
Courtesy of Mike Russo
George Baumgardner poses
with the Young/Vine 75 with
young Fonda fans. |

Dragon Family Photo
Brent & Michelle
Dragon ride back after
one of Beaver's wins.
|

Courtesy of Otto Graham
Bob Fiske, Trinkhaus
driver du jour, with
kiddie rides at Fonda. |

Courtesy of Jim Watson
Catamount cars
offer kiddie rides
around 1970. |

Courtesy of Denzil
Rice
Early Bear Ridge star Bob Moore's girls
stand guard over his attractive and fast sedan. |

LaDuc Family Photo
Charlie and Barb
LaDuc's kids with
car before heading
out to Fairmont, 1963.
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Vogel Family Photo
Pete Corey, Bob Whitbeck
22, and Ted Vogel's kids. |

Source Unknown
George Welch gives
rides in his own #8
at Fonda. |

Courtesy of Rick Luke
Jim Luke, in Hal
Kempeny's car, poses
with Fonda fans. |

Courtesy of Dan
Gowie
Gowie kids play around one of
George Gowie's early cars in the '50's. He has a kiddie ride shot
below. |

Courtesy of John Rock
Dick Nephew, with
fan, at Airborne. |

Courtesy of John Rock
Harold Ormsby's kids,
all in race day gear. |

Courtesy of T. LaFerriere
Ron Barcomb gives
Catamount kiddie rides
around 1968.
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Bushey Family Photo
Bob Bushey hitches
up the Spud 19 with
supervision by kids. |

Courtesy of MVRCA
Early Oxford Plains star Ron
Smith brought in his own trophy girl. |

Courtesy of George Hill
Kids line up at rustic
Bear Ridge Speedway in
the 1980's for kiddie
rides. |

Courtesy of Cho Lee
Stan Disbrow, in the
Gordon Ross 19,
with admirers. |

Vogel Family Photo
Ted Vogel, Sr. hooks
up the 95 to the family
Ford Crown Vickie.
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Ladabouche Photo
The little daughter of
Wild Bill Stevens lugs oil
as dad unloads at Fairmont
in 1962. Her name is Connie. [See next shot] |
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Courtesy of Connie
Sanders
Bill Stevens with Connie and Mrs. Stevens.
|

Courtesy of Visconti Family
Art Visconti poses in downtown
Granville, NY with kids including
future driver Mike. |

Courtesy of Grossetti
Family
Mrs. Grossetti poses with
some of her sons and other
children of Link Pettit's crew. |

From Dan Ody's DVD
The Frank Trinkhaus '50
Chevy coupe helps out
with kiddie rides at
Victoria Speedway. |

Courtesy of Ron Wetzler
Bobby Allison with Davey and Clifford.
The bous were around his cars from an early age. |

Vintage Treasures Photo
HOF racing announcer annd track owner
Ken Squier was around cars from an early age [and apparently picked up
babes, too].
|
Courtesy of Paula Barryn
Jamie Aube daughter, Heather started
young and is still around her dad's racing when possible. |
Courtesy of ThisDayinMotorsports
Couldn't resist this one. Mario and
Aldo Andretti. I'm guessing Marion might be on the right. |

Courtesy of Arnie Ainsworth
Doug Garrison, in Vic Lane at the
Valley with young fans and car Owner Bob Helwig. I don't know if any of
thse girls is daughter, Amy |
Courtesy of Johnny Racer
The late, great C.A. Crouch with Robbie
and lifelong buddy Pat Funderburk.
|
Courtesy of Walter
Newell
Visiting SOuthern star Bob Pressley makes
the day of ayoung fan at Thunder Road in the '70's. |
Courtesy of Bob Miller
Bob Miller may have been one of these
Southern youngsters on Charlie Miller's Z1 NC car. |
Courtesy of Nick Javarone
Pete Corey [one of my heroes] could be
cranky at times, but never around kids. |
Courtesy of Proctor
Family
A number of Proctor brothers and/or
cousins use George's Pontiac as a jungle gym. Most of 'em raced
somewhere later. |
Maynard Johnson Photo Courtesy of Otto Graham
Rollie Johnson around his sprinter with
boys Jack and Joe. Perhaps you've heard of them :) |
Courtesy of Lou
Lazarro
Lou Lazarro and family at Christmas. Lou,
Jr has become an important racing historian and an advocate for his
late dad. |
Courtesy of John Chest
Fonda Speedway's beloived Willie Chest
and a car full of kiddie riders. |
Courtesy of Tim Rogers
Butch Rogers and family. Tim is likely the
baby here. |
Courtesy of Crystal Snape
Kids in aan early Roy Forsyth car. One
looks like she could be Crystal Snape. They also could be Forsyths. of
course. |
Courtesy of Joe Grossetti
Young Joe Grossetti and his brothers at
Langhorne. |
Courtesy of Tom
Herbert
Little Jeep [Herbert] and little kids.
He's in there somewhere. The kids loved his nickname. |
Courtesy of Tom
Herbert
Little Jeep [Herbert] and an armful of
little kids. The kids loved his nickname, and he was a top star
then.
|
Courtesy of Joey Kourafas
A young Joey Kourafas poses with the
Martin kids. I taught in Milton so long I ended up teaching Joey's
granddaughter. |
Courtesy of Joey Kourafas
Joey Kourafas, further into his career
signs an autograph as Sandy MacKinnon's driver. |
Courtesy of Mike Bruno
Young Mike and Alayne Bruno always kept
the kids involved. |
Courtesy of
Ed Duncan
Al DeAngelo signs autographs at Islip.
Probably these kids are now at least in thneir late '60's. |
Courtesy of Mike Richards
Bob Ellis wins one at Malta with Mike
Richards' 75. Happy kids in attendance. |
Courtesy of Don Rounds Jr.
A young Don Rounds at North Kingston, RI
fairgrounds with daughter, Kathy. |

Ladabouche Photo
A young boy gets a birdseye view as NH
star Art Cody stops behind the stands at Otter Creek Speedway for a
quick repair. |

Courtesy of Pete Silva
Unity Raceway legend George
Silva involved son, Pete [shown with
dad at the lake]. When Pete's career
was in full swing, he took his dad
to most of the races. |

Courtesy of Quenneville Family
Vince Quennevilles, Sr and Jr walk
through the Devil'sBowl pits. Obviously Jr. took to heart what he
learned from Sr.
|

Courtesy of Dave Dutch
Roger Rivers, and daughter at the
short - lived Sanford [Me] Speedway around 1951. |
Source Unknown
As kids in the '50's, we all came
home from the races with these.

|
8MM on You Tube
Weissglass Stadium, 1950's. a lady
and her daughter prepare to go see some fifth mile action. |
Courtesy of Phil Miller
Kids at Empire Raceway, Menands, NY
visit that period. Plainville Stadium's promoter Joe Tinty also
entertained with his horse. |
Courtesy of Cho Lee
Jean - Pau Cabana, at Catamount's
final race, with somebody's kids. |
Courtesy of Gerard Major
Future NASCAR National Sportsman co
-Champion Dick Nephew brought his boys to Canada's Riverside
Speedway near Laval, QC.
Courtesy of
Gerard Major
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Bruno Photo Collection via John Rock
Airborne's Bob Bruno with his brother
and an earlier family car. The kids are likley Bob's. |
Courtesy of Cho Lee
Rex Shattuck wins a race at Thunder
Road and has wife, Peg and their daughter along. |
Courtesy of Bruno Collection via John
Rock Bob Bruno wins a
sportsman feature at Airborne and this photo made the cover of the NASCAR
newsletter. His family, including Chris [on the car] join in at Victory
Lane. |
Courtesy of Dan Ody
C. D. Coville rides a kid around the
short-lived Cairo Speedway in 1974. |
John Grady Photo v ia Herbert Family
The ever - obliging Jeep Herbert with
kids in this, the 2nd J.R. Earl sedan. |
Gowie Photo Collection via LVC
George Gowie with Lebanon Valley
kiddie rides. One of the cuter shots, and I don't mean George :)
|
Courtesy of Otto Graham via Dirt
Track Digest A young
Jeep Herbert patiently poses for fans while local yokels have fun in
the background. |
Courtesy of Shawn Byrne
Jim Byrne giving rides in Stosh
Tyminski's Devil's Bowl late model. Jim's kids are among those on
board. |
Courtesy of Shawn Byrne
Future promoter Bruce Richards mans
the souvenir booth at Devil's Bowl.
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Courtesy of Shawn Byrne
Future promoter Tim Richards is
pressed into service selling programs at dad's track. |

Courtesy of Jack Anderson
The locals didn't wait until
Catamount to get a kiddie ride in Jack Anderson's car on Riverside
Ave. in Burlington. |
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