There were George Thompson was a photographer for The Tampa Tribune Tampa Tribune 1958-59.  A car lost control during the 12 hours of Sebring on a hairpin curve and killed (driver?), and the photographer George Thompson who was working on his day off for the Tribune.   He was my brother-in-law and I would like to know more about him. I was only 12 or 13 at the time

Anyone know whatever happened to him; he raced at Dorney Park during the ‘60’s.

Clarence 'Pete' 'Fireball' Lester

Watched Bob Hare in the Fort Wayne Coliseum drive the #8 Candu Special midget.  Any information or him, or the where abouts of the car would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you.

If you have any info please send to Rich at richardfazio@me.com

Gary Snyder  drove the # 60 at Dorney Park & Harmany in the late 60s and early 70s

Whatever happened to Frannie Stimetz who drove for Pappy Smith in the early 60's at New Egypt speedway?

Steve C    04.15.18

In response to John Maher's 2/19/18 inquiry, Frannie Steinmetz passed away in 2002.

Raced at Sanatoga, Hatfield, and Municipal Stadium (JFK).    Rocky drove for my dad from 1951 to 55 in a gray and blue car #57.  He never won but was very popular.  My parents always said he was a showman, if he had an accident he always made like he was hurt but never was. 

Rick  Brinckman    04.11.17

What happened to Tom Rooney. I believe he was badly injured at a race at Nazareth Raceway in 1963.

#97X - Does anyone know what ever happened to the above driver? He used to race with us at Alcyon

Jim Conley  04.26.16

Mike Shaub -  04.28.16

Shorty Kerschner passed away last year.

Ron McCann

Craig Ray RFRHS   8/17/2016 

Jim Baker currently attends RFRHS events and competes in Vintage car racing at Grandview.

Car #63 use to race at Hightstown paved track.

Raced freeport 1956 -1958 ran sedan 717 won several mains  always in top ten in those years.

Hi, I'd like to know whatever happened to the drive Marty Acker, he used to drive my fathers racecar at Grandview in the early to mid 60's.

Retired, lived in Port Murray NJ with wife Pat and moved to Maine about 3-4 years ago.  I used to see him every day at the Anderson Hotel for lunch with Sammy Beavers and Sandy Rochelle.

Ed Johnson    12.18.13

Raced mainly at Flemington in the 60's Won the feature at Flemington fair driving Billy Osmun's sportsman "Barnyard special" .  He was operating a dairy farm in Vermont. then PA.

Does anyone know whatever happen to Lee McBride and Pat McBride. Lee drove # 11 but can't remember what Pat drove.

Rick   03.06.13

Lee McBride Passed away But Pat is still around and a great friend of mine living in Hightstown NJ Thanks Rick Levenduski.

Whatever happened to Johnny Owen who used to drive a “sportsman modified” sponsored by Gordon’s T’nT at Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, NY back in the 70’s???

Craig Ray RFRHS    8/17/2016

Tommy passed away in 2011. He was the last point champion at Hatfield Speedway in the 3A. He won in stock cars , midgets and sprints.

Rick1Keyser    02.02.13
Pete Mitten is still alive and well living in Newville Pa. His son is still racing the # 77 his father put on the map. I have some great pictures from the St. Thomas Speedway if any one is interested.  Richard E. Keyser  Mercersburg, Pa.

Rick1Keyser    01.31.13
Larry,Clem Lemaster recently passed away, I think just last year.  For years he ran Winchester Speedway.

Had an opportunity to speak to Gerry last fall in hopes of having him attend the Legends of the Fall event at New Egypt Speedway.  Gerry still can be found at his repair shop and from what I hear enjoys relaxing on a house boat on a lake during the summer weekends. 

Not sure what happened to his cars, but maybe Mark Bullock could help.  I recentely found out that one of the old #76 coupes ended up as a white #24.
(Click Here)

Billy stopped by the Ace Lane booth at this year's Motorsports Event held in Fort Washington, PA.  I didn't get a chance to talk to him this year, but maybe somebody else can fill us in.

Todd Lewis    02/02/06

JR Crouse had a car at Motorsports 2006 he runs on the Race Of Champions Tour not sure what his hometrack is. The car was gray

I remember him driving a black and white car with the number 95 on it. Can't find anything on him, a few pictures but no added comments about his life.

James W. Seydell
12/02/05

Merit O'Neal  04/01/08

Monk was a member of the Pottstown Stock Car Racing Club. He raced at Sanatoga, Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Speedway, and Hatfield in the 50s. Monk passed away several years ago. The 69X was owned and maintained by John Horosky. A full size replica of the 69X was at the 2005 Sanatoga Reunion in Pottstown. Here is a picture of the car. 

The 69X (above) is owned by Guy Rodgers.

Watching 29  03/01/07

Monk Keller passed away on 3-3-1993 - he was 67. He raced from 1949 - 1965. Tracks he raced at include Sanatoga , Hatfield , Philadelphia Municipal , Reading, Yellow Jacket , Vineland and Mason-Dixon

Rick Brinckman    03/10/05
Monk died a few years back (I'm guessing around 8-10 years) after being in a wheel chair.    I was fortunate to vist him at his Pottstown home and made copies of his racing pictures.

Rich Kuiken  12/02/05

Thank You for thinking of my Dad, Ray Cook. He died on 11/3/96 at the age of 69. He was a wonderful man & great racer. Cook was his racing name, his real name was Ray Kuiken. My name is Rich Kuiken, Sr., I raced under the name Rich Cook.

There is no Ray Cook Jr. Ray has two grandsons that carry on the family racing tradition. My son, Rich Kuiken Jr., races 600cc Micro Sprints and had 2 wins this year at Kutztown. My brother Bob's son, Bobby Kuiken, races Slingshots and had 1 win at Greenwood Valley this year. Both boys will be racing Slingshots in the Atlantic City Indoor Show in January (Rich Jr. is too young to race his 600 Micro in NJ). Grandpa Ray would have been proud!

Greg C    11/06/05
Doc Norton was killed in a highway accident I believe on route 94 between Goshen and Florida New York Many, Many, years ago! 30 + years
now?

As for Ray Cook? The Son or Ray SR? The old man owned the racing wheel company and the son was an on again and off again small block driver never with much of any success..Don't believe he ever won a feature?

Which are you talking about .....if Doc Nortons driving era it would have been Ray Sr.

Thanks
Greg C!

Mike T    09/09/05

Jerry lives in Newark and has a used car lot in Springfield NJ that he owns and runs. Has been involved in TQ racing the last 20 years or so. Drove up until the late 80s with the TQs at Pinebrook NJ and other tracks.

Jimmy Ryan also drove the #510 for Glenn Froniser from Gilbertsville PA.

L Kolb 9/20/ 07

3-Wide    06/13/05

I saw him in the stands during the Micro Stock Feature at Bridgeport Speedway a few week's back.  I think he has a son who competes now.

3 Wide    03/15/05
I remember seeing him in the stands at New Egypt a few seasons back during on a night when they had the URC's on the card when Greg Coverdale was running the #56 Sprinter.   (not sure of the relation)

Kevin Mc    04/04/05
He is in fact living in Arizona. Phoenix I believe. He still sells sprint cars out there. Actually theres still some being used in the URC. The Hogue #39 for one is a Buckley car.  He is out here on the East Coast from time to time still.  Dont know him personally but friends of mine do.

Todd Lewis    03/25/05
I think Buck Buckley is living in AZ? I believe he sold the business to Shaw
or Bob Fisher. Ernie Saxton may me able to answer this.

Mike Shaub    03/02/05
This is in regards to the question that BOB had about the Anthony's Furniture #1 Mustang. I recently talked to Ron Paulson's son about the car, and what Barry Miller commented was what happened.  I did find out that the car was wrecked so bad at Bridgeport, that they sent it to the junkyard for scrap. (see note from Barry Miller below)
Mike Shaub

Barry Miller    02/26/05
I am writing regarding Whatever Happened To. This is in regard to Bob who wanted to know what happened to the Anthony's Furniture # 1. The Anthony's Furniture #1 from the '73 season showed up early in the '74 season at Reading as a #33 Red Ball Express, I do not remember the driver. The Anthony's Furniture # 1 from the '74 season is the one that became Ronnie Paulson's PB. Ronnie raced it up until the '82 season and then he quit driving. It sat in his garage for a long time after that and the last that I heard he sold it to some young guys from West Chester, PA who ran it at Bridgeport in the early '90's. I heard that they wrecked it bad one night and I do not know anything about it afetr that. I hope that this helps Bob.
Your Friend in Morocco,
Barry Miller

Ted sold his shop about three years ago he moved to VA .He also remarried.

Todd Jenkins    1/31/05   

I believe John Sine is keeping tabs on Rapid Rob and the crew of Speed Palace!

Steve Buck   5/20/23

I am Jack’s son, Steve. With help from this site I was able to get in touch with Doug Quinley & buy back his coupe July of 2022. It is being fully restored with the help of my Dad & my Uncle Gary that was his partner in the car. Also helping are their brothers Jeff & Rick.

A correction to Greg’s post: The Vega my dad was building was not a copy of Charlie’s car but may have had a few similarities. My Dad would talk with Charlie when he would come down & race at Wall. I’m sure those conversations inspired some of my Dad’s designs. 

Greg sold the Vega to El Herbert. He restored it to look like it did when Joe Hurley raced it in the late 80’s. He then sold it to a guy in Florida who raced it in the vintage class at New Smyrna Speedway as a Charlie J tribute car. It was also displayed at Daytona USA twice a year until he sold it to a guy that runs the SMART Modified tour.

My Dad is 76 years old now. He is still racing & winning frequently but in dirt oval go karts. 

Steve.
 

Doug Quinley  09.20.15: 
The Jack Buck #12 sits in my barn in south jersey still waiting total restoration. I have owned the car since 1997.Hopefully more done this winter.

Jack Buck was building a new car in the mid to late 70s, the car was a copy  of a Charlie Jarzombek vega.  I think he may have used the vega John Blewett jr. had bought off of Charlie.

The car is a very good copy of that car. The car was never finshed by Jack and was bought by Mike and Dean Textor and ran as a mad car 9T in 1987.  The car was then sold to Joe Hurley and it ran also as a mad car as the 01. It had the Charlie J number 1 with a small 0. Jack drove the car for Joe a couple of times. Joe had one feature with the car and told me if he was a better driver he would of had more.

I bought the car in 2001 and have almost completed it to show and race as a vintage car. Our mad car was painted with the colors of the Dick Kirby Owen 16.

I spoke to Jack in 2002 he is retired and living in PA and he gave me all the info on his building of the car. Greg

3-Wide     01/24/05 

Dusty stopped by one of the get together's that we had in the picnic area at New Egypt Speedway during intermission last year (2004).  (Dusty drove the white and maroon #777 and won a bunch of Sportsman Features in the early 70's!)  I remember the car was keep near at the Gulf by Jim's Country Diner on Rt 130 in Windsor...  Here it is 35 years later and it's hard not to still look for it as I pass by the station every night on my way home from work!

Frankie still lives near Lambertville, NJ
I was fortunate to see Frankie run a few laps last August (2003) at Flemington Speedway in the #3N1 Champ Car.  Always the competitor after hot lapping with the racer Frankie told the crew pretty feverently that the car had a terrible shake/bounce going down the backstretch as they tried to figure out how to remedy the situation. 
I got a chance to say hello to Frankie who told me that the greatest days of racing were ruined by the introduction of specialty parts and fabricated racecars.  He told me that when they started allowing all that stuff, it went downhill pretty fast...

I couldn't agree more -

Answer to question of whatever happened to Chip Creger. Chip runs a used car dealership in Lawrenceville NJ that he ran with his late father Charlie Creger.
Mike Calla
Wheels of Speed
http://www.wheelsofspeed.com

Dear Bill,
I hope I can help you out a little bit at least. I have attached a copy of a Frank Smith photo taken of Ken "Bones" Marriott with Tom Grbac's Circle7 car. The date I believe is July 4, 1948, at Flemington. Ken, from Baltimore, went on to be quite an accomplished driver taking the NASCAR title in 1957. Many remember Tom for promoting races at New Egypt (Fort Dix) Speedway. He did however promote at Flemington and Old Bridge also earlier on.
Pepper Cunningham attended the Langhorne reunion I held in 1977 and looked exactly the same at that time, as he does on the 1951 video from Langhorne. I believe he passed away several years ago. I hope that you may share with me some of the info you may receive about him. It would be greatly appreciated. I will try to find a picture of him. Hope this helps a little. Thanks, Russ Dodge

3-Wide   11/04/04 
I remember reading about his crash at Stafford I think back in the early 70's. 

Regarding the comment in your web site about "Pee-Wee" doing time, or having to take a plea bargain, or some other assuming thing is really nothing more than just that. Look, there are a lot of people out there that think they know something because of here say, or some type of silly supporting document that someone thinks they have, such as a news paper clipping or some other thing. Really no one really knows what happened or if anything really happened at all.

The real fact of the matter here is, we and I mean all of us, including all of the thousands of new bee racers out there that think they really know the sport today, really need to be focusing on, talking about and remembering what and how "Griff" and all of the other "real racers of old" really did to shape and forge the sport into what it is today and why we truly love this sport.


Carol Hullfish      10/20/04 
PeeWee is living in Texas with a 3rd wife and never served jail time at all. Benice passed away a few years back.  (info provided by Carol Hullfish PeeWee Griffen Fan Club president)  (By way of Wendy Agin)

I saw him while we were on vacation in Fla. about a year ago. He was driving a midget with the Florida Midget Club at Auburndale Speedway. He ran pretty well for his age. I always loved his Ex-Buzzie coupes. As a vintage guy, I would like to see one of his old cars come back to life. Does anyone out there know were they are?


Tom Berry    08/24/04
Jack lives in Florida where he still races T.Q.'s.  In fact he won a championship down there not too many years ago.   Jack is in his 70's I'm told..  I saw him  at the indoor race in Atlantic City this past January, looking  very fit! 

Bobby Joos    02/24/07
Mose is now 80 yrs. old and lives in the western part of Boyertown. He raced
at Sanatoga, Hatfield, Philadelphia Municipal and Reading.

Craig Ray 1/10/05
Mose recover nicely from bypass surgery and still lives in the Pottstown Pa. area.   Looking a little like Willie Nelson, Mose made an appearence at the Sanatoge Historical Society this past summer celebrating the history of Sanatoga and the Speedway where he onced raced at.

He died from complications from Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.

07/11/04    3-Wide

I read where Lee Roy died about 20 years ago after spending time in a psychiatric hospital.  I don't know if the problems that Lee Roy experienced that ended his career early were related to injuries sustained while racing, or developed independent of his involvement in the sport.  I remember him racing at Trenton when the stockers used to head north.  I think Lee Roy drove the #98 and then spent time wheeling the famous Wood Brother's #21.

Craig Ray  RFRHS  Historian   8/17/2016

Red Coffin passed March of 2015. In his honor Action Track USA has named a section of the Grandstand after Red. Also , the RFRHS has named it's annual car show in Lyons after Red.


06/06/04    3-Wide

I got to meet Red at the 2004 Reading Mall Show.  Red was still as fired up as ever as he told us a story about how he did win a few at Reading... and would have won a few more if it wasn't for guys like Tobias and Brightbill just to name a few! 

He told us about the time that he went into the last lap of a Reading feature knowing that Toby was going to put the move on him and how he knew that he wasn't going to lift no matter what.   (You would have thought the race was last weekend the way Red told the story! - It was great.)

He also told us about the time he drove the last car owned by Wally Marks (#1) and how he was afraid to wreck it because he thought the seatbelts were attached to the sheet metal....  I don't know that to be the case, but even if it's not, sure sounds like a great way to trick you're driver into bringing the car back in 1 piece.  Ends up that I think Red got a top 5 in the feature in that car.

06/21/04    Todd Lewis:

Jeff Adams raced a # 9 and after he hung up his helmet went to work with Billy Pauch, after that I have no clue. He may have gone South but I have no way to verify that.

Billy is currently working for Phoenix Racing as a Shop Mechanic on the # 1 Busch Series entry driven by Johnny Benson. Prior to joining Phoenix Racing Taylor was a mechanic for GEB Racing (Geoffrey Bodine # 7). The Phoenix shops are located in Spartanburg SC

07/02/04    Dawn Cornelius
Hello, just to let you know, Tony Siscone, sold his simpson safety equiptment buisness, about 2 years ago. He is restoring cars, and pretty much retired.

04/11/04     Joe Lehman
I believe Tony is selling safety gear as part of the Speed Palace operation

04/09/04    3-Wide   
I think Tony is still very involved in Safety within our sport.  As far as I know, he retired after winning a Race of Champions event at Flemington in the mid 90's, but I'm hoping you asphalt guys can tell us more.

Todd Lewis    04/06/04
For a time Karl Freyer tried URC sprints I dont know what he is up to now but he did run with URC some years ago

02/06/04:   The Vault is sorry to hear from visitor Dave Daniels that Ronnie Paulson passed away a little while ago.  I remember the uniquely numbered #PB car at Bridgeport I think on occassion.  We'll try to come up with a picture for the Vault so that we can all remember Ronnie.

Provided By:  Robert Hubbs    12.06.10
Passed away in 2010

Provided By:  Slotcar 660    12/04/08

There were two Art Tappens. art Tappan Sr & Art Tappan Jr. senior ran at Islip & Freeport and finished up with the legends at Riverhead.  He now builds street rods.  Art Jr started off with the charger division than moved on to the street stock division (now late models) both cars were black with the # 14.

Art Jr is now a tool sales man with Matco after previously having a Snap On route. he now resides in ridge on long island.

Provided by:  George LeBlanc    01/27/04
In regards to the Art Tappen inquiry, He started in the figure eight division in the late sixties at Islip, worked up to modifieds for many years at Islip, moved over to Freeport Late Models in the seventies and eighties,and finished up in Legends cars at Riverhead. I raced with him in the Legends Cars. He always had super sharp cars, red  # 14. He runs a street rod building shop in Long Island last I heard. Thanks, George LeBlanc.

Provided by Kevin B...    01/04/04
I was at the Englishtown swamp meet last spring and I ran into a guy that was selling items, to make a long story short, he mentioned he used to work on Howies mods. He went on to say that the last he heard was he's living in Florida working on custom corvettes or something to that effect. 

Provided By Janice Slowinski     07/31/04
Hi! This is Janice Slowinski, Matt's wife.  Just to let you know, Matt raced Modifieds and had a lot of success in Delaware from 1988 to 1990.   We were married in December 1990 and were in a bad accident in October 1991.   After recovering we bought a sprint in 1998 and went 358 racing at Williams Grove until 1998.  We have two children ages 2 and 4.  The 4 year old's first word was cam.
Matt still has Matt's Custom Automotive building race as well as muscle car engines.   He also works preload and drives part-time for UPS.
I can't tell you how much it means to Matt that people remember him.
P.S. Matt says hello to Dick Millar and Brian Rozycki

Provided by Brian Rozycki:  12/20/03
He operates Matt's Custom Automotive, in Long valley NJ. He and his father Matt Sr. build racing engines. They used to build motors for me and several other drivers at Flemington in the early 90's.  We had several wins with his motors as did John Bokros and Joey McCarthy.

(Side note, Brian himself was a strong competitor in the sportsman class at Flemington during the 80's in a yellow #33 if I remember correctly... - 3Wide)

I knew he lived in Washington  orAsbury.  He has 3 brothers  -  Mitch , Paul ( Butch), Wayne and his father was Bud Groover (step dad).  I was wondering if anyone knew the years  and car # he drove   and what happen'd to him..  I heard he married a girl Patti ?  Any info would be great.       

Bill raced sportsman then modifieds off and on at Flemington from 1976 to the early 80's. The car was a metallic blue number 24x.  He's still married to Patti and still lives in Phillipsburg NJ.  He lives on the same street as Gary Butler - just three doors away.

3-Wide    07/30/03:
I remember reading about 5 or 6 years ago that someone had broken into Danny's home in a robbery attempt or something and Danny was injured, but I think made a full recovery. 
I remember his white and black #1 coupe at EWS and remember him going over the first turn fence one night, but I also remember him winning Modified features in that same car.

Al was one of the pioneers in "Funny Cars" in the late 60s when he owned and drove the nationally famous "Tickle me Pink" Dodge Charger. Al would be in his seventies now, if he's still alive.

Al was a great guy and had a best friend called "Herky", (I think his name was Hercules) As a 10 or 11 year old kid, I was lucky enough to travel with Al and the Raymer Ford, and I haven't seen Al since about 1961. There are a lot of great stories connected with that team and Al, (almost all of them concerning strange things going to or coming from the races rather than at the track) and it would be great to rehash them with Al, if he's still around. Anybody know???

Also, does anyone know what happened to the Raymer Ford #10 midget? The last I remember it was running in New England, with King Carpenter driving. That would have been around 1960

As far as the Raymer Midget goes... My father bought it in January of 1960.  it was campaigned in ARDC until 1962 when it was sold to Bob Sheaffer. In 1960 Bob Hillis drove the car mostly, Johnny Mann and Sonny Saunders (Madonia) as well. In 1962 a Falcon was put under the hood in place of the V8-60. I do not know what Bob Shaeffer did with the car however. King Carpenter did not drive this car in that time frame, I think jim is confused with the CheckerBoard Ford #75 of that time frame. This car ran as number 71 while my father owned it and as #44 when bob Shaeffer owned it. I hope that helps.

Sorry to hear of Al Greaber's passing. I remember him driving the pink and
blue #41 Denk Offy, after his days with the Harry Hespell 4 car team.  Jim Nise

Al Graeber III     06/06/04
AL Graeber got out of racing in 72 after being burned bad in a fire with his 71 charger funny car and put his emphasis on his business Al Graeber's Speedway Engineering  in 74 he had a son (me) and he purchased a drag boat and put in one of his old 426 hemi's in it and used it as a pleasure boat for many years then in 79 he started grooming me in my racing career in quarter midgets building my first car in 86 he had a bad accident in his drag boat and got thrown for the boat and it crushed his knee which never healed was in a cast for a long time.   After that he did find the time to have another son in 86 (Daniel). 

In 88 he purchased a micro sprint for us to play with.  In late 91 he was diagnosed with colon cancer and he passed away 12/20/93 at age 61.

Myself, my mother and my brother miss him dearly.  I am trying to honor him by getting back into racing as I have been out of it for so long but hopefully I will make him proud again.  Anyone looking for more info or photos can email me at acgraeber@aol.com thanks    Al Graeber III  (lil AL)

Eugene Barry
The flagger at Orange County Fair Speedway is Tex Enright's son Jerry.  He is the Asst Flagman and his other son Billy is the Third Turn Cornerman.  I know that this is still true because I'm the backstretch flagman there.

Tom Berry    12/31/03
Sadly Tex passed away several years ago while living in the Middletown area.  Some people don't know that Tex was an accomplished midget and stock car driver before he became a starter. 

I was checking out the "whatever happened to" section and came across Clyde Suydam. Clyde is my wife's grandfather. The former driver of the 37V can be found every Saturday night at Hamlin Speedway in the Poconos. He is the "Tech Advisor" on three different Tobias Slingshots. The # 37 of George Drake, the # 39 of Roger Collins and my # 3. He still lives in Asbury, NJ. I would like to have seen what Clyde would have done in his racing career if he just had a little more money and help. He was a great racer at Flemington, Nazareth, Harmony and Middletown. Before he raced stock cars he also raced motorcycles. It is great ot sit down and talk to him about racing. He is a legend of the sport. Thanks Mark Burd

Many a great drove Don House prepaired big block Ford race cars. Amoung those were; Joe Kelly (David Haupt), Tommie Elliott, Wally Dallenback, Don McTavish, Leroy Yarborough, Sammy Beavers, Lou Austin.

Randy Sands    11/15/04
He (Gary) was at Hialeah Speedway last weekend looking at my outlaw modified and talking to my dad. Wish I knew it was Gary, would have been great to talk to a racing legend that I grew up watching race around Fla. short tracks........

From 3-Wide   08/01/04  
(Todd Lewis emailed me on 8/1/04? that Gary had just recently been arrested again on drug charges and was expected to be facing jail time as a result of the current troubles combined with his previous arrest.  I chose not to post it at the time as I wasn't sure if it had been confirmed.  Unfortunately, Todd was on the mark as the info has been confirmed.  What a shame...)

Jim Murrow:  06/29/03:   
I don’t know exactly what he’s doing right now, but, he raced down south in the 80s, and got into Winston Cup.  Then, he was convicted of drug charges and sent to prison. As Balough tells the story, when the arrest happened, he’d been signed to drive the #28 car for Harry Ranier.   Waddell Wilson was the crew chief, and Robert Yates built the motors. - Benny Parsons ended up in it.  I guess that was about 1981. Gary had won a national championship with NASCAR’s All-Pro circuit, where he won 14 out of 22 races, but that was after the conviction, and he was awaiting sentencing.
He came to Syracuse in 2000, and didn’t run well. In an interview he gave at the time, he said he had served 45½ months in jail, and it had cost him his marriage, and his career in Winston Cup.
He said when he got out of jail, he took his 7-year-old car and went to Summerville, South Carolina, for a 200-lap All-Pro race, sat on the pole, and won the race, and he also said that in 1996 he drove Pee Wee Griffin’s Late Model, and won 67 out of 79 races in it.
I heard he was working with some late model, ARCA, and Busch teams over the last few years, as a consultant, crew chief, or whatever. I imagine he still drives a bit, too.

Jim Murrow:    07/01/03
One other thing I didn't mention, and probably should have is that, as far as I know, Gary didn't take any drugs. He was involved with several others in racing, in, as I understand it, importing the stuff. He said he did it to fund his racing.
Damn shame. He was a great talent, at the top of his game, and just about to get his big break.

Rick Shrive   06/12/03
Hoop retired after the 1968 or 1969 season.  The "Mayor of Upper Black Eddy"continued working as a mason out of his cluttered garage,and I understand he is, sadly ,in poor health lately.   The famous #95 still sits in the garage,exactly as it came off the track from it's last race,but no one has seen it in years, as it is piled full of Hoop's many possessions.   I also would love to see some photos of this car.   I still have my "Go, Hoop, Go" button somewhere.

Late 70's (East Windsor, Flemington, etc.)

Craig Ray  RFRHS Historian   8/17/2016

Jay occasionally attends RFRHS reunions at the Reading Fair. Jay had a pretty decent driving career winning at Reading , East Windsor, Flemington, Grandview and Bridgeport. He did a fine job in the Council Harroll # 35.


Sherri Dornberger  02/24/05
Jay lives in Royerford Pa with his wife Barabra. One of their sons is running
the sportsman division at Bridgeport on Saturday's

Todd L     4/13/03    The Huska Brothers were Jamie and Casey and yes their car #'s were 189 and 89 I do remember one suffering a work injury but do not remember which one.

Barbara K.  02/08/06
Pete has been living on the outskirts of Atlanta, Georgia for at least 15 years.

Jerry      2/17/04       
What I remember about the Gremlin was mid-way thru a feature the rotors on his car would start glowing big-time!   Whatever did happen to him? - drive any other cars?

3-Wide    03/03/03
(I know that Todd J and Rodie Joe have some first hand info and hope they will help out here!)

Tuckahoe Tom    03/09/03
I thought I could help with Jerry Camp driver of the #9a at P-ville etc. Jerry is going through medical treatments and is the victim of a very bad stroke a few years back that nearly claimed his life. I go to church with his wife and know his daughter and son in law very well and could ask any questions anyone has. Johnny Wyers who runs a limited sprint at B-port is his son in law.

3-Wide     02/03/03
I don't know what happenned to Paul, but I remember when he first started running at Flemington in a little #49r sportsman.  I think the back of the car had a little miner dude carrying a pick and I could never figure out why.  Then one day it hit me.   If you said his number real quick, (kind of like if you were from South Philly), it sounded more like 49'er, as in "Miner Forty-Niner", instead of 49r

Todd L     02/02/03
I remember Paul in the 2s also and he was supposed to be the original driver of the X that Horton ran at EWS but only ran it once or twice. I think there was another driver in the 2s after Paul but I forget who it was. Other driver in the 2s may have been Doug Manmiller but I am not 100% sure any help on this?

Eric P.  02/03/03
Someone asked about the whereabouts of Parker Bohn (Jr.) who drove the 659.  Isn't he the father of Parker Bohn III, the professional bowler?  They both hail from Freehold, N.J., so that seems to make sense.

Bill Force    02/19/03
Answer to the persons/person who inquired. Parker is still living in Freehold on his farm. His son Eddie is still running dirt mods at New Egypt. As for the 659 coupe. One is still under restoration in Tom Skinner's shop in Hammonton. One of the coupes that was sold to Johnny Lyons, that Tony Siscone drove at the AC Speedway, was later owned by Tom Eppolite.It was supposed to be restored but there is not much left of it today. The 659 VEGA also driven by Parker was sold many years ago to a furniture dealer in the Medford, NJ area. Two years ago it was purchased by Charlie Santilli of Hammonton . He and Tom Skinner went over the car which was in immaculate original condition, put the GMC,6CYL. in it and it ran at GSVSCC vintage events since then. Charlie also owns the Tom Skinner, Modified that Eddie Bohn drove to the Wall Stadium modified championship a few years ago. Henry Doerr was the first driver to drive a Tom Skinner 659 Coupe.

01/26/03   Todd L
Real high class operation #HB2 was a visitor to EWS for open comp shows and I too was wondering where he vanished to.

Bill Hanna  01/27/03
Tighe Scott still resides in Pen Argyl, PA and is the CEO (I Believe) of the family business. Scotty's Fashions. They still have a large plant right in the center of town. The year that Tighe almost won the Daytona 500 is 1978, the race was won by Bobby Allison, and Tighe finished 11th after a poor pitstop at the end. He drove a car for Walter Ballard and it was a white #30 Oldsmobile, and indeed Russssss was probably on the quarter panel and it was a division of Scotty's Fashions. Carl Van Horn also had a memerable ride in this ride sometime in the 70's at Pocono Raceway as well as I recall (23rd in 1975). This is back when locals sometimes got a shot at a Winston Cup ride when they appeared locally. I also remember Kenny Brightbill driving for Junie Donleavy at Dover, Brightbill recorded a 10th place finish at Pocono in 1974.

Rocky    12.27.13

Clarence is my Father. He raced in the 50's and 60's, retiring around '68. He and I continued to go to the races until the middle '80s. Dad passed away September 30, 2001. He loved telling stories of his capers with guys like Jimmy Wismer, Lloyd McBride, Sammy Beavers, And other "bad" boys like them. He did all that work on his cars, loved his slant six engines, but loved the comradeship he had with all the other drivers. Incidentally, my Mother, Alice Williamson, won the very 1st Powder Puff Derby at Flemington Speedway, which Dad had to take a LOT of ribbing for.

Hey just curious any pics of Danny Klockner in the 55 from the 70's at local  tracks  it was a coupe  and very quick. also any pics of Danny in the A car at the port I remember he destroyed the A in the late 80's any pics of Danny anywhere

Paula 02/01/03
We heard through the grapevine there was a site out there looking for info on Dan. Who Are You? And who is Todd? Tell Todd that Dan did not total the A car. Dan got hit from behind by Toby Tobias and lauched over Roger Loreno, then flipped. The very next week after the crash, Dan came back and finished 2nd place in the same car, behind cozy. Todd must be confused and thinking of when Al Michaelchuck drove the A car and flipped, taking down light poles before landing in the parking lot. That was before Dan drove for Big B. They continued to run, in spite of losing their best motor, and were competitive the rest of the year.

3-Wide 02/01/03
Todd is a contributor to the site and like most fans, is interested in how Danny is doing. (I continue to get requests for pictures of his beautiful #55 Sportsman Coupe, which we now have posted in the "70's" section).   I used to crew on the A car when Danny drove it (tell him Rocky says hello), and was there on opening night at Bridgeport around 1989 or 89 when Danny was involved in a flip. It tore the brand new body up pretty well, but it really didn't hurt the car much beyond that if I recall. I was also there the a year or 2 before when Al Michalchuk flipped down the frontstretch after a car #20 (making his first start on dirt from what I understand), on the initial start of the heat race, lost control of his car and came from the bottom of the track straight up across the front of Al. Al went up over his front tire and took off and landed between the guardrail and the parking lot fence just outside of the entrance to turn one.
Danny had some great drives in the A car, and whether he finished well or not, Danny always was the best to crew for. As I said earlier, Danny always showed his appreciation for the crew and always had a smile..

Todd L    02/09/03
I am only 30 and when Danny rolled the A,  I was not old enough to be in the pits and from first glance it was not apparent that the only damage was sheet metal. I remember the 55 well, as the site says it was the first car I clearly recall, I always enjoyed watching Danny run and used to see him from time to time at local tracks with the 704

(Owner) Joe Critelli

Wondering what former car owner Joe Critelli is up to now.  He owned the $ that was driven by Stan Ploski and Dirk Adriaanse to name a few

Whitey Kidd Jr.

Wondering what happened to Whitey Kidd Jr. Whitey ran at Flemington in a # 95 the last one I remember was a black car may have been a Tobias. Whitey is Originally from Staten Island, NY. He campaigned in the mid 80's to early 90's. I seem to also remember his father owned a #125 driven in the early 80s by Roger Laureno.

One of his old crew members "Chief" was at New Egypt for Series race last years .Whitey (Sr.) still runs Whitey's Welding on Statin Island he is now retired from NYPD or NYFD don't remember which. Whitey Jr. also raced for a while. Great bunch of guys many a late night partying after the races.

Bruce Driver

#8 Blue dirt sportsman & #8 Flemington asphalt mod. I read about him getting a ride from somebody from Childress team on the very tough NASCAR Featherlite tour. But never heard about him again. Saw him in the pits at NES too. Does anyone know where he is or what he is doing now? Today's article in Trentonian news paper (12/26/02) made me think of him. "NASCAR seeks Tiger Woods of racing"

Todd  L.  12/27/02
Bruce is living in Mercer County, NJ and still running the Featherlite series in a # 81 which at one time was partially owned by Don Hawk (former DEI employee) and also at one time was sponsored by Pennzoil the sponsorship was found by Dale Earnhardt himself after watching Bruce at Flemington.

Charlie Voorhees?? #705, Sportsman, Flemington Speedway, 1970's. Pretty-strong racer. Always a clean racer, always a clean/straight car. Color scheme was very close to the Norcia #81 cars of the day

3-Wide   - 07/30/03
I was talking to a fellow at the Outlaw show at NES and he tells me that Charlie is living in the Spotswood, NJ area and that he too remembers Charlie as one of the most exciting drivers in his #705 Coupe and also a #705 Mustang bodied car.

Tim Weber - 12/24/02
In the "where are they now" section, I noticed there was an article on Charlie Voorhees and his 705. The car was garaged in Milltown, made up from discarded 81 parts and was co owned by a guy named Ray.(can't think of his last name) Charlie was a longhaired 5'4" 200lbs of solid muscle, a Viet Nam vet that would race cleanly but not take any crap from anyone. He's the first guy I ever worked in the pits for at EWS, as my cousin Duane Swanson already was on the crew and got me aboard. I later helped out Glen Reebe(45) and Ken Laureno (777) that same season. The key to the 705 # was that it was Charlie's draft induction #, the # on the ammo truck he drove, and his # on the MIA list when his entire convoy got blown up with Charlie being the only survivor. He then came to realize that upside down, 705 spells "SOL".

Always remember him as a strong runner back in the early-mid 70's.

Charlie Marty

May have driven a Ray Liss Built Gremlin.  Looking for info - Thanks

Eddie Mumford

As a kid, I was big fan of Eddie Mumford when he drove the white pinto (i think) bodied Z-8 at East Windsor and Bridgeport. He would always run away with his heat and then break in the feature and load up and leave. When I got older I saw he was a hotshoe at Grandview, in their Hall of Fame, in the early 70's and won some big SBM races at Reading too. Just never heard his name or much of him after he stopped racing.

Tuckahoe Tom    03/09/03
I saw Eddie Mumford mentioned. My memories of Eddie were in the Sportsman division at the Port racing Chic Cossaboone in the 7A. Eddie always had a orange marker light on the lid of his car so the crew could find him in the dust.

Dave Kelly

Craig Ray  RFRHS Historian   8/17/2016

Dave still lives in Fl. Dave was inducted into the 2016 Reading Fairgrounds " Home of Champions" 

Ew12e   01/22/05
I grew up in the garage by the Mack Truck plant in Macungie, PA.  I am still good friends with his two sons. Dave now lives in Florida.

3-Wide - 12/09/02
Just read in last weeks Area Auto Racing News that Dave was being inducted into the Hall of Fame along with Stan Ploski and others.

3-Wide - 12/09/02
Just saw a picture of Dave enjoying himself on vacation in this weeks Area Auto Racing News.

Manny Zilli