03.06.03_WAL_BLO_OLD_0060

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03/18/03	Bud	Didn't Wally Dallenbach (Sr.) once have an interest in the Oldbridge track? He did drive there for a few years.
03/18/03	3-Wide	Not real sure if Wally had an interest, but I'll bet you guys can set us straight and also fill us in on the specific years that Wally raced at Old Bridge.
05/10/03	Jim Murrow	I don't remember the exact years, (Memory fades with us old timers, except Russ Dodge), but I think Wally was driving Dick "Pop" Barney's #14, the "Mr Pop's X-torsion Special" (because it was one of the first Torsion cars) in or about 1965. Shortly after that, he switched to sprint cars, (I think URC) in an effort to bring him closer to his goal of Indy! He then went to USAC, and, of course drove Indy cars for many years before serving as CART's Chief Stewart. In the pits, in his Modified days, he was dead serious - no clowning around. One of the most focused drivers I ever saw. Jr. must get his personality from "Mom". Thanks Jim Murrow
05/13/03	Russ Dodge	Wally Dallenbach is mostly remembered for driving the 1963 version of the Dick Barney # 14. That was the red coupe with the "Mr. POPS" X-Torsion Special, painted in white lettering on the panel between the door and back wheel opening. This car was Olds powered with fuel injection. A very light, sanitary and QUICK car. Wally won 14 feature events at Vineland Speedway that year. For the old timers out there, the 1962 car was pink! Some people read it as meaning cross torsion other read it as one word sounding like extortion! Thanks, Russ Dodge
05/24/03	Tom Berry Jr.	Remember seeing this car run Old Bridge '59-60. Wally indeed did have a rear engine dragster with a blown nail head buick engine. He transplanted it into a 36 chevy coupe and went stock car racing. I remember the car was super fast in the straightway but would load up bad in the corners and would take about 1/3 of the straightaway to clear oput, Wally eventually gave up on the blower and went to six carbs with much better results, eventually came out with the 35a and 35b candy cane racers with cousin Richie Massing (fuel injected buicks) early sisties very successful before he went on to run for Dick Barney 14 and Don House XL-1 He and Joe Kelly switched rides.
08/05/06	Ed Duncan	Wally showed up at Old Bridge in 1960 with the blown Buick,it would go like hell on the straights but when he got to the turns it would spin out like a top. After a couple weeks he got rid of the blower an put carbs on and that made a big difference.
10/16/07	John Humphrey	Hi Everyone: Boy if he didn`t have carb trouble it may have run OK, but if sure that he may have had tuning problems and had to keep his eye on things. Not knowing the backround of Wally Sr. and the owner I can`t say. I know the engine the induction sets on was really good for its time. Buick sure did make a good engine in the Nailhead.
5/9/08	Richard Lacey	I helped Wally build this engine and the dragster it was designed for in a small garage/shop behind his home in East Brunswick NJ around 1960. It was 1957 Buick engine. Wally's wonderful father Jake Dallenbach, a very talented machinist turned the beautiful pulleys on a lathe in this shop. Wally welded up the entire intake manifold buy hand. I designed a flat bar of aluminum into a bracket with a flange bearing on each end. One end was mounted on the crankshaft drive pulley shaft extension and the other on the blower's drive pulley shaft. This bracket enabled the belts to be tighten without stress damage to the blower or crankshaft bearings ensuring maximun boost. If I remember correctly the dragster with this engine (with two four barrel carbs) turned 156 mph in around 10 seconds on gasoline first time out at a meet in Chester, South Carolina. The first time we started this engine Wally was at the wheel and I held on for dear life to the roll bar tuning the magneto as it was pushed started. Wally yelled "that's it" and I tightened the magneto bolt and jumped off. Wally roared down the country road back to his shop where we he was immediately given a ticket by a state trooper. Those were wonderful days filled with many wonderful memories.
07.05.10	Ms. Danie Bothem Huizenga	l met Wally Sr. while working at the Colonial Sweet Shop in South River. At that time many of us were Drag Racing out on Cranbury Rd. Wally was President of the Knights Auto Club and l remember a road trip all of us took to Cape May and collected ambergress (whale something that washed up on the beaches)......l think then it was taken to VonEmbregan Haebler factory tin Union Beach to be processed into perfume of all things. It was a wonderful day, ending on the Dallenbach property for a huge barbeque. My first husband, Joe McHose later became Pres. of the Club.......members, Larry 'Pickles' Smith, 'Finnegin' (never knew his first name) and others. They had a clubhouse on Ryders Lane East Brunswick l think. Wally was a good friend for years and lent a helping hand whenever needed. Ms. Danie Bothem Huizenga, Gulfport, Florida
09.29.10	Russ Currie	Wally Dallenbach Sr. and his cousin Richie Massing leased Old Bridge Stadium for the abbreviated 1965 season that ended early in June or July. They refunded the spectator's admission fees at the last show that summer, as the races were cancelled that night and for the rest of the season due to lack of fan support.

Photo ID #	03.06.03_WAL_BLO_OLD_0060_1
Car #:	#35A
Driver (s) :	Wally Dallenbach
Location:	Old Bridge, NJ
Date:	1960
Photographer:	Ace Lane ( www.acelanephotography.com )
Photo provided by:	Russ Dodge
Comments:	Russ calls this picture "Overkill" for obvious reasons!!! From what Russ has said, Wally had a drag racing background and it looks like he was trying to find a way to bring some serious power to the sport. I can't imagine that it ever hooked up, but just looking at this thing might have been enough for some to load back up on the trailer and go home home early!