1967 Classic- From L-R #61 "Hammerin" Hank Mathon, the ex-Dukes car, renumbered #40 for Norm Mackereth, the gold colored car is #62 Bob Davis, the red car on the trailer I think is the #90 driven by Ron Wallace, The blue car in the foreground is the ex-Gibson car renumbered #85 for Bob Stelter. The blue #66 of Red Barnhardt, #43 of Bruno Marcheson, and the #15 of Mark Letcher.
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Cars on the trailers waiting to register for the Oswego Classic behind the main stands.
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A shot of the pits at the Oswego Classic (1968?).
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Kenny Andrews from Burlington Ontario in his beautiful white and red #55 roadster.
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1968 heat race-from the front row to the back-Row 1-the yellow 59 of Neil Tooley, white #o1 of Jack Greedy, Row 2-#21 Kenny Bartholomew and #46 of Warren Coniam, Row 3-#92 of Freddie Graves and the #80 of Jim Muldoon, Row 4-#18 of Jack Houseworth and the #14 of Art Bennett, Row 5-#32 of George Friend and #37 of Sam Carista, Row 6- the car on the inside I can't recognize, on the outside is #9 Wayne Landon, Row 7- can't see cars in either inside or out side, Row 8-#15 Mark Letcher and the #64 of Joe Hlywka, Row 9-#35 John Spencer and the #81 of Larry Gathman, and the yellow car rounding out the field is #52 Ron Thring.
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Getting dark...start of the 1969 classic. The '68 classic was a day race and the cars were angle parked prior to the race for the only time ever.
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Getting dark...start of the 1969 classic.
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Cars lining up for the start of the classic (1969?).
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Bob Crowley raced Supers in the 60's in the Michigan area, at such tracks as Berlin, Grand Rapids Speedrome, Dixie, Mount Clemons and Capital City.This is one of his Supermodifieds at Berlin Speedway in the late 60's.
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Art Bennet from Battle Creek, MI. This is the white #14 "Bhenke Express".
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"Wild" Bill Dedinger.
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Bob Crowley raced Supers in the 60's in the Michigan area, at such tracks as Berlin, Grand Rapids Speedrome, Dixie, Mount Clemons and Capital City. This is his blue #55 - must be at the Speedrome. Don Crowley, (Bob's son) "did watch him race,I was a teenager (14) in 1965. He started racing in 1957 at Mt. Clemmons Speedway with a car he also built #75, and later in the early 60's he raced another car he built #76 at Capital City Speed way in Lansing and Dixie Speedway."
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Dick Carter raced at Berlin in Marne, MI. I believe he raced on the dirt and then on asphalt once they paved it. Dick was awesome at that track and ruled on many a Saturday night. I think he got killed there, but I don't remember the specifics of the accident.
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Harry Jones.
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Jimmy Nelson's #8 that he drove at every track in Michigan, this car was later driven by Bob Carnes after Nelson's death. I remember Jimmy "just standing on it" at the Speedrome in Comstock Park (before they put US131 through the middle of the track). What a show he would put on! Jimmy was killed there drving Norm Rust's "Flyin' 9" in an accident involving Randy Sweet. I was a little kid then, but I'll never forget him.
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