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My water damage to a lifetime of private photos and most of my jalopy research has suffered to profound water exposure, even when they are in plastic tubs and covered by a tarp. To say it's

Bob, Tom and Bob, Thanks! Great information. Tom, I have your CJA book, but it is packed tightly away in an overstuffed closet after a quick, chaotic move to a far smaller place last year. So, Tom, I

Kudos to you guys for creating and publishing a historical account for these drivers and tracks. Question: What were the rules for the cars? My impression from those types of events in Texas back in

Bill Mitchell was a different driver. He raced the same period. I’m out of town so I don’t have access to a couple articles on Termite which gives his real name. Same with Fuzzy. If it’s not

1956 alias names JALOPY ALIAS REAL NAME "Baron Von" Breithaupt Leo Breithaupt "Termite" Snyder Ben Snyder "Wild" Dick Barry Richard Barringer Parnelli Jones Rufus Jones "Lover Boy" Bob Hogle Jack

"Termite" Snyder's real first name was "Ben". The others you listed I really don't know. In my book I have a long list of racers who performed under an alias, but I put the book back in storage. I

Tom and Jim - Here are th results I have for CJA at Balboa Stadium . RaceDt Division LastName Suffix FirstName 8/12/1949 Jalopy Tate Jack 8/26/1949 Jalopy Tate Jack 9/9/1949 Jalopy Valenta Nick

Tom, I've already compiled most of it, at home! So many newspapers are available online now. The Times was great about covering the Sunday afternoon races, and the main part of the Saturday night

Tom, Excellent! Thanks. By any chance, what was "Termite" Snyder's given first name? Some results have "Terry." Was Fuzzy Anderson's real first name, Wendell? I have a Bill Mitchell in Culver City

From my research that included microfilms from the Los Angeles Times from 1954-1963 and just pertaining to Gardena Stadium/Western Speedway, the results hold up, as stated. There were about 5% of

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.