Gene petro race car driver

Rob currently owns his own shop and has been racing hsr since 1986. This is a really good shot, though, so im posting it anyway. Jun 30, 2014 ive seen this type of racing most of my life. Rayburn all taking their rightful place in the national dirt late model hall of fame located at. He has been called one of americas top road race drivers. From 1992 to 2014, felton restored road course race ready cars along with other select race cars.

Above is the wooden body around which the body for the collier collections scarab body was formed. He won the governors cup and shared the nassau trophy win with chuck daigh at the 1958 nassau speed weeks. This exrace driver shares his remarkable collection of. Tapia march 16, 1925 april 12, 2005 was an american race car driver from mobile, alabama. This car was also driven by david gilbert and wayne shuggart. In west virginia, such groups as the vienna racing association and the central west virginia racing association established equipment and safety rules. Much thanks and appreciation goes to the nascar media group for providing statistical content, video, images and all kinds of nascar love. Piloting a car that a few months ago was his daily driver, petro decided he wanted to go racing and built the car for competition. From 1977, bobby black of taylorsville won the sprint car. The track only held one month of late model stock car racing. The crew is then joined by sprint car driver rico abreu all the way from california via skype. The nascar logo and driver images are owned and of nascar, respective nascar teams and owners. Jimmy smith, jim burkhardt, gene petro, dan ofchinick.

Rayburn all taking their rightful place in the national dirt late model hall of fame located at florence speedway in union, ky. Thats the case with les snow who died more than 20 years ago. Left to right gene petro, morgan chandler, chip butler, cecil snell. Aug 10, 2006 gene gennetten killed in boating accident posted in midgetmadness forum. Gene gennetten killed in boating accidentgravois mills, mo august 10, 2006by. Individual driver statistics for the 1965 usac stock car series. Since 1952 brownstown speedway has been in operation with legendary drivers such as jim curry, ray godsey, gene and russ petro and driver chassis builder c. Gene gennetten killed in boating accident posted in midgetmadness forum. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Draftkings name and logo used for promotion and identity of the draftkings brand. Get ready for some searing laps around stafford motor speedway, connecticuts famous 12 mile oval, asphalt track. I remember larry pendelton in that car and the driver in it does look like him. Please wait for entire page to load before navigating. The national dirt late model hall of fame is a nonprofit hall of fame for american drivers of dirt late model racecars.

Schatz, the driver for tony stewartcurbagajanian racing tsr, continues to build his. Usac stock car series 1965 standings driver database. Over time, we will continue to look for new and exciting ways. Gene gennetten, who was one of the countrys top midget car drivers in the 60s, 70s and 80s, was killed in a boating accident near his gravois mills, missouri home late.

It is located on the grounds of florence speedway in walton, kentucky. Current inductees national dirt late model hall of fame. Fairgrounds track fades away in early 70s seymour tribune. My dad finds these types of racing cars among his favorite. Hot rod driver ace mcgartlin loses a wheel at the old jax track late40s, early50s courtesy george collins. Leslie gene hartley born january 28, 1926 in roanoke, march, 1993 was an american race car driver. Daigh said of reventlow, he was a good driver, but he wasnt great. Sprint car driver tyler courtney enjoyed a terrific memorial day week of racing last week when the indianapolis racer won the tony hulman classic on may 23. Auto racing is all ive ever known, gene once said in an interview at the indianapolis motor speedway. Myracenews from weekly short track racing to nascar cup. Active drivers career stats nascar cup series xfinity series gander outdoor truck series pintys series. Dirt on dirt history dirt track world championship. Mufflergeorge salih special epperly l offenhauser qualified. Since 1952 brownstown speedway has been in operation with legendary drivers such as jim curry, ray godsey, gene and russ petro and driverchassis builder c.

I built a pretty elaborate engine with everything i could think of to make it fast as well as replaced all the suspension and brakes. World 100 driver history there are over 15,000 cells in this table. Rounding out the top five were dennis bingham and gene petro of columbus. Gene hartley in the drtina offy would win raceways 75lap season championship race in september, defeating byron fisher and rex easton. Only pic i have is me winning the bomber race two weeks before they closed.

For now, you will be able to access and search the database through the portal on your right. Dalton, ga driver marshall green would nurse home a smoking mount in 1997 to take his firstever dtwc win and what is still the biggest win in the career of the driver known. Search for an individual driver using the search box to the right. He was born and died in roanoke, indiana hartley was the son of midget car driver ted hartley, who competed into his 60s. Its hard find them racing, but car racing fans would enjoy these. Near the end, floyd gilbert and gene petro ran a lot there and then at the new jacksonville speedway. My source for his death date 14 march 1987 is the website of the peoria oldtimers racing club needs a little bit of scrolling down. It hadnt been raced for five or six years, and we went through the car completely front to back. Sprint car champion donny schatz never would consider himself a historian, but the accomplishments.

Aug 28, 2008 thats what i did when i clicked on the zero car in my previous post. The son of 1960 world 600 at charlotte winner and former cleveland tn speedway track promoter joe lee johnson would win the event again in the 1994 edition of the race. Local racing legend to be honored posthumously, inducted. Rob parker grew up around race cars and famous race car drivers, due to his father owning a bmw repair shop in the early 70s. He drove in the 1950s and 1960s in 32 races of the aaa national series and the usac championship. Click the driver tab at the top of the table to sort by last name. Brownstown speedway 476 e county road 100 s, brownstown, indiana 47220 rated 4. Left to right nick longano, ron baker, gene crittendon, floyd gilbert, don lamb, john mugavin, pat patrick, jerry lipps, vern lefevers, bruce gould, tom simmons, and charlie byrd at a 1969 greater cincinnati race bowl glen este awards banquet. The french connection 45 movie clip chasing the train.

Gene sutton was second, and dick jones finished in third. Jack boggs kentucky rodney combs west virginia jim dunn ohio mike duvall south carolina larry moore ohio larry phillips missouri jeff purvis tennessee buck simmons georgia freddy smith north carolina charlie swartz kentucky contributors to the sport. Lance reventlow racing a scarab at vacaville in 1960. Gene gennetten, who was one of the countrys top midget car drivers in the 60s, 70s and 80s, was killed in a boating accident near his gravois mills, missouri home late monday afternoon. Verlin eaker iowa ralph earnhardt north carolina gene petro indiana herb scott pennsylvania david speer kentucky h. Local racing legend to be honored posthumously, inducted into. He first met russ petro in 1975, and after attending a race at eldora speedway in rossburg, ohio, with petro, he knew he wanted to start his own driving career. Drivers with last names starting with p racingreference. Apparently, these cars were common in the 40s and 50s.

See more ideas about sprint cars, sprint car racing and race cars. Gene felton has driven for 42 teams and in cars built by 14 different manufacturers. Popeye doyle was a highly unusual hero, an often violent, racist, and. Trickle won the second of two 25lap features and placed third in the first contest to clinch the overall crown before 3,000 race fans. Drivers in the 60s and 70s who made 25th street home would race. Californias johnny mcdowell was the champion midget driver at soldier field for the 1948 campaign.

Drivers added as stats become available there are 644 drivers with a last name starting with the letter p in the the third turn databases. Aug 05, 2016 here he is in a scarab grand prix car at monaco in 1960. After mediocre runs the first three times out, petro started on the pole on this night and would do a veteranlike job of fending off devin schmidt and peyton arthofer en route to the memory making win. Gene petro russ petro don murphy ray godsey gerald dixon. Rayburn race cars entry to a 10th place finish in the 1997 havatampa race at brownstown speedway. Pretty darn good batch of race drivers, anyway you look at it enjoy again. The first stock car race scheduled for sunday afternoon, november 14. Ona was a nascarsanctioned track, presenting four grand national races in 1964 and 1970, along with usac sprint car races and other races. Hall of fame driver wins midweek show seymour tribune. The elkins track held a grand national race in 1954.

Eldora speedways world 100 and dream, the dirt track world championship, lucas oil late model knoxville nationals and all the major races are covered along with the major tours. The scarab is the most beautiful race car youve never heard. This legendary track helped put some of nascars finest on the map and this is your chance to follow in their tire marks behind the wheel of a real stock car. As of this second, the third turn has information about. Click any year tab at the top of the table to sort results in descending order for that years event. Gene gennetten killed in boating accident midgetmadness. The french connection broke plenty of new ground for screen thrillers. Gene also raced in historic stock car racing events in which he has gathered over 45 wins. Morgan chandler was still working with the ruth motors race team in glencoe, kentucky then. Eldora speedways world 100 and dream, the dirt track world championship, lucas oil late model knoxville nationals and all the major races are covered along with the major tours, including the world of. Hartley was the son of midget car driver ted hartley, who competed into his 60s.

Get the latest race results, news, videos, pictures, win record and more for gene petro on. With over 30 stock cars on hand for the competition, the event was a bit disorganized at best. Gene petro nascar results, statistics and car numbers. Tiger gene brown was among the favorites in arizonas open wheel racing. Leslie eugene gene hartley january 28, 1926 march, 1993 was an american racecar driver. Sometimes im puzzled that the passing of a racing driver can go largely unnoticed for years if not decades.

Hello, welcome to the third turns driver database, a simple way to list and query information about any driver we have on our site. So i am lookiing for photos of brownstown late models from late 60s to mid 70s. Gene hartley was the son of midget car racing driver ted hartley and won the 1959 usac national midget series. Errataaddendum to stock car racing encyclopedianascar. The most common racing last names start in b and s. A gtx class win at le mans for jeanclaude andruet and claude ballotlena in a 512 bb lm in 1981 was the cars best result, and one to be. By james essex brownstown speedway will induct three men tonight into the tracks hall of fame.