A few random shots from the pits. See if we can bring any of these guys out of the woodwork.
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A few random shots from the pits. See if we can bring any of these guys out of the woodwork.
Here are some from Hot Springs 1974
Here's a few from Winona, Minn. 1975
I was hoping some old racers or pit crew would chime in, but here goes.
Left to right.
1st group
#1 ?, Johnny Dortch (MO), (? Doc Severensen?), Bobby Wilson (TX)
#2 ? spectator from DePue, Joe Rome (TX)
#3 Barry Anderson (IL I think) Next photo on right is Alan Ishii (CA) but I forgot the name of his transporter.
2nd group
#1 Ralph Donald(GA), Marshall Grant(TN), Baldy Baldwin (back)(TX), Walt Blankenstein (FL), Phil Howard (can't see good)(IL), Bruce Nicholson (LA)
#2 Jerry Pennington, Marshall Grant
#3 Ray Yates, Sr. (TX), Jerry Perrytington (TX)
#4 Charlie Bailey (TX), Wayne Walgrave (MN)
#5 Denny Henderson (TX)
3rd Group
#1 Walt Blankenstein (FL), Stan Leavendusky's dad (sorry Stan I have had a brain malfunction on your dad's first name).(KS)
#2 Stan Leavendusky (KS) (I put the state where you were from when I took the picture)
#3 Terry (I have the last name somewhere) (MN), Bob Smith (MN), pit man ?
#4 Bill Kurps (IL), Tim Butts (MI)
#5 Tom Harden (W VA)-Mal's dad
Some day I'll figure out how to separate the photos for captions or else imprint on the photos. Hope it's not to hard to figure out who's who.
These are all from Lakeland, Fla 1993. I don't have any contact sheets & it is hard to identify some people from a negative. So some of them I didn't recognize until I scanned, some I don't know. Maybe you guys could help out.
Some pit shots from Lakeland, Fla 1974
Pro Nationals, Hinton, West Virginia 1977
First a story about our trip to the Nationals.
Some German friends traveled with us to West Virgina. We were in the mountains not too far from our destination when we stopped for gas. Harry, our friend from Berlin, needed a rest stop and walked straight into the women's rest room. He came out embarrassed and with a very confused look on his face. He looked around, then walked over the the men's room, slowly opened the door and peaked in. Then he went inside. I never said anything to him, and I don't know if he ever figured out what was up. The men's restroom had a sign HIS'N, and the women's HER'N. In Germany the men's room is HERREN.
Take alook at the gentlemen in the bottom left corner with the straw style cowboy hat on, do I spy Pop Augustine in a younger life?
South side of Chicago...what a shop! 1961, John Toprahanian and I went to Nationals in De Pue. My first time there. I was so happy to be going to Nationals as a young lad of 17 or so. Especially without my parents. WOW! The adventure only had one draw back, I didn't get to race in 'A' Hydro. John and I left for De Pue bright and early Tuesday morning. I started driving, as Toprahanian driving scared the Hell out of me. He had a habit of repainting the right side of his car. His favorite color was 'Guard Rail White!' So as a young roster, I kept on driving. John would constantly say every four or five hours, "Do you want me to drive?" Of course I would respond with a firm, "No!, I'm fine." He said that I would end up paying for it. And as usual, he was right! I was so tired when we arrived on Friday noon, when it came time for bed Friday night, I didn't wake-up til Saturday evening around 6:00PM. I missed my elimination heats Saturday afternoon.
Back to the reason of this post. Joe Michelini had one heck of a shop. I was really impressed. There were so many KR's, SR's, PR's and 460's. Everything from reed valves to tuned exhaust. Wild looking units, boats and props. This man had everything. Talk about funny, this man was funny as all get out. We spent a lot of time on Friday in the shop.
On the way home, I also meant a man in TexArkana. Another great shop with a dock right on the lake. Comes home from work, eats, wraps a rope around the flywheel and away we go. By the time its dark, you can be in your garage correcting any problems. Testing 99% of the time! What a way to live!
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Originally Posted by fred tyson
At the far left with his hand to his ear ... yes, I am certain that is Pop Augustine
Pop Augustine--what a guy.
Got to thinking...hard to see faces of most of them since I was using a 24mm lens. And because I am still learning how to size photos, so i am going to do a little practice .
Looks like Pop to me !!
Here is some pics of the nats in St louis I think.Year? Mid 70's. Its hard to see but. There is a Kurps hydro in the backround in two of the pictures. Does anyone know who owned the hydro with the black snake on it?
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These were misfiled. I think they are Palacious, Tx 1976
the woman standing up holding the turquoise poster board is #999 Flo Hathaway, hard to say if that's her husband Tommy next to her :)
Wayne, who is that in the last picture ?
Does Pete Buzco ring a bell?
Slide says 76. I have the other OPC stuff from the Palacious Firecracker 200's in another binder. Maybe I have some shots of who he hung around with. Switch the c and z around. I found a Pete Buczo from Houston in the 76 APBA rulebook. I think that's him.
Next to the last Hinton photo: Ray Nydal in the white shirt and pants. With his sun glasses.
Last Hinton photo: In the foreground, John Dortch in the overalls. Behind him Jack Gossman. Over on the far side, facing toward the camera, with the beard, HP Shakeshaft III.
Who else ?
Michael D-1
Looks like Gary Augustine in the very front of the Hinton drivers meeting with the pony tail hair, with his back to the camera.
Marc Johnson
I saw that to, but don't know. I don't remember Gary be wearing a shirt like that at the races. ???? He is not far from Pop, so maybe. Gary, Ian, Dave Jr you out there?
Michael D-1
Last Hinton Photo, guy on the right hand side with the baseball cap and pipe is Clyde Queen, Morton Grove, Illinois.
Dan :o
The lady is the top of picture #27 with the microphone is Molly "Bee" Ballou.
(Twin Engine Outboard Drag Racer, APBA Council Woman, Chief Score, and all around great lady. I have an interview planned.....).
But YOU GUYS keep posting so many things to look at I don't have TIME!!!!
Ron, you made my day.
When I was going through some stuff a few days ago, I saw Molly's photo in the binder with OPC & inboard flat bottoms at Palacious. Then Jeff's post pops up and I go back to it. I remembered reading about her in Powerboat, but I was thinking drags like Jeff mentioned. I knew it was Molly though, so I put it out there waiting for someone to confirm it. Thanks.
Almost forgot what I came here for. Ron surprised me and I forgot to put these up from Yelm, Washington 1976
Mike Jones, Mike Jones, bottom picture, Mike Jones and Ron Anderson...
Top picture is???
ADD: Molly "BEE" Ballou...After my "JIMBO" guessing game, I wanted MissBK to identify Molly first....finally, I remembered that was here for sure...
Bruce Nicholson and Charlie Bailey. And that picture wasn't from Yelm. I was looking for one more last night at 11:30 when I got a call a rig between Victoria and Houston would be ready by the time I got there. So I just sent the only other one ready to go & took off. Just got back 11:30 this morning.
Those guys, I knew I should knoiw them, but faces and names were'nt clicking...Yelm, Selm...Wish I'd gone in '76.... Had a ball there in '77.
Except, that John Meyer broke the CU record, I didn't and I'm still mad!!!! (LOL, John and JW Meyer).
I guessing the JSH driver is Chip Jones....
Sorry to throw you off like that Ron. We always enjoyed Yelm. We there in 1980? also. It was when Mt St Helens blew out. My dad drove up & I flew in. He told about some incredible sights.
In one of the little towns out there someone broke into his suburban during the night and stole his suitcase and a 12 ga. shotgun. Since he was a big man, he was more concerned about the clothes. Out in some nearby woods, he spotted something white. He went over and found a shirt, then a little farther some more clothes. The thief was digging through the suitcase as he went, discarding clothes along the way. He eventually recovered all or most of it at the end including his shotgun.
The two regrets I have about Yelm are, you could not test to get the setup right before the races, and I always forgot the clock turned solid black. Both times I burned the first heat circling around looking for the hand and when I realized what was going on I would be way out of position.
These are from Alexandria, La. 1977
Let's see, top picture center, Hal Tolford, middle picture left, Lee Sutter next to Sutter is Billy Kurps, and third picture Cindy Hosler Townsend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master Oil Racing Team
Here's a few from the Eastern Divisionals Springfield, Ill. 1977
Pic #2, Greg Hall from Toronto Canada in blue coveralls. And a batch of Willowdale Onions !! (They'll know what I mean) In the center in this shot and with Greg at the driver meeting shot below is a good friend of mine Paul Guerin. He drove for me when I pooched my back in the early 80's.
Good driver too.
Wayne, thank you so much for all the great pictures. I have been looking for pictures of my dad and found one at a drivers meeting. I believe it was picture 44. It is funny to see him when he was my age now. Please keep posting these pictures. Hopefully there will be more of my dad. I can still remember in San Antonio we went and stayed the night at your dad's house. The gumbo was awesome, catching lizards at the house was a blast and the boat inside the house was something a 8 or 9 yr old thought was so cool.
I'm glad you got to taste some of my Dad's famous gumbo. My dad loved entertaining friends--especially hunting and boat racing buddies. There have been racers from all over the US to Canada, Germany and Australia to sample his cooking. I remember a kid catching Gecko's off the wall and glass door under the lights. I guess that was you.
I have lots more of your dad to post. I kind of go with the wind. When somebody I know pops up, I look for a picture. So I put you other guys on notice, if you think I may have a picture of you, sign in. If I missed you signing in,...post something.
Hey Wayne, remember when your dad was cooking after a boat race in your front yard, and he was cooking on the gridle in the house. He was cooking steaks. He had a gallon container of habernero juice sitting beside the stove and would dip the spatula in it before he would turn the steaks. Some of the boys from up north were trying very hard to scape the black pepper off the steaks, but what they didn't realize was that it wasn't the black pepper that was lighting them up. Baldy laughed with that deep belly laugh of his and oh, how he liked to have fun!!!! ;)
Here are a few photos from UIM World OB,OC,OE Dayton< Ohio 1978
First Photo- Steve Jones, far left
Second photo- Top center, standing together, both wearing white Tee shirts, Al Davis left, Craig Lawrence right.
Right center, not much hair, Billy Davis.
Bottom right, Bruce Nicholson.
Top right, dark sun glasses, Me, I think.
On the podium, picture 2 in the number 1 spot Jeff Hutchins, not sure what class, to his right Jerry Kirts. In the last picture, podium awards, probably OE in the lower right Fred Miller.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master Oil Racing Team
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Originally Posted by RonHill
Ron , In the pic with Jack Leek, Isn't that a three cyl under the hood ?
Dosn't look big enough or wide enough to be a V6 ? ? ?
Jeff, although I'm not Ron, and he certainly can speak for himself, that is a 49cube OE/Mod 50 engine. Not sure what configuration they ran as the OE engines pulled more HP on the dyno then the Mod 50's, or at least some configurations did. :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeff Akers