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Iceaxe
12-22-2018, 04:20 PM
I have access to an awesome array of old racing pictures and I think I'll start posting some here... feel free to add your own. And to start things off...

A very young Jeff Gordon #4 with Rich Vogler in the Hoffman #1 at Winchester 1990 - RIP "Rapid Rich"

To the best of my knowledge Vogler is the only driver ever to both win and die in his last race.

Days before his 40th birthday, Vogler was competing in a nationally broadcast ESPN Thunder sprint car event at Salem Speedway. He was leading the race at the time, when his car crashed with just over a lap to go. Vogler's helmet flew off of his head and he suffered severe head injuries that proved to be fatal.
Because of USAC rules on a red flag reverting to the previous completed lap, he was declared the winner of the event following his death, which was his 170th win.

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Iceaxe
12-22-2018, 04:24 PM
As a kid Wild Bill Madsen was my favorite Supermodified driver. The pic is a late 1970's photo at the Super Oval near Emmett Idaho. I was a huge fan of Western State Supermodified racing.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181223/ad37cf0245c3312e16519f2e5ea6f09c.jpg

Iceaxe
12-22-2018, 04:25 PM
Always one of my favorite pictures... Al Unser at the Ted Horn Memorial - "Big Al" would go out early due to an accident in the Team Viceroy #3 Grant King Ford & fin 17th - Du Quoin 1975

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Iceaxe
12-22-2018, 04:32 PM
Gary Bettenhausen in the Willie Davis #1 at Terre Haute 1970 - RIP Gary-

In the glory days of racing there were old drivers and there were bold drivers.... but there were no old bold drivers.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181223/573979938f445ebd24e8f01e5e9fb06a.jpg

Iceaxe
12-22-2018, 04:37 PM
One more for today... Jeff Gordon and the Winterbothom #6 Gambler at Eldora 1989 -https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181223/927f34ddc6d4bae391bdade744f2c51b.jpg

double moo
12-29-2018, 08:56 PM
Good stuff... keep 'em coming.

Iceaxe
12-30-2018, 09:51 AM
For the mechanical guys... here is an Indy car without the engine. The engine in an Indy car is a stressed member, which means the engine is also part of the frame. In the picture you can see how the shocks and upper A-arms will bolt to the engine block. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181230/610b118b9b0acc5ed77f9181e3e6a5f8.jpg

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Iceaxe
12-31-2018, 05:28 PM
A great Lady... Shirley Muldowney who beat all the men at their own game from 1977 to 1982. She was 3 time NHRA Top Fuel Champion. Mulroney was great for the sport of drag racing.

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Iceaxe
01-05-2019, 08:04 AM
Bobby Johns driving Smokey Yunick # 47 side car Offy in practice for the 1964 Indy 500. The car failed to qualify for the race.

Regardless what people think about this car of Smokey's design what l really miss the most about lndy car racing these days is all the cars use to be different. I loved the ingenuity that went into all the cars, and all the secret stuff. Now days all it takes is money to buy the best parts that someone else makes. Cookie cutter cars suck.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190105/d14f0f50a53a8cb401f1e6927e50026e.jpg

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Iceaxe
01-11-2019, 10:22 AM
Bobby Johns driving Smokey Yunick # 47 side car Offy in practice for the 1964 Indy 500. The car failed to qualify for the race.

If anyone wants to read a great book I suggest "Black Noon: The Year They Stopped the Indy 500" by Art Garner. I read the book and couldn't put it down.

Smokey's #47 is discussed in the book. The car was more than fast enough to qualify for the Indy 500, but Bobby John put it into the wall during qualifying. To make the day even worse for Yunick his NASCAR driver Fireball Robert's was involved in a wicked accident on the same day and burned badly. Fireball died a few days later.

And if you ever want to read a great book on Smokey Yunick I suggest "Best Damn Garage in Town" by Smokey Yunick. Yunick was a legend and was the original if you're not cheating you're not trying racer.

Iceaxe
01-12-2019, 02:53 PM
The 1933 Napier Railton on the Brooklands banking in the mid-1930’s. Brooklands is in Surrey, England and opened in 1907. It was the worlds first purpose built circuit and parts of it still remain today. The Napier was powered by a 24 litre W12 aircraft engine, it set the record at Brooklands with a 143.44mph average in 1935. The car is now housed in the Brooklands Museum.

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Sandstone Addiction
01-14-2019, 05:29 PM
Love this thread. I have a few to add.

Dale's show car at Chev dealer in Provo, circa 1992ish.

We were blown away at how cool it was and we were there for about a half hour, but we were the only ones that even looked at it.

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Sandstone Addiction
01-14-2019, 05:36 PM
Loved drag racing too.

John Force and Cruz Pedregon going at it at Bandimere early 90's.

Force's smoky burnout.

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Not sure who got the hole shot...looks pretty even.

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Sandstone Addiction
01-14-2019, 05:47 PM
Bob Glidden, the 3rd winningest NHRA driver of all time, putting the hurt on Paul somebody.

Glidden was my hero, he was a class act.

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Sandstone Addiction
01-14-2019, 05:52 PM
Here's Bob Glidden holding his Wally.

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Iceaxe
01-15-2019, 12:32 PM
A.J. Foyt & his Traco powered #2 sprinter at Terre Haute 1964. The lack of driver safety in the old sprint cars just amazes me, it's no wonder so many were killed. If the car went over you were toast.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190115/1993a2a4759d619ccbe647ee8e977f89.jpg

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Iceaxe
01-15-2019, 03:43 PM
Al Unser at Du Quoin 1970 - "Big Al" would win all of the dirt races in the Vels - Jones #2 Johnny Lightning sponsored GK Ford & the National Championship this year - also this would be the last year that the dirt races counted towards "The Trail Championship".https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190115/870301f9d274c71c7f42e17fdc04fb1a.jpg

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erial
02-04-2019, 06:11 AM
Paul Newman and not your daddy's oldsmobile at The Glen

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Iceaxe
02-04-2019, 07:31 AM
I meet Paul Newman a couple of times at the race track. The first time was at the Las Vegas Grand Prix. I was standing in the breakfast buffet line in Cesar's Palace and all these people kept walking by and staring at me. I finally turned around and noticed the reason they were staring was Paul Newman was standing behind me in line. I mentioned something about glad they weren't all staring at me and we had a good laugh. After that whenever I saw him at the racetrack he always said hi.

Iceaxe
02-21-2019, 07:14 PM
How about this for an oldie! My first sprint car race was at the old Salt Lake Fairgrounds race track, but that was in the early 60's.

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Iceaxe
03-01-2019, 01:15 PM
When you hear the term, "Good Wrench", think of this.

Sandstone Addiction
03-08-2019, 07:10 PM
When you hear the term, "Good Wrench", think of this.

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Iceaxe
03-23-2019, 10:54 AM
Two tough customer's right here. Cale Yarborough and Junior Johnson two of the greatest in Nascar history that's for sure.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190323/66ea00a8de425408066e813d2e0775c6.jpg

Iceaxe
05-05-2019, 08:49 AM
Bobby Allen at Eldora in 1979.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190505/bade8994037cbab98345a6be9c0fc433.jpg

Iceaxe
05-05-2019, 08:50 AM
1952 Indy 500 Winner == Troy Rurrman at age 22 == I think still the youngest to ever win the 500.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190505/f8b944ca85cf2ed6f471ab9880b24fa8.jpg

Iceaxe
05-05-2019, 08:54 AM
A.J. Foyt in 1977https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190505/cc571bda4b5ffdbcf424b99ed5d75cf5.jpg

Iceaxe
05-10-2019, 04:29 PM
Mario Andretti in 1969 took his Hawk Ford up Pikes Peak Finished 4th in what I'm assuming to be the Unlimited Class. (I could also be wrong about that.) When I found this, I had to pick myself up off the floor. Of course, now that the road is completely paved we'll never know who could actually pull off this same amazing feat today in the dirt/gravel using the current DW12 IndyCar chassis.

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Sandstone Addiction
05-16-2019, 12:04 PM
I wonder what the paint on that red car looked like after the race? :haha:

stefan
06-04-2019, 01:44 PM
ran across this article which has a number of old photos from the salt flats

https://www.deseretnews.com/top/1888/0/The-need-for-speed-See-history-racing-across-the-Bonneville-Salt-Flats.html

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The Blue Flame is shown as it performs test runs just before 30-year-old Gary Gabelich set the new land auto speed record at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, on Nov. 4, 1970. The $500,000 rocket-propelled car, which averages 622.407 miles per hour, was powered by liquified natural gas and hydrogen peroxide propellants.

Sandstone Addiction
06-15-2019, 02:12 PM
Phoenix International Raceway was always a favorite NASCAR destination of mine. Loved the old configuration of the track with the concrete wall that extended out into turn 2 that had to be repainted anytime cars had been on the track. Also loved being in Phoenix around Halloween time to enjoy an extended summer in the Valley of the Sun.

The 1992 Pyroil 500K was the first race Winston Cup Race I'd ever seen live. We were blown away. Such an amazing event.

To top it off, 3 of my favorite drivers were all competing for the championship. Bill Elliott (all time favorite), Alan Kulwicki and Davey Allison were all so close in points that the championship was up for grabs in, what was then, the closest battle in modern history.

The only races left were Phoenix and Atlanta.

I talked my friend Curtis, who loved racing his own stuff but was not really into Nascar, into joining me for the trip. The guy is one of those people that just have amazing luck. Here I am, looking through the chain link fence, trying to get a glimpse of some action in the garage area and the next thing I see was my buddy walking through the garage like he was lost. I was green with envy.

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I finally got his attention and through the fence he told me that there was a fight at the gate and while the security guards weren't looking he slipped past and went on in. I handed him my camera so he could snap the photos I only wish I could take.

Working on Dick Trickle's car.

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NO WAY! Curtis was right next to the Intimidator's car.

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And just when I thought it couldn't get any worse...here he is watching Tim Brewer work on my favorite drivers car.

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More members of his crew.

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After he finished his unassisted tour of the garage area, we walked down pit road and made our way to our seats.

Prerace interview with Rusty Wallace.

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Fuel.

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Davey Allison's car on the starting line.

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Me, still pissed at Curtis, in Davey Allison's Pit.

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Curtis having a good time.

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Harry Gant's Skoal Bandit (another fav).

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TO BE CONTINUED.

Iceaxe
06-15-2019, 08:31 PM
26 years ago today, 1976 World Champion James Hunt died at age 45. This is a picture of him in the boot at the 1978 USGP at Watkins Glen.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190616/17773b2b4fe50b04f0d2c2b6af99baff.jpg

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Iceaxe
06-16-2019, 10:30 AM
So here are some real life F1 photos of the movie "Rush". I around when Niki Lauda and James Hunt both raced, they were good friends, not just competitors. They actually shared an apartment at one time. The car shots are from the old bridge across the former front straight at Watkins Glen.

If you have never seen the movie Rush you should watch it as it's the best racing movie of all time.

Before his accident Niki Lauda used to sign his photos below his face, after the accident, he signed them right across his face.

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Iceaxe
06-22-2019, 01:21 PM
Johnny Beauchamp 1961 Chevy, Over the wall car, Before And Afterhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190622/a157888a8188be62c46fde7b7ffad9e7.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190622/71dd34cf826c6db8e3f8770af79ba5e2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190622/c4952c5596f752bfd10181c05281ebaa.jpg

Iceaxe
07-29-2019, 05:23 PM
I love this picture... Kenny Roberts in his prime.

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Iceaxe
08-26-2019, 10:32 PM
August 26th I967 Burt Munro set the SA1000cc speed record on an 47 year old Indian Scout. If you don't know the story watch the movie "World's Fastest Indian".
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Iceaxe
11-16-2019, 05:39 PM
Dan Gurney once shipped a Chevrolet Impala SS to England to kick Jaguars ass....

The Big Eagle thought he could win the British Saloon Car Championship with a mostly stock Chevy Impala SS. He was so successful, the Brits banned him.

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Iceaxe
01-11-2020, 01:32 PM
Bobby Allison. 1970 National 500, Charlottehttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200111/d555eeb2284641734abd14a57cb613c6.jpg

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BasinCruiser
01-30-2020, 08:36 AM
Doesn’t Iceaxe have a saying about bumper stickers on hot cars?


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Iceaxe
01-30-2020, 09:07 AM
A hot chick with a tattoo is like putting a bumper sticker on a Ferrari.

;-)

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Iceaxe
04-02-2020, 09:36 AM
I might not be able to name all my cousins or even recognize some of them if I walk past them on the street, but I can name every driver in this photo from Pocono in 1985. :lol8:


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Scott Card
04-02-2020, 11:33 AM
Well I'll be! I didn't know one of the Bee Gees was a driver. (dude on the second to the top row, far left.) :haha:

Iceaxe
04-02-2020, 01:21 PM
Well I'll be! I didn't know one of the Bee Gees was a driver. (dude on the second to the top row, far left.) :haha:

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That's Tim Richmond.... If I was robbing a bank and needed a getaway driver it would have been Tim Richmond without a doubt.

Cole Trickle (Tom Cruise) in Days of Thunder was loosely based on Tim Richmond and his relationship with crew chief Harry Hyde, played by Robert Duvall and called Harry Hogge in the movie.

Richmond was probably the most naturally talented driver in that picture. If it had wheels Richmond could drive it. Richmond was one of the first drivers to come from Open Wheel to drive the Taxi Cabs and paved the way for others like Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart and Danica Patrick to follow.

Richmond lived on a sailboat and had a pet alligator, which is where Miami Vice got the idea for Crockett in the TV show.

Richmond would also screw anything that walked, and he usually had a line of pit lizards just waiting their turn. He died of AID's not long after that picture was taken.

I never met anyone that loved being a race car driver more then Richmond. On Saturday night before the race he would usually stroll through the spectator motor homes chatting to anyone that would listen and just happy to be where he was. Most professional athletes tolerate fan's, but Richmond truly loved them.

Sandstone Addiction
04-03-2020, 07:06 PM
Gotta love it...every racer is smiling except Ironhead. :haha:

Not sure who the Nationwide (front), Valvoline (3rd) or Motorcraft (5th) drivers are.

Iceaxe
04-03-2020, 08:28 PM
Nationwide - Lake Speed
Valvoline - Ron Bouchard
Motorcraft - Ricky Rudd

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Iceaxe
04-19-2020, 08:18 PM
Riverside, October 4, 1970. Dan Gurney (No. 48 AAR Plymouth Barracuda) pits during the Trans-Am. He finished fifth behind Parnelli Jones (No. 15 Ford Mustang Boss 302), George Follmer (No. 16 Ford Mustang Boss 302), Mark Donohue (No. 6 Sunoco Javelin) and teammate Swede Savage.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200420/2d1d4c6d77cd3182116991a443eeb184.jpg

Iceaxe
05-09-2020, 09:04 AM
Bridgehampton 1963. Ken Miles, Dan Gurney (with Carroll Shelby leaning on his car) and Bob Holbert.

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Iceaxe
06-06-2020, 07:26 PM
The start #66 was Cale Yarbrough and #31 is Dan Gurney the 1966 Indy 500 before 1st turn.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200607/9177ceba90d13503dcd34b105e496de2.jpg

Iceaxe
08-10-2020, 07:59 PM
Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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Iceaxe
12-11-2020, 06:33 PM
Indy 1962, Dan Gurney having a little chat with Benson Ford before the race. Dan probably is saying I know about this great little car with a great designer and driver who would like to come here and race next year. He can bring two cars and I will be in one of them. I think the Ford would drop nicely into that Lotus chases. Jim and I will give them a real go and can probably win the race. Benson replies Great, we have a deal. I don't know if that's the real details but sounds about right to me...https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20201212/bdb5af6722f75298e1e6a03c311e2787.jpg

Iceaxe
12-15-2020, 11:28 PM
Jolenne, do you remember where I parked the Corvette?

Somewhere in 1969 a Go-Go cage is missing a dancer.

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BasinCruiser
12-19-2020, 06:44 PM
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My hips hurt just looking at this photo.

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12-31-2020, 02:30 AM
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Iceaxe
04-20-2021, 06:20 PM
I was 16 years old...

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BasinCruiser
05-17-2021, 06:42 AM
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