Historic Race Car Photos

[VMS Motorsports]

Well, Schwartz has to get in there somehow...how would it look if they skip a generation and just put you in  ?
heres the link

[justfreaky]

Cool little video! Ya gotta love those old mods!!!

Steve

[joeracer22]

thanks for the confidence boost jim but i got a lot of improving and a long way to go before being thought about for something like the hall of fame.

[VMS Motorsports]

Well, ya kick my ass every night...well...you did.
We'll see what the 2011 season holds 

[IraceLegends77]

I never saw Larry Phillips in a red and white car. He used to always have a blue and gold car. My Dad and I would go to ASA races and watch Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace, Dick Trickle, Larry Phillips, Butch Miller and many more that I can't remember right now. It was so cool to watch those guys race and then hang out at the hotel with them. Back in those days they would party till the morning light and get up race and move on to the new town. The good old days were something.

Scott

[JGRacing]

I think that the picture of Larry's red and white car was at I-44 Speedway in Missouri.  I saw him race out there a few times near the end of his career and it was pretty amazing.   

[justfreaky]

Larry Phillips, Springfield, MO 1977 or 1978

[justfreaky]

In February 1971, A.J. Foyt won the Miller High Life 500 at Ontario, California, in a Wood Bros. Mercury. Ontario Motor Speedway is long gone now-it's a patch of business parks along Interstate 10. Here, A.J. drives underneath Bobby Isaac's Dodge Charger and the blue Plymouth of Richard Petty on his way to victory.

[JGRacing]

How about Red Byron's modified.  First NASCAR champion.  Picture is from the new hall of fame out in Charlotte.  Pretty cool place to see as a race fan even if you are not crazy about NASCAR.   

[JGRacing]

One more from the NASCAR Hall of Fame.  Herb Thomas and the Fabulous Hudson Hornet.  My 4 year old was sure that it was Doc Hudson from Cars.    

[justfreaky]

Those are SWEET!! I would love to visit the Hall of Fame sometime! Those Hudsons were hard to beat back in the day. AND; those cars were about as stock as they come back in the 50's. Lots of guys would drive their cars to the race, then, hopefully, back home. Was a much different era from todays cars.

[justfreaky]

There are lots of old names that we haven't even started on yet. How about Berna "Barney" Olfield? Not that old? Barney made Ford Motor Company famous by driving the old 999. Here's a pic of  Barney driving an unknow make race car at the Missoula (Montana) County Fairgrounds in 1914.

[justfreaky]

The old 999

From Leslie's Weekly, Aug. 6, 1903

Barney Oldfield sets a one-mile record at Empire City Race Track in Yonkers, N.Y., covering the distance in 55.54 seconds

[justfreaky]

This design seems to be drawing a lot of attention. Don Edmunds 1966 Super Modified.

[justfreaky]

Rare early photo of Dale Earnhardt, in a Hobby Stock Chevrolet Nova at Hickory Motor Speedway.Gary Hargett was the car owner. He owned cars for both Earnhardt and Harry Gant at Hickory Speedway.