Msg ID:
2791348 |
Tuesday Night in Black & White |
Author:3-Wide
8/22/2023 3:47:52 PM
|
Brought to you this week with support of our site from:
Comments welcome. |
|
Reply Return-To-Index
|
Msg ID:
2791354 |
Tuesday Night in Black & White |
Author:Jd57
8/22/2023 5:34:43 PM
Reply to: 2791348
|
Pic 1 flemington 1st turn see the grandstand probably the fair 30s. Pic 3 did that a few times myself,my father in law was in the tree Bumpy Bumps hit & died. Pic 4 & 5 young Sonny Strump? |
|
Reply Return-To-Index
|
Msg ID:
2791365 |
Tuesday Night in Black & White |
Author:SteveWhitney
8/23/2023 7:52:25 AM
Reply to: 2791354
|
I was reading at a discussion in the 70's section where several Vault contributors were talking about being scared to walk on the little road that ran next to the wall between the 3rd and 4th turns while the cars were on the track when they were kids (yeah, me too!). How about those dudes near the "fence" in picture 1? I am not sure if the fence is there for car containment or just to mark the ourside of the track. Or maybe so the horses didn't continue straight during the fair races. |
|
Reply Return-To-Index
|
Msg ID:
2791385 |
Tuesday Night in Black & White |
Author:Beaversfan81
8/23/2023 11:16:05 AM
Reply to: 2791365
|
I was walking ion that road and Harry Benjamin flipped over the fence!!! |
|
Reply Return-To-Index
|
Msg ID:
2791425 |
Tuesday Night in Black & White |
Author:Dirtmod#9.
8/23/2023 8:14:31 PM
Reply to: 2791385
|
Appears to be back when race fans grew on trees. |
|
Reply Return-To-Index
|
Msg ID:
2791447 |
Tuesday Night in Black & White |
Author:sparky
8/24/2023 8:36:35 AM
Reply to: 2791425
|
Here are some photos i have that were taken at Flemington in the late 1940's.The man i knew who took them thinks that was the years.If you noticed the second and third photos above show the same cars as in my photos.The cars numbered #3 and #34.People in the trees loads of people in the infield and every where.They were not afaird to get close to the cars racing.
' '
|
|
Reply Return-To-Index
|
Msg ID:
2791453 |
Tuesday Night in Black & White |
Author:kjeyres
8/24/2023 9:40:58 AM
Reply to: 2791447
|
Wow, knew it was bad, but that's rediculous. Thanks Joe and hope all is well!
Dirtfan #9 Perfect !!!!!!! |
|
Reply Return-To-Index
|
Msg ID:
2791477 |
Guard Rail? |
Author:Pee Wee Fan
8/24/2023 2:18:02 PM
Reply to: 2791453
|
Those spectators in the photos, especially the last one were either very brave, or very, well you know. Scott Ely |
|
Reply Return-To-Index
|
Msg ID:
2791493 |
Tuesday Night in Black & White |
Author:3-Wide
8/24/2023 4:38:17 PM
Reply to: 2791447
|
From those photos, the safest place to be when at the races back then was inside a race car! |
|
Reply Return-To-Index
|
Msg ID:
2791613 |
Tuesday Night in Black & White |
Author:Jhardifer
8/25/2023 1:53:00 PM
Reply to: 2791348
|
For the Flemington pictures, I don't recognize the cars so I'm thinking this is the Eastern Association not the American Association. With the lack of leaves, my guess would be April 24, 1949. Winner was Chic Dinatale of Trenton. |
|
Reply Return-To-Index
|
Msg ID:
2791615 |
Strupp? Tuesday Night in Black & White |
Author:Joel
8/25/2023 1:56:16 PM
Reply to: 2791348
|
That Strupp car is a pretty strange mix of body work. Are they connected to Dutch Strupp/Sonny Strupp? None of the crew look like Sonny Strupp. Curious.
Joel |
|
Reply Return-To-Index
|
Msg ID:
2791667 |
Strupp? Tuesday Night in Black & White |
Author:clevco
8/25/2023 10:12:00 PM
Reply to: 2791615
|
Funny car for sure, front fender all the way to the door and that back side window ???
|
|
Reply Return-To-Index
|
Msg ID:
2791728 |
Another Picture of The #24 |
Author:3-Wide
8/26/2023 12:24:43 PM
Reply to: 2791667
|
Driver Ray Hoffman:
|
|
Reply Return-To-Index
|
Msg ID:
2791750 |
Strupp? Tuesday Night in Black & White |
Author:clevco
8/26/2023 3:26:04 PM
Reply to: 2791615
|
I would say that car is a 37 Ford Club coupe pretty rare car?? |
|
Reply Return-To-Index
|
Msg ID:
2791619 |
More on Pictures #4 & #5 |
Author:3-Wide
8/25/2023 2:16:13 PM
Reply to: 2791348
|
From photo provider Tim Hoffman: My dad "Ray Hoffman" drove for Sonny Strupp.
From photo provider Tim Hoffman: Left to right - Johnny Strupp, Ray Hoffman, Myron Hoffman and Lou Moore |
|
Reply Return-To-Index
|