Re: CJA - California Jalopy Association help wanted (Tom Luce?)
Below I would like to show an edited reprint commentary from myself that was in the Racing History files on July 23,2002. It is edited because part of the statement as viewed in 2024 is no longer
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Thomas Luce
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Re: CJA - California Jalopy Association help wanted (Tom Luce?)
Bob, Thanks for clearing up the Don Paul/Don Noel situation. I wondered because I've run across some interesting misspellings in newspaper race results. Tom, I can relate as nearly everything I've had
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Jim Thurman
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Re: CJA > Culver City Race Film
JimI have been wondering when the "hardshell" helmets came into play and furthermore just when the full coverage helmets (not just a cap with earflaps) became mandated by USAC and other sanctioning
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David Schmidt
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Re: CJA > Culver City Race Film
Jalopy Races from Hollywood were filmed in late 1953 and early 1954. 2 seasons. 26 episodes. Only about 1/3 of all the episodes survived to 2024, and the whereabouts of the collection that had been at
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Thomas Luce
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#78094
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CJA > Culver City Race Film
I really enjoyed the Jalopy Races from Hollywood! But, like Bob, I wondered about the date. 1952 just seem a little early. I noticed that one of the drivers had a full coverage hardshell helmet. When
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TAGGART, JAMES
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#78093
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Re: Paul Goldsmith passes
I remember as a very young race fan in southern California, in the early 1960s, there was a weekly 30 minute filmed auto racing TV show called (IIRC) "Racing Wheels". and the host was (again IIRC)
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Thomas Luce
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Re: Help ID on driver
Thank you to all. I do appreciate all your efforts. Gene Ingram New Castle, In. [email protected]> wrote:
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Gene Ingram
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Re: Help ID on driver
All: I agree with Mr. Salamon. Chick Smith raced successfully for many years starting in the late 1920s. He was killed in a Midwest Dirt Track Racing Association (MDTRA) event at Franklin, Indiana in
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Randall Cook
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Re: Help ID on driver
I think James "Chick" Smith Rich¨¢rd Salamon?Bajna Hungary,EU Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer On H¨¦t, okt. 14, 2024 at 1:16, Gene Ingram<geno1966@...> wrote: Fellow RHers,?I would be
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sramoa
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Help ID on driver
Fellow RHers, I would be thankful if someone can assist in helping with an ID on the driver. Gene Ingram New Castle, In. [image: image.png]
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Gene Ingram
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Off Topic: Some USAC sprints and a film on Alfa Romeo Formula One years
Here are two items, each of which is OT. For the first, I recommend that anyone who has a FLO Subscription watch the replays of both the Friday night and Saturday night USAC sprint car races at
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Bill Blaylock
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Re: Kurtis-Winfield or ?
An interesting find. I'm confident that is a 1950s vintage,not1940s.The De Dion rear axle and inboard brakes make me think it was purpose built for road racing. The engine is centered in the chassis
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Chuck Fawcett
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Re: CJA - California Jalopy Association help wanted (Tom Luce?)
Actually, the race at Culver City Speedway took place on Sunday, July 18, 1954, not in 1952. The results: Don? Noel, Fred Russell, Termite Snyder in the main event in the film is the same results
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Bob Mitchell
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Re: CJA - California Jalopy Association help wanted (Tom Luce?)
https://youtu.be/QN1cgelvVh0?si=XWRVdi683s_B5CEE Watch "Jalopy Races from Hollywood 1952. Dirt track racing action from Culver City Stadium, California." on YouTube -- Tom Tlusty Plymouth MI USA
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Tom Tlusty
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Re: CJA - California Jalopy Association help wanted (Tom Luce?)
Jalopy history update: When the NASCAR XFINITY race took place at Talladega recently and was televised on the "CW Network", local Los Angeles TV station KTLA-5 is a CW station,? and it was the first
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Thomas Luce
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CJA Driver buttons for sale
Check out driver buttons for CJA drivers on ebay: jddoggielover_4
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Carey Davis
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Re: CJA - California Jalopy Association help wanted (Tom Luce?)
I really feel bumbed out. A number of years ago I could answer all questions regarding the CJA because the information was just feet away and I? had 95+% success in my research efforts. The last few
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Thomas Luce
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Re: CJA - California Jalopy Association help wanted (Tom Luce?)
Jim, at Gardena Stadium in 1956 Don Paul drove #214 (Bill Mangold's race car) and Don Noel drove #188, is own car. Bob MitchellSimi Valley CA USA
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Bob Mitchell
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Re: CJA - California Jalopy Association help wanted (Tom Luce?)
Tom, I wondered if "Don Paul" was a newspaper error for Don Noel instead of an alias. One week "Don Paul" was in the dash and "Don Noel" won the main. There were only one or two other appearances of
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Jim Thurman
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#78079
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Further photos
Here is a couple of cockpit views and a front suspension view of the pho-Kurtis that were asked for. Ideas are welcome! Dale LaFollette West Linn, OR
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Dale LaFollette
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