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Photo ID # c04.21.06__3B_BAR_UNK_0050_1
Car #: #3B
Driver (s) : Barney Barnstead
Location: Upstate NY?
Date: 1957?
Photographer: Unknown
Photo provided by: Gordy Blanchard Collection (Originally posted in the History Section of the Chemung Speedway Website.)
Comments: Comment from Ron Barnstead:  THAT'S MY DAD IN THE CAB OF A HAULER HE MADE OUT OF A TRASH TRUCK, PROBABLY ABOUT 1957 OR SO.

I REMEMBER PLAYING ON THE TRUCK WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID AT AGE 6 MAYBE. AFTER HE AND CHEMUNG SPEEDROME DRIVER GORDY BLANCHARD GOT THE TRUCK GOING, I DIDN'T GET TO SIT IN THE CAR ANYMORE WHEN THEY FLAT TOWED IT AROUND WITH A TOW BAR, WHICH WAS VERY EXCITING FOR A LITTLE KID.

VERY HIGH TECH TOW RIG FOR THE TIME PERIOD. NOTE THE "NO DUALLIE" REAR WHEELS.
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