirt oval in ontario. Sep 21, 2015 a veteran stock car driver died after suffering a medical emergency during a victory lap at devils bowl speedway in west haven, vermont, track officials said.
The glen reenen restcamp is mostly round huts set between the mountains of sandstone formations. He was one of sprint car racings most accomplished drivers and certainly one of the best ever to come out of florida. Snt motorsports development stock car coaching stock car. Nurburgring, internationales adac kilometer rennen nurburgring, postrace, kept racing after the checkered flag. In february of 1999, the two hopefuls and their crew made the long trek to the world series of asphalt stock car racing at new smyrna speedway in florida. John blanckley gbs cars photo gallery racing sports cars. One race, no wins, no poles, one dnf due to his death.