Preparing for Opening Day Roller Painting In 1970 Nonie I got married on February 21st. She didn’t want to mess up racing…perfect…we still used Nonie’s dad and mom’s back yard for working on our car. I always painted the car with a roller. We used that on all our demo derby cars and it worked. […]
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Nonie Loads the Pick Up Tow-Bar We went to a pick up truck to tow our VW. The paint scheme was the same again only I had Hills Roofing for my main sponsor. That was my uncle this time who would help us out. Nonie packs the truck as we get ready for a trip […]
My First Demolition Derby..July 29th 1967…Win!! 55 Chev This was my first time ever on a race track. It was at Flamboro Speedway on July 29th 67′. I always painted my cars with the name “Color Me 1st”. On this one, I put powered by Honda on the front fender and yeah Dodge on the […]
Flamboro Speedway….1968 57 Chev This Chev let me dwon. It quit and wouldn’t restart. There were always lots of cars in the Flamboro Wreck Em races and unless you had a good running car you were beat. I bashed with many guys who liked the big heavy tanks, Mecurys, Buicks and full size GM’s. They […]
Demo Derby Win at Acton Speedway Fall 69′ 59 Chev When I got to Acton Speedway, this 59 Chev was for sale for $50. I bought it and won $125 for the Wreck Em race. The reason I took Chevy’s with sixes was because they always started when they got hot. My goal was to […]
Barrie Ice Carnival…1970 63 Ford Nonie and i went to Barrie and entered this race plus a demo derby. I was miles out of their league. Every car but one or two had bolts coming through their tires. I had plain wore out snow tires. We had heat races on the ice and naturally I […]
We Make Front Page of the Pinecrest Program Pinecrest The 1971 labour Day Wreck O Rama featured me on this program. I would end up qualifying again in the appearance category but after a few minutes the gas tank was knocked out of my car. Pinecrest Write Up Won 6 out of 20 I […]
1st Membership Card..1972 1972 <div class=”maint”> In the early years the Hobby Secretary and Treasurer position was comblined, also that committee member would sing our membership cards.Bill Wakish #23 was the Secretary/Tresurer in 1972, Bill Lyons #9 was the President. 1972 Stats 1972 Rundown First Year In The Hobby Club Dad’s Membership Card 1972 […]
1973 Membership Card MembershipCard Continue Story 1973 Stats 73 Rundown Our Second Season Was Better 1973 was very tough for us in many ways. We had some very serious wrecks. A roll over during practice at Speedway Park was a true character builder. The car rolled 4 times before stopping in the middle of […]
1974 Membership Card OARC Membership Card <div class=”maint”> Bill Wakish was the Secretary Treasurer in 1974. Bill Lyons was the President. 1974 Stats 1974 Rundown 3rd Year In The Hobby Club David and I Backing Up The Driveway Kids ride <div class=”maint”> Our home property on Lydon avenue was 25′ wide, that’s 25′ including […]
1975 Membership Card 1975 1975 Stats 75′ Rundown 4th Year Hobby Club…Milestone Season We hit a couple of milestones in 75, won our first feature at Speedway Park. We also had perfect attendance, and picked up 6 checkers for the season. Preparing for Motion Car Show Nonie and I set up <div class=”maint”> […]
1976 Membership to OARC 1976 <div class=”maint”> Bob Kurtin was the Secretary Treasurer in 1975 and 1976 1976 Rundown 76 Stats Flamboro Only The Hobby’s only ran Flamboro Speedway in 76′. Pinecrest and Satelite Speedway were both closed. We had engine trouble and missed 2 nights. The inline would become my biggest and most frustrating […]