Inspired by & armed with new material from the Jan 20th get- together, I've updated www.laprecord.com with a couple new Checkered Past features. I'm not...
Early Monday Morning, (8P EST - earlier elsewhere) they will rerun the SPEED Wind Tunnel program where Chris waxed nostalgic about American racing, and gave...
Hey Rick, Do you mean the man standing next to Dad is Penske, or the man congratulating Donohue at the car window is Penske? I always got the feeling that the...
Thanks to Dave Nicholas, I've learned a lot about my old photos and have updated many of my photo captions. We have a question about my photo #16 ("The start...
Hey Stacy The guy standing next to your Dad is Roger "Dodger" Penske. While I'm at it, the Taz Rufty Photos (#4) by mgamike relative to the questionable year...
Stacy The thing that bothers me about the picture in question is that the way the people are facing and your dad always was looking at you at the end of his...
I'm not so sure that is a Vineland photo either. As mentioned, Tex is facing the wrong way, flagging was usually done on the driver's right here, Tex would be...
Hi, I've recently joined the group although have never been to Marlboro. I do have an interest in the track though, via an interest in the history of Howmet...
These links might be useful; a guy called Rob Norton has provided full copies of Competition Press from 1958 to 1970 at http://www.box.net/public/c5bdnu4srq...
Pete, What a great resource! Thank you so much. Steve Lloyd, Historian Washington DC region, SCCA pete_stowe <pete.stowe@...> wrote: These links might...
I was justing talking to a friend of mine about the Marlboro project. He had a tennis buddy in Ft. Lauderdale, Al Cohen, who raced a Lotus (11?) at Marlboro....
Hi Phil Yes, I knew Al. He and I went to the same High School and if there was anyone more impoverished monetarily than I as a racer it was Al. All his money...
Hi Guys: Have been having problems with my Yahoo email service. Have had an account since 2001 but only use it as a stock research source so my email account...
Just browsing the Competition Press archive recently mentioned, I found this article -- which features Marlboro in the snow, Bus Brosenne, and "a horrendous...
From my research of Marlboro, it turns out the Late Model Stock cars ran road course races on Sunday Sept. 23, 1956 and Sunday Oct. 14 1956. These were...
Quite nitrating, I had forgot those early days. Ted ... From: larryj300 To: Marlboro_Raceway@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 8:25 AM Subject:...
My Yahoo address is being overrun by fake pharmacy orders, mortgage approvals, and lottery winnings, and I'll be retiring it soon. To reach me directly, please...
I recall some go kart trials at Marlboro. There were a bunch of complaints that made them decide not to race there, including the shocks on the driver and cars...
Bob Yes they raced motorcycles at Marlboro and it was call the Tobacco Road Classic. Most of the people in the stands didn't even know a race was going on and...
Bob, Yes there was a long history of bikes at Marlboro. From photos I've seen, National champion Gary Nixon raced there on both a regular bike and later the...
Folks, It might take me a while to find the reference, but I know that both AMA and AAMRR motocrycle racing organizations raced at Marlboro until the early...
The info I have on motorcycles show that the Tobacco Trail Classic, held on Labor Day weekend, dates back to 1957. These were AMA sanctioned races sponsored by...
Oh yeah. Now I'm stirring the grey cells, I recall the invasion of motorcycle guys, at least by reputation. Their unsavory record of arrests were recounted by...
Well, now you guys are really testing my grey matter. Yes, go karts raced at the track. There were a couple of demonsration match races on the whole track....
Well, you know how memory & old age go togethere, LOL. I did some digging & Googling and found a picture of a match race between a Morgan {not MG) as I said...
The gentleman who balances engines in bethesda was a man named Adolph "dolf" More. I'm not sure of the spelling, prounced as moray. He later sold his balancing...
Ronald I was ready to write a rebuttal to the reference of Jim Bailey as I knew it was Don Greimel in the Morgan. There was a Bob Bailey that drove a Porsche...
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