| Photo ID # | d01.28.07__V_SLA_TRN_0063_1 |
| Car #: | #V8, 11?, 169, 15 or 51, 72 and XL-1 |
| Driver (s) : | See comment below |
| Location: | Trenton |
| Date: | 1963 |
| Photographer: | John Reilly |
| Photo provided by: | Ray from Piscataway |
| Comments: | We
had some fun with this one as it was our featured Trivia photo for the week of 1/28/07.
Here's what you guys came up with: 1. Bill Slater #V-8 (Earl Krause mentioned that Bill had the pole (fast timer) but blew the motor on lap three going into turn one) 2. Ray Hendrick (second place finisher, outside in the Tant/Mitchell #11) 3. Mario "Fats" Caruso #169 ( race winner in Worcester Sand and Gravel #69, later driven by Pete Hamilton) 4. Ernie Gahan in the Koszela Woodchopper Special #15 5. Pee Wee Griffin#72 (who I'm told by Bob Becker was driving a yellow #72 on this day) 6. Joe Kelly ( in the Don House - - Lincoln powered #XL-1). *We also received the following possibilities for the hidden car on the outside of row #2: Bugs Stevens #15, Bill Chevalier in #51 or Fred Desarro #15, Bill Stroasal #15, Buddy Krebs in Bob Oliver's 10, Red Foote or Bill Dennis. |
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| Date: | Visitor's Name: | Comment: |
| 02/04/07 | Jim Brewer | I think the interesting part of the pic is that the front of the starting grid was evenly split between Modifieds and Sportsman - - Slater, Caruso, and Gahan were more than likely on single carbs (since they ran Sportsman cars during the regular season), while the other three had injectors - - I'm not sure if they had guaranteed starters like Langhorne but I think Trenton races were straight up starts based on time trials. |
| 02/04/07 | Ed | Fats won the Trenton qualifing race at the Old Bridge Speedway. Two
of his mechanics that day were Busch North flagman Billy Ryder an former NEMA President
and racer Mike Favulli. Great pic, Ed |
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