Re: CJA - California Jalopy Association help wanted (Tom Luce?)
Don't mean to split hairs but that was 1957 alone he had 11 wins. He had additional wins in 55 and 56.? Bob MitchellSimi Valley CA USA
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Bob Mitchell
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Re: CJA - California Jalopy Association help wanted (Tom Luce?)
I do have Clyde Mitchell listed in the book with 11 Main Events wins at Gardena. The full list: Jack Austin-20 Ed Van Eyk-18 Jim Roessler-17 Art Atkinson-14 Fred Russell-14 "Termite" Snyder-14 Bob
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Thomas Luce
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Re: CJA - California Jalopy Association help wanted (Tom Luce?)
You can add Clyde Mitchell to the list who had 11 main event wins in 1957 alone which includes 1 at Huntington Beach which the CJA ran on a limited schedule on Saturday nights.
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Bob Mitchell
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Re: CJA - California Jalopy Association help wanted (Tom Luce?)
Upon further review, I checked my own jalopy book. "The Masked Marvel" was in fact Rex Schendley" for a short time in the mid 1950s. And, to take it one more level, Schendley's real legal last name
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Thomas Luce
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Re: CJA - California Jalopy Association help wanted (Tom Luce?)
Dale, Please read: https://www.jsasoc.com/Family_archive/Archive/barlow/escape%20road%2011-3-86%20Talbot.pdf Al Isselhard Wolcott, NY [email protected]> wrote: -- Al Isselhard Wolcott, New York
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Al Isselhard
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Re: CJA - California Jalopy Association help wanted (Tom Luce?)
The picture on the right (#8) is at Langhorne (the chalk apron line and the stands match prewar photos I have)...for that race both Talbots still wore #8 and #6 and had french drivers/owners. Duntov
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Roger Linton
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Re: CJA - California Jalopy Association help wanted (Tom Luce?)
To The Group, I have enclosed two photographs of Talbot race cars that raced on dirt tracks on the East Coast. Each of these photographs are date stamped June 15, 1941 which may help you locate the
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Dale LaFollette
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Re: CJA - California Jalopy Association help wanted (Tom Luce?)
I actually tried to get jalopy results for the book. I went to the campus of UCI IRVINE and went thru years of microfilm. This took many trips but I published the answer in the book. I'll get the book
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Thomas Luce
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Re: CJA - California Jalopy Association help wanted (Tom Luce?)
The "Masked Marvel" was Rex Schendley. Unsure if last name is spelled ok. I actually saw a cool photo of Rex wearing the mask but as I recall, it was glued into an album and I didn't want to damage
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Thomas Luce
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Re: CJA - California Jalopy Association help wanted (Tom Luce?)
I would love to see anything from Gardena, my Dad (Bob Minter) and his best friend (Steve Kennick)?raced there with their?jalopies and I have never seen any programs from back then.
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Jack Minter
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Re: CJA - California Jalopy Association help wanted (Tom Luce?)
Oops. Bob Mitchell Simi Valley, Ca .
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Bob Mitchell
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Re: CJA - California Jalopy Association help wanted (Tom Luce?)
I have many results from Culver City from 1949-1954. I have a ton of results from Gardena Stadium end of 1954 through 1959. Would be happy to share.
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Bob Mitchell
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CJA - California Jalopy Association help wanted (Tom Luce?)
Tom, perhaps somewhat foolishly, I'm trying to compile CJA race results, starting with Culver City. I would like to ask you a few questions, mainly about proper spelling or some drivers names, perhaps
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Jim Thurman
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Re: Take the F-Word Out of Formula One????
I see more baseball players mouthing F-bombs than I hear on the F-1 broadcasts. Athletes will swear in the heat of the battle. It is a dumb idea¡forcing Max Verstappen to do public service because
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Dave Reese
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Take the F-Word Out of Formula One????
This is OFF TOPIC, although, historically, the general topic can probably be traced back to the very first automobile race. Here is an article on an interesting development in Formula One: A
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Bill Blaylock
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Re: USAC at Allentown Fairgrounds
Randall: Thanks for coming up with the years for the two races on the Allentown film. I knew there'd be an RH member who'd have the answer. We figured it was Mario in the #3, which would signify 1965.
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Will White
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Re: USAC at Allentown Fairgrounds
Will (and Group): That's some great footage. Thanks for sharing! It's always interesting when you see some films shot from the grandstand just like you were sitting there yourself. BTW, the early
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Randall Cook
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Once a Mercedes driver, always a Mercedes driver ...
From a Mercedes press release: Remembering Sir Stirling Moss on what would have been his 95th birthday. Don't forget that Stirling Moss's father Alfred competed in the 1924 Indianapolis 500.
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Bob Storck
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Re: USAC at Allentown Fairgrounds
Will, Thanks for sharing this footage. I don¡¯t believe I attended the Sprints those years, but I may have. I did not keep a diary back then so I have no record of the events. I did get to some of
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Dave Reese
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USAC at Allentown Fairgrounds
Fellow RHers, My friend Guy Smith's father, Edwin, shot this film of USAC Sprint Car racing at the Allentown (PA) Fairgrounds in, I believe, 1965 and 1966. I thought some group members may be
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Will White
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