Midget 85 Posted February 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Ray, Got anymore photos ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 I have to hunt them up Randy. I lost a lot of photos in 79 when I got flooded in Friendswood . I do have many from Almeda and other tracks but will have to make time and find them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midget 85 Posted February 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 I know you had a few when we were visiting some time back, even a few newspaper clippings in the closet.. Anyway, whenever you have the time.. -Randy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midget 85 Posted February 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Meyer Speedway 1968 I edited this photo from a magazine article and posted here to keep our Meyerland photos from getting lost in all the other threads that have been posted and fell through the cracks..and lost. Number 24 -George Nash Number 52 -Lee Cade Number 15 -Charlie Ritter or Charlie Kittel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RETrott Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 For my nickel, The #51 Modified is Charlie Ritter. Possibly a '39 Chevy Coupe, Lincoln Motor. Possibly, Charlie Kittle drove the #15 Modified, and there may have been a connection between the #15 & #51 Modifieds. In '64, Larry Wilson showed up with a Bronco Stock Car, #60, '56 Chevy. And, apparently he picked the HBRA presiding officer, Norman Cawthorn as his driver. At the time, Norman had a nice little '55 Studebaker Bronco Stock Car, orange, #35. When he accepted the ride, he offered the #35 Car for sale. He had a discussion with Tracy Trotter, and Tracy came up with $75 cash on the spot, and took possession. Possibly the next week, Tracy had a 4th place Feature finish and a heat race victory that night or the following week. The next feature race, Tracy looked at the line-up, and expressed his belief that if he could pass the #95 Car, Robert Elmore, on the start, he had a shot at winning. Well, he passed the #95 Car entering turn 1, but turned sideways and that Studebaker took a bite and flipped, landing hard on the left side roof and LF fender. Although raced again, the Studebaker never seemed to perform as well as before the crash. In any event, I would have used that car for decoration before selling it for $75, even in '64. I last saw L J Honeycutt in about '97/'98 at Autorama. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midget 85 Posted February 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 This magazine article was previously posted by Jim. I edited this also and added to this thread for Meyer fans. The photos were taken in '67 or '68 and published in a magazine. Does anyone remember the driver of the radically modified Green 13 car below? I just suffered a senior moment it appears.. Also look at the center photo and you will see the front shot of the same car.. Directly behind the Green 13 is a '37 Ford Modified coupe that was painted Orange and Black with the number 21. Wasn't that Gordon Wooley's Car? We always referred to it as the Monster car or Halloween car due to the color pattern.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakdad Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Maybe John McLaren? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midget 85 Posted February 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Jim, Now that sounds right..and we are referring to the Green 13 ..I do believe.. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midget 85 Posted February 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Meyer Speedway Larry, I moved the photo to this thread so we could discuss and hopefully shed more light on the modifieds in the photo.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midget 85 Posted February 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Red Garner Modified - 1965 Boys and Girls.. I will be cleaning up and updating some of the history on Meyer Speedway by moving some of the photos on "Dead Threads" to the more popular viewed threads. Reasons is capture all the info into a local popular thread. There are many photos that have fallen in the cracks due to lack of maintenance on hundreds of threads, So, hopefully we can narrow down our search for Meyer Speedway info. The older threads will remain but have certainly fizzed out.. Thanks to everyone for their support and input! -Randy Moderator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyo Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Maybe John McLaren? Jakdad - I wasn't there in '68 but if it's a green "13", it has to be John Mclaren - I have several photos of his cars from 70-72, and possibly even '69, and they were always green "13's." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyo Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 (edited) Red Garner Modified - 1965 Red Garner's car, with the red AC Auto Salvage (#51) car of Charlie Ritter in front of it!! By the way, Red's cars were always clean, wern't they? Edited February 5, 2011 by tommyo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RETrott Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Randy & Associates, The pictured #5 Car, and the pictured #55 Car, may very well be the same body/chassis. Now, I could be wrong, or maybe even mistaken, and I see a Modified that has been re-constructed much like the MJ Burton #5 Car from '62/'63, but I'll be surprised to learn that the Burton Team constructed car is the same as the Ballard #5, or the #55. I know one thing, the few times they let MJ Burton drive a big motor Modified, the paint wouldn't stay on that car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midget 85 Posted February 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Larry, How right you are.. I used to ask MJ just how much lead he had in that built up shoe of his cause, everyone knew there had to be somethin in there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midget 85 Posted February 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Tommy, In reference to Red's Modifieds..Yes, very nice cars! It's ashame some of these old coupes aren't still around.. A work of art that has slipped away.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byron Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Hi ya'll Man this is gettin interesting. In 1965 Charles Ritter was driving the long red # 51 with a 430 Lincoln engine and from what there was of the grill I would also say it's a 39 Chevy. I am sure this car became the white #15 still with Lincoln power but with what looks to be a 49-51 Ford body cut down to fit. In 65 there was a #15 that was driven by Charlie Kittel, the car was first painted a deep red lower portion and off white upper area. At some time during the latter part of the season it was painted solid red and lettered for AC Auto Salvage the same as Ritter's car. Earlier in the year there was a #52 AC Auto Salvage team car that was driven by Al Prible(sp) and Lee Cade, I don't remember it making very many shows. The cab on the #15 was longer than any of the other cars, someone posted a color picture on here somewhere of it running into the back of another car. This eventually became one of Roy Tuley's #88's, I don't remember it after that. The green 13 is difinitely John McLaren, note the two hood scoops for the cross ram 426 Dodge engine. The Halloween car was driven by Bill Mullins. thanks Byron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midget 85 Posted February 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Byron, You're a savior for some of us tired brains.. Thanks for the info, I stand corrected so It's Charlie Kittel in the 15 modified. I could have sworn it was Charlie Ritter..and you, Tommy and Larry have the same answer. Guess I have slept some since then..just a wee bit that is.. Bill Mullins, now that really slipped by me. I better sit on the side lines awhile.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyo Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 were any of you there the night charlie kittel made his first hot laps at meyer?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midget 85 Posted February 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Tommy, Can't say for sure.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyo Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 He showed up at Meyer one night with a Modified...I believe it had an older body, maybe even a deuce coupe body on it, so it wouldn't be legal to race there with their '37 or newer body rules. Well, the car passed inspection and they let him do a few hot laps around the track before the evening's racing started. He was coming out of the 2nd turn on the 2nd or 3rd lap when the body suddenly lifted off the chasis. I believe he managed to get the car under control without incident, but it showed that he forgot to mention that the body wasn't welded or bolted down, and the safety inspection failed to discover that. I don't remember if it was sometime in'64 or '65...it was pretty exciting, and I don't remember seeing him back there again. He probably came back after I joined the Navy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midget 85 Posted February 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Darn, I missed out on that one! Interesting.. Another episode of memories captured right here on the Meyer Spreedway thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midget 85 Posted February 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 More Modifieds from Red Garner #14 Modified - 1964-65 #54 Modified - 1967 The famous Falcon Fendered Modified 1968-69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
97car Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Anyone have any pictures of a flying #1 Monte Carlo from the mid 70s? Ray Blohm ran there, but I don't know how many times it was white and blue with a flying1 on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyo Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 OK Randy, here's you perfect NiftyFifty's evening. You already have several hundred cars present, when you look up and a 60-something pickup (probably Chevy) pulls up with a trailer behind it. The trailer has a home-made tire-rack at the front, and behind that is a completely restored 60's era Meyer Speedway Modified, one of the classic '37-38 Chevy coupes - Fred Furlows's Bill Blumrick-driven black and white #7 with the Frizell whale on the trunk, the (much recently discussed) big beautiful red #5 owned and driven by M.J. Burton, one of Billy Perran's beauties, or even one of Red Garner's beautiful modifieds - let me give you my cell-phone number so you can call me - I'll be there in record time. And any of those combinations would be right at home with the other classics...We can all dream, can't we?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midget 85 Posted February 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 Tommy, If something like that showed up at Niftee 50ees it would steal the entire show!! We did have a 57 Sprint car show up one night and also an old jalopy stocker but a modified from Meyer Speedway would top it all off. We would lay down the Red Carpet! Speaking of that, we need photographers at our event especially videos. Interested?? Call me and let's talk. It's not Meyer Speedway but it is all classics! We do have a few gear heads from Meyerland that attend our events and that's a start! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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