| Photo ID # | d07.17.07_TIM_CLK_UNK_0060M_1 |
| Car #: | #NA |
| Driver (s) : | NA |
| Location: | Reading? |
| Date: | 1960's |
| Photographer: | Ace Lane Sr. |
| Photo provided by: | Ace Lane Jr. |
| Comments: | Interesting way to deal with time management. From what I've heard, the novice division had to complete their feature in 30 minutes or less. As the time clicked down, the lights would change. Not sure if a winner was decided as time ran out, or if they raced back to the caution... or if they raced till the next yellow? I'm sure somebody out there knows the details - Thanks |
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| 07/17/07 | Tom Berry | That's Nascar Eastern regional dorector Bob Sall in this photo, I knew him growing up as my Dad worked the east coast as a Nascar official in the 50's and 60's with Bob. Bob was also aquite a acomplished racer in his day. I believe he might have won some sprint car championships with the ols AAA club prior to UDAC. |
| 07/17/07 | Don Nugent | I seem to remember this clock at Flemington for the Rookies races. |
| 07/18/07 | Larry D. | Flemington utilized this 30 Minute Clock when running the old Novice
Division back in the 60's. There were 30 yellow bulbs in the circle that represented 30 minute to run the feature event. A green bulb to the left center went on at the start of the feature, stayed on as the 30 minute yellow bulbs timed down. As the last bulb when out a red bulb to the right center went on, the yellow caution flag was thrown and that who ever was leading the feature was declared the winner. |
| 07/18/07 | Walter Onora | When I first went to Flemington(back in 1968) this type of clock was used for the Ltd sportsman feature. Most cases the feature race for this division was under time constraints. Also on the front stretch, Flemington use to display fan club flags(for drivers like Schneider, Schaible, Tasnady, etc) Does anybody know, what happened to those flags? |
| 07/18/07 | Ed Duncan | The clock was used for the two 10-lap novice races.They had 10-laps or 30-minutes to run there races,including red flags for wrecks. Before the clock it was taking up to an hour to run a 10-lap race. |
| 07/18/07 | Bill Hanna | That is indeed the clock from Flemington for the "Novice"
division. The division later would be become the sportsman division. Reading also had a
clock that was used for cars when they pitted for repair. Bill Hanna aka @ Spdwy44 |
| 07/19/07 | Barry Pursell. | I remember reading and harmony had the 3min. clock when lindy vicari ran the shows. Not out in 3 min. to the back of the pack you went. At least I think that's how it was done. |
| 07/20/07 | John Hanna | THIS WAS USED AT FLEMINGTON FOR THE NOVICE RACES , IF I RECALL CORRECTLY IF A CAUTION CAME OUT AND TIME HAD RUN OUT ON THE CLOCK THE WINNER WAS DECLARED , THEY WOULD NOT STOP A RACE IF IT WAS RUNNING |
| 02.15.10 | Tom Doherty | Bob Sall, pictured with the Flemington time clock. And
yes, it was used to time the novice feature. Was an AAA Champion, held
records at several tracks including Langhorne, and is in the Sprint Car Hall
of Fame in Knoxville IA. As an earlier visitor noted, Bob was NASCAR's first Eastern Regional Director, and hired my father, Tom Doherty, as the announcer at the Kingston RI Fairgrounds in the late 40's. Bob later brought NASCAR racing to Stafford Springs CT Speedway in the late 50's, again with my father as the announcer, and took me under his wing. Later giving me the opportunity to announce at Flemington in 66, 67 and 68. I was like the thorn between two roses. Nat Kleinfield and Bill Singer. And what an incredible experience at a time when cars were built, not bought, and drivers were legends-in-the-making: Tasnady, Olsen, Schneider, Ploski, Havens, Beavers, Kelly, Hamilton, and occasionally, Tobias, Adam, Malzahn, Cagle and others. And who could forget "The Indian", Tex Enright, one of the last on-track starters in racing. Flemington was magical and every Saturday night seemed to be better than each one before. Today, there are very few tracks.Fonda, in my opinion, is one.that reflect what racing was back then. Incidentally for historical enthusiasts, there are several great books, available from former driver Lew Boyd's Coastal 181 website, that through pictures and stories keep those days alive. The Old Master (Frankie Schneider), Paved Track/Dirt Track (the Old Bridge-Nazareth stories), Fonda! (with thorough coverage of the Bill Wimble, Pete Corey, Kenny Shoemaker years), and Chris Economaki's book "Let'em All Go". Tom Doherty |
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