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Welcome racing fans!!! If you went to the danbury racearena in danbury ct this dvd is for you.the footage on this dvd was filmed with a camcorder and is from the 2002 s.n.y.r.a. Reunion on aug 18th 2002.this was a get together of drivers,officals and members of the southern new york racing association that were part of the racing at the great danbury fair racearena.this was the 1st of many. Modified Drivers. Larry Badaracco; Don Barker; Dick Barlow; Willie Beardsley; Carmine Benincaso; Don Bonenfant; Billy Boo; Billy Bottge; George Bouley.
Danny Archiere in the Rudensis Bros. Ford.( first posted 9/1/2012) Nineteen sixty-five was a seminal year at Indy. The transition from front-engine roadsters to rear- engine “funny cars” was in full swing. It would be the last year that a front-engine car would qualify for the 500, let alone participate.
Little guys, like Portland’s Rolla Vollstedt, would participate for another several years, but big-buck teams and big-time sponsors would become the rule. However, things were different at a small Connecticut track that seemed mired in the past.
Pace lap at the Danbury Racearena.As late as 1971, when these photos were taken, the Southern New York Racing Association (SNYRA) sanctioned Saturday night racing at the Danbury Racearena (aka Danbury State Fair) and another nearby track located in southern New York state. SNYRA rules dated back to the late 1940s and early ‘50s, making it impossible to run overhead-valve engines and independent front suspensions. That meant the only competitive formula involved a flathead Ford V8 and a solid front axle. Don LaJoie’s 1940 Ford “Coach” 711.I shot these photos with a Miranda-G SLR and a very slow 180 mm telephoto lens on Ektachrome 400 pushed two stops.
It was challenging to shoot the cars at dusk, but as ambient light disappeared it was impossible to capture anything except these ghost-like images.Don LaJoie was a five-time Racearena track champ and the all-time leading feature winner. His car had a fantastic Candy Apple Red paint job that glistened under the lights, a thing of beauty. LaJoie, who owned a junkyard in South Norwalk, CT, once gave me five bucks for my 1960 Plymouth Fury four-door hardtop (a future COAL) which, with 135,000 miles (217,000 km), had served me well. Don LaJoie is the father of two-time NASCAR Busch Series champion Randy LaJoie. Kevin, I believe you captured it and did it very well.
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Until 1961 I was watching the same type show at a little track in Dodge City, Kansas, Friend of mine had a stripped thirty something jalopy with a 48 ford v8. Cut off year for cars was 48 for a while, then IIRC it went to 53 (but no OHV v8’s). The only competitors were the fords and Hudsons. Hudsons had size and twin H power. Chev need not apply.Shortly after I left for the Navy in 61 the rules changed. That was brought about I imagine by the proliferation of OHV v8s. Too much power to run on a really short track so the sport died out in a lot of venues.The most excitement was to be had in the pits.
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Thanks for bringing back the memory. Bob Sharp Motors was, and probably still is, located south of Danbury in Wilton, or Georgetown as some would would have it, on Route 7. Back when they were campaigning race cars it was possible to walk into their race shop and watch them prepare and maintain their race cars. I can attest that their race cars were actually based on production cars (not bodies-in-white). They had one shell up on a lift and were scraping away undercoating and sound deadener. That was in the mid-’70s.
A few years later any semblance to actual production cars was gone, and so was my interest. As I’m reading this there is a production car race on the TV (road course), and they told the story behind the BMW 1M running.
The owner/driver wanted to run one, but there were only 200 brought into the country. However one was a press car that was rolled – so BMW offered the car to this guy. A bit of bodywork and race prep later and away you go.I know what you mean though, over here it started about the same time (mid 70’s) with bodies for the factory teams being walked down the line and anything unnecessary being left of, something the private guy struggled to compete with.I assume you mean “not possible” to run IFS or OHV in your second paragraph Kevin – sounds a bit like the regs for Hambsters!I gather there were only a handful of sealed oval tracks in Australia during that period, some of which reverted to clay. Last year I went to an old speedway near my home town that last ran 25+ years ago, it was located in a former sand quarry, a 1/4 mile track in a natural bowl, quite unique! It was being used for a stage in a rally, and I was lucky enough to get a ride with one of the officials.
Would definitely be a challenge for a flat-track car – because the track is no longer ‘flat’. Thanks for posting. In Pine Bluff, Ark. In the 1950s and 60s there were lots of these cars at the local dirt track. Guts without a lot of money could compete and have lots of fun doing it. Never will forget on of the heroes – Firpo Pugh in #222.A quick web search shows that there is still a lot of dirt track racing going on.
Sort of the successor to the tracks you mention. Dirt tracks (actually clay) are preferred because the competition is better and the richest team may not always win. On paved tracks more horsepower equals more wins but on dirt horsepower is not so important because traction issues limit its advantages. Handling and tactics play a much larger role. I’ll say it again – This is great fun.