MIDSTATE SPEEDWAY

Morris, NY

Midstate Club

         I didn't even know of the existence of this track before I started this history work and got to communicate with Otto Graham. I am tremendously impressed
with the devotion and esteem with which its former participants hold the place. The Midstate history club is very active, and it is obvious how much they loved the track and how much they miss it. This is just a poor attempt at giving the track its due and maybe pointing it out to a few more people.
              The old location was a fairgrounds, and - like Fonda - had great old covered grandstands that are prominent in many of the photographs. Morris drivers, while not very often being major players, did often populate Fonda Speedway fields in the late 1950's and into the 1960's. Names like Otto Graham, Harold "Bugs Bunny" Betts, Bobby Adams, DIck Schoonover, and many others are included in this list. Schoonover may have arguably been the most impactful.
               I don't know much about Midstate, so my choices of whom to emphasize are based more on whom I havew heard of more than the knowledge many of the Midstate club people have. Bear with me.

Black Jack Racing

Courtesy of Denny Moore
This infield shot gives a good idea of the classic old grandstands at Midstate.

Courtesy of Denny Moore
Midstate Speedway's use of the fairgrounds allowed for the old judges' stand to be considerably upgraded, much like Fonda.

Midstate Club Photo
Some of the fans preferred not to take cover in the upper stands.

Courtesy of Denny Moore
Apparently, Midstate Speedway used the old promotional ploy of lining up races on the track, in front of the crowd,
to avoid long pauses in the action.

Mel Ogden Photo
Midstate Speedway flagger Don Phoenix succeeded the famous Chet Hames at Fonda by the late 1960's.

Mel Ogden Photo
Midstate Speedway view from the stands.

Ladabouche Collection
This is the 1962 Fonda Speedway program roster. Midstaters like Otto Graham, Bob Adams, Donny Wayman, Maynard Smith, Jerry Townley, and Art Gell are
represented. You can see why I used to think I could find Otto back home in Vermont.

SOME NAMES IN MORRIS LORE

Kurzon "Moose" Cary

 
Courtesy of Midstate Club
The Mooster, the master of the Mouseville Monster. 

Courtesy of Midstate Club Apparently, an earlier Moose entry - 1960.	Courtesy of Midstate Club A good night with his own car.	Mel Ogden Photo Cary wins one with his own car 88.	Courtesy of iIdstate Club A more creative - looking 88 entry,	Courtesy of Midstate Club The #88 Moose entry - at Five Mile Point Speedway.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Apparently, an earlier version of his 88.	Courtesy of Midstate Club The Mouseville Monster #43 with crew.
Courtesy of Otto Graham Kurzon "Moose" Cary usually used this number.	Courtesy of Denny Moore Moose [rt] and Willie Wust, a mentor of my friend Otto Graham. The car probably belonged to Willie, as did the Gene Cole version.	Courtesy of Midstate Club The Mouseville Monster in the Midstate infield.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Another win for the Mouseville Monster and its big driver.	Courtesy of Midstate Club A good color photo of another victory.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Kiddie rides.	Courtesy of Midstate Club A fan's eye view of one of the track's most popular teams.
	Courtesy of Midstate Club Another of the white 43. Those roof lights were common in the 1960's, as crews couldn't see their cars well on dimly lit tracks.

Dick Schoonover

Courtesy of Midstate Club
Dick [rt] with Ralph Raastad.

Courtesy of Midstate Club An old body type on this race car.	Mel Ogden Photo Dick with a coupe. I thought I had another of this car in which it was not so lowered. Can't find it.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Looks like the same old sedan as at left.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Might arguably be his best known car.	Courtesy of Midstate Club The same car on a very heavy track.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Another shot of same car.	Courtesy of Fonda Book With a later late model in Vic Lane at Fonda.
		Courtesy of Rick Parry The familiar Ford.	Courtesy of Midstate Club An earlier ride.

Jerry Townley and Floyd "Pop" Wilcox

Courtesy of the the Ed Feuz Collection via the Fonda Book

Courtesy of Midstate Club A good color shot of Jerry with the Wilcox 32, as he inherited it from Jim Luke. This shot happens to be at Fonda.	Mel Ogden Photo Midstate win - Floyd, Jerry, and crew.	Courtesy of Midstate Club A victory at the Victoria Speedway, in Dunnsville. They were very effective there.	John Grady Photo A pose at Victoria. In the background, we see the Trinkhaus 62 and Peppecelli's 23.	Courtesy of Norm Vadnais An important win at the highly - competitive Lebanon Valley Speedway.	Courtesy of Midstate Club A rare visit to Vermont - to Devil's Bowl. This is about 3 years after his win at the Vt State Fair in the Chewins 108.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Jerry and the 32 as seen at Maple Grove Speedway, Waterloo, NY.
Courtesy of Midstate Club A win At Midstate.	Courtesy of Otto Graham With a lowered car somewhere I don't recognize.	Courtesy of Ed Fuez Collection via Fonda Book A disguised Wilcox car at Victoria with Jerry driving as "Jay Tee".	Lebanon Valley Classics Pop Wilcox and Jerry in Victory Lane at the Valley.	From an Uncle Art Stuarts book via Mike Visconti Jerry receives a points trophy at a Valley banquet.	From Dan Ody's 8MM Old Speedways DVDs Jerry lining up at Victoria behind Wimble, with Chet Hames looking on.	Lebanon Valley Classics Pop Wilcox and Jerry didn't always go smoothly  at the Valley.
Chase/Phoenix Photo Midstate Collection Jerry at Morris, as they felt the need to alter their number for some reason. Maybe Stitch had the 32 claimed.	Lebanon Valley Classics Jerry in the infield at the Valley.	Russ Bergh Photo L adabouche Collection My first shot of Jerry - this one at Victoria.	Russ Bergh Photo Ladabouche Collection Jerry Townley also drove the Tom Chewins108 at Midstate.	Mel Ogden Photo Midstate Collection Jerry at Glen Aubrey with the 108.	Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Townley and Chewins won a 1964 race at the Vermont State Fair.	Chase/Phoenix Photo Midstate Collection Jerry at Morris, posing in the infield.
Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Townley [rt] with Stretch van Steenberg and Schooch Schoonmaker.

Richard "Otto" Graham

Roxanne Ladabouche Photo
Otto, as he introduced me at Weedsport in 2011.

Ladabouche Photo [in the dark] At a Lost Speedways conference, speaking with Rick Parry.

Courtesy of Otto Graham A pose at Fonda with his Van's TV 20. Otto's father-in-law, Theron Van Benschoten owned the car.

Courtesy of Lew Boyd Another pose, likely  at Fonda or Victoria.

Courtesy of Otto Graham Otto's first race car bought by Willie Wust for driver Bill Brunschmidt car, did not end well at Midstate.

Courtesy of John Grady This shot of Bill Wimble at Fonda Speedway shows Theron at left in the background.

Photographer Unknown Otto, next to Jeep Herbert, signing Otto-graphs at Fonda.

Gordy Smith

Courtesy of Midstate Club

Courtesy of Midstate Club An early win with the Hudson. How Gordy is spelled [Gordie] seems to vary by photographer.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Another win with the Hudson. The man at left is identified as Tom Williams.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Looks like a  similar [or the same] Hudson.	Courtesy of Midstate Club The more familiar Ford coupe with yet another win.	Courtesy of Denny Moore This shot  shows Gordy lining up on the track at Midstate.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Winning one at the Five Mile Point track, which featured similar cars to Morris.	Courtesy of Midstate Club This is supposedly at Midstate. Don't know the presenter.
Courtesy of Midstate Club With a sponsor I don't always see on his car. It's a home town business.	From the Jalopy Journal Site A lowered version of the 34.	Courtesy of Don Phoenix via the Midstate Club Another Silver Pail shot. Looks like extra windshield protection.	Courtesy of Midstate Club The lower car, in the infield of some track. Maybe I am wrong about the frequency of Silver Pail sponsorships.	Courtesy of Midstate Club This particular photo had the description of "Hudson - powered". Anyone know what those things on the roof are ?	Don Phoenix Photo Cavalcade of Auto Racing Gordy was one of those chosen to represent the track in the Cavalcade mag.	Don Phoenix Photo Cavalcade of Auto Racing Harold Oliver. This is either a Gordy car or a former one.
			Ralph Jones Photo A Hudson - not at Morris.	Chase/Phoenix Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club More Gordy.

Courtesy of The Bullfather Poop?? Really Jerry. This was described as the Bob Wisnoski car. Looks very early.

Courtesy of Midstate Club Jerry Wisnoski, with the Galloping Ghost 441 sedan.

Courtesy of Midstate Club The ghost, again.

Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Bob Wisnoski, with a car he may have bought from someone else.

Courtesy of Midstate Club Jerry Wisnoski, with a later 441 car. I saw him with a car similar to this at Fonda, but I thought it was a #21. [Of course, NASCAR wouldn't have allowed a 3 digit number.

Courtesy of Midstate Club The late model.

Courtesy of Midstate Club More late model.

Bugs n' Bob

Cavalcade of Auto Racing

Courtesy of Midstate Club Harold "Bugs Bunny" Betts, from Cobleskill, NY.

Ladabouche Collection Betts, in a sedan on the pole at Victoria in the early '60's.

Courtesy of Otto Graham Bugs Bunny, with an earlier car - at Morris or maybe Richfield Springs.

Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Harold, on the track at Midstate.

Don Phoenix Photo Cavalcade of Auto Racing Bob's car at Morris. I think both he and Harold tried it at Fonda.

Gene Cole and Willie Wust

Courtesy of Rick Parry
Willie and Gene, with a restored 43.

[I got this 43 and Cary's 43 mixed together, a natural error for someone who never saw a Midstate program.
I wish someone could tell me if Wust owned all of those 43's on this page]

From the Jalopy Journal The most familiar Wust / Cole 43, at speed.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Gene Cole and Willie Wust, with the "Green Puke" bounty car.  Arguably one of Morris' most legendary cars.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Don Phoenix giving the 43 a different kind of flag.	Courtesy of Midstate Club The same car [and number style] as at left. Some claim this is Gene Cole, not Moose.	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Infield, at Midstate.	Mel Ogden Photo Cavalcade of Auto Racing Apparently this car was much protested, judging from the sign on the side.	Courtesy of Midstate Club This was labeled as Gene Cole, and Betsey.	Courtesy of Midstate Club This is Willie, apparently working on the Midsate track.

SOME FAMILIAR NAMES WHO SOMETIMES WENT TO MIDSTATE

From Jalopy Journal Site Chuck Akulis, shown here at Five Mile Point. Courtesy of Midstate Club At Midstate.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Dave Kneisel, not at Midstate in this shot.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Don Beagell.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Screamin' Sammy Reakes.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Walt Schubert.	Mel Ogden Photo Ladabouche Collection Don Wayman, with one of his dozens of hired rides. This car arrived at my track once, but not with Don driving. Is this another Willie Wust car ? Ladabouche Photo	Courtesy of Midstate Club Joe Donahue, in Marty Kennerup's 41. Ladabouche Photo Same car, at Fonda, but not driven by Joe.
Courtesy of COnde & Parry Site It is likely that Frank Trinkhaus must have run at Midstate some, probably with an early driver like Geo. Gallup.	Mel Ogden Photo One of the Fred Searing stable cars at Midstate - maybe with Lou Searing as driver.	Mel Ogden Photo Larry Nye's 150 at Midstate. Below - His visits didn't always go well. Here, he is planted into Ray Kennedy. Jim Chase Photo	Courtesy of Midstate Club Cliff Kotary, with an earlier [pre X] 60 car.	Courtesy of A. Ainsworth Mert Hulbert, with Bruce Carman's coupe.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Irish Jack Murphy.	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Tommie Corellis, in a former Cagle sedan, likely owned by Curt Prescott of Brandon, VT.

SOME OF THE MANY MIDSTATE PHOTOS I HAVE SEEN 
[And, There are too Many to Show]

Mel Ogden Photo One of the few former McCredy cars I have seen in use: Bob Wing.	Mel Ogden Photo Bob Zimmerman. Not sure if this is Carl Fink's bro-in-law or another guy with same name.	Mel Ogden Photo Maynard Smith, Clinton, NY. That's the Larry Prebas 1. Courtesy of Midstate Club	Mel Ogden Photos Glenn Knapp.	Courtesy of Don Phoenix Larry Witter.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Bill Salamacha	Courtesy of Midstate Club Mike Janicki.
Courtesy of Midstate Club Chuck Baird lines up the 65 sedan. Mel Ogden Photo via Denny Moore	Courtesy of The Bullfather Ed Hitchcock.	Courtesy of Denny Moore Ed Sutton.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Maynard Smith, in a pit discussion. I think he is in the white shirt.	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Searing stable cars at Midstate.	Mel Ogden Photo Chuck Brady. Courtesy of Midstate Club	Mike Newell Photo Clyde Hewitt.
Mel Ogden Photo The Cordes Brothers.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Earl Mewhorter.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Cars 100 and 68 lining up.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Gary Trauman.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Hal Snopek. There are 2 number 7's that are similar and how up in Midstate photos - this is one.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Harold Oliver. Cavalcade of Auto Racing	Courtesy of Mike Budka Jay Bleser.
c  Courtesy of Midstate Club Jim Mott. Courtesy of Conde & Parry Site	Mike Newell Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Johnny Allen.	Mel Ogden Photos Courtesy of Midstate Club John Oblinksi had a bad day at the track.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Ray Kennedy - 67.	Mike Newell Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Les Goodrich.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Marty Ackley P10 gets checkers from Don Phoenix.  Mel Ogden Photo	Courtesy of Midstate Club Good - looking car 100 lining up. Courtesy of Midstate Club Name ?
Courtesy of Midstate Club Maybe Smokey Joe Norton.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Hobby car V10, Dave Moon.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Maybe same guy, up a class.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Car 48 takes a win.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Car 62 in infield.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Car 91 heads out.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Bug pre- feature lineup in front of stands. Stitch Mauriano and others.
Courtesy of Conde & Parry Site Stitch Mauriano. Courtesy of Rick Parry	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Conversations after the race.	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Stan Lupka and his Crosley - bodied car. Don Phoenix Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Bob Cable, Jr. Denny Moore Courtesy of Midstate Club	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Another winner.	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Car 22 and driver . They didn't lower these things much did they ?	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Whaddya mean we don't get any money for winning ?
Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Car 45 and driver.	Courtesy of Midstate Club A war - weary car 77.	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club More of the 100 team.	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Car 144 and driver.	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Car 172, Chuck ??.	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Looks like a late model class came in, that gave rise to this guy, plus Schoonover and others.	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Checkers for the 82.
Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Another Crosley body car like Lupka's.	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Hobby Class winner 33.	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Mel took a shot inside somebody's office.	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Anyone tell me who they are ?.	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Later '60's Falcon era car.	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club ID'd as Buddy Bauer. Any connection to the Snopek #7?	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Looks like another Buddy Bauer.
Denny Moore Courtesy of Midstate Club UNK Car 10.	Otto Graham Courtesy of Midstate Club One of the best shots on the page: Denny Payne, Nelson Harrington, and Willie Wust, by Payne's car.	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club UNK car 23.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Car 96, but probably not Gordie Wood.	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Car H. Looks a lot like an altered Maynard Smith #1.	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Ready to go out for a race. TC9 is said to be Joe Donahue.	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Lining up for the feature.
Courtesy of Midstate Club Pete Muiura.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Ray Bunzey.	Denny Moore Courtesy of Midstate Club Ronnie Cook. Don Phoenix Photo	Courtesy of Midstate Club Could be another Ronnie Cook car.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Walt Schubert.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Tom Wilson.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Stan Lupka with yet another strange body on his car - A Henry J.
Courtesy of Midstate Club Smokey Joe Norton. Courtesy of Rick Parry	John Grady Photo Joel Canfield.	Courtesy of Otto Graham Bob Adams, Utica, NY.	Ron Blake Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Dick Turner, W.Edmeston, NY.	Ron Blake Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Bobby Joe ?	Ron Blake Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club UNK Car 380.	Ron Blake Photo Courtesy of Otto Graham Al Sanders
Courtesy of Midstate Club Bill Roese, Central Bridge, NY Courtesy of Otto Graham	Courtesy of Midstate Club Bill Brunschmidt.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Dave Conde, with Sid Wust.	Courtesy of Rick Parry This '60 Ford driver has had a good night.	Courtesy of Conde & Parry Site Another Joel Canfield.	Courtesy of Conde and Parry Site Ralph Raastad. Courtesy of Rick Parry	Courtesy of Otto Graham Ray Kennedy.
Courtesy of Otto Graham Ray Cable.	Courtesy of Otto Graham Tom Williams Sr.	Courtesy of Otto Graham Jack Steffen.	Russ Bergh Photo Ladabouche Collection Jack Farquhar ran at Morris at least Once, I saw his car in the background of another photo.	Courtesy of Otto Graham Al "Suicide" Sanders	Courtesy of Otto Graham Bill Brooking.	Courtesy of Otto Graham Racin' Grayson Smith, McCredy's 1st driver. Courtesy of The Bullfather Didn't always go well.
Courtesy of Midstate Club George Gallup with the WIlson P13.	Both Photos Courtesy of Otto Graham Larry Witter.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Lupka, with a Hudson.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Al Turner, in front of the grandstands.	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Bob Barney.	Bob Gibbs Collection Courtesy of Midstate Club Bob Gibbs.	Bob Gibbs Collection Courtesy of Midstate Club More Gibbs.
Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Bum Finn, Madison, NY	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Bum Finn, with a different car.	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Don Allen.	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Earl Dillon.	Mel Ogden Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club Ed Sutton.	Courtesy of Rick Parry Brent Cobb.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Red ??.
Courtesy of Midstate Club Winning #51 late model with UNK flagger.	Courtesy of Rick Parry Nelson Harrington.	Courtesy of Rick Parry Cars in Victory Lane.	Courtesy of Rick Parry I love the body on this car.	Courtesy of Rick Parry Car 90 stiff hitching in.	Courtesy of Rick Parry Willie Wightman.	Courtesy of Rick Parry This car was shown in the 3rd photo in this row.
Courtesy of Rick Parry The thrill of victory for a well - used car 48.	Courtesy of Rick Parry Takin' my trophy home.	Courtesy of Rick Parry A closeup of the Harold Oliver car.	Courtesy of Rick Parry Car 8 collects checkers from Don Phoenix.	Courtesy of Rick Parry UNK car 17.	Courtesy of Rick Parry Good looking #4 sportsman car parked next to Moose.	Courtesy of Mike Monnant I don't know if this is another Cordes car or not.
Both Photos Courtesy of Mike Newell Ray Decker.	Courtesy of Rick Parry Joe Donahue wins with a different color 41Jr.	Courtesy of Rick Parry Dave Kneisel wins with a supermod - looking car. Chase / Phoenix Photo Courtesy of Rick Parry	Courtesy of Rick Parry Car 68 with driver.	Courtesy of Rick Parry Sportsman car 101.	Courtesy of Rick Parry Larry Nye, in color, - at Morris..	Courtesy of Rick Parry A win for 23 with an older type body.
Courtesy of Rick Parry Car 40 lines up with what is likely a Cable car 67.	Courtesy of Midstate Club Is this Midstate ? Where's the judges' stand ?	Courtesy of Rick Parry A crewman is busy as cars line up.	Courtesy of Rick Parry Smokey Joe with what looks like a Hudson.	Courtesy of Rick Parry Somebody's '60 Ford.	Courtesy of Rick Parry Another late model. When Fonda went into the late model business in 1968, Midstate was one of the tracks that supplied much of the field for a while.	Courtesy of Rick Parry This '64 Chevelle suggests this one must have run in the early 1970's.
Courtesy of Rick Parry An early [and successful] late model support division car.	Chase / Phoenix Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club  I can almost make out this guy's name on the H car.	Chase / Phoenix Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club  Pretty racy looking car 10 in Vic Lane. Might have been from another track.	Chase / Phoenix Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club  Jim Mott, with a different [probably newer] 5.	Chase / Phoenix Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club  Dick Hansen, with the potent Bruce Carman sedan out of Shaftsbury, VT.	Chase / Phoenix Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club  This shot of a well- used car 51 offers a good look at the distinctive Morris judges' stand.	Chase / Phoenix Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club  A 'nuther Chuck Brady shot - at least this one's in color.
Chase / Phoenix Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club  Pretty nasty looking Mustang unloading.	Chase / Phoenix Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club  Another Crosely body. I wonder if it is a former Lupka or an original.	Chase / Phoenix Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club  This shot gives us a better look at Ed Hitchcock.	Chase / Phoenix Photo Courtesy of Midstate Club  Tommie Corellis in a potent Bob Rossell - built, former Cagle coach.	Courtesy of Midstate Club  Paul Lavasseur, Supposedly taken at Morris.	Courtesy of Midstate Club  Tom Wilson.	Courtesy of Midstate Club  Brent Cobb, beside a supermod - looking car.
Courtesy of Midstate Club  Stan with one of his infamous Lupka bodies.	McFarland Photo Courtesy of Otto Graham  Mighty Don one of Dave McCredy's 1st drivers, may have tried Midstate.	Courtesy of Conde & parry Site  This shot proves that Jack Farquhar and the Teresco/Mancini 685 visited Morris at least once.	John Grady Photo  A later Bill Roese shot.	Courtesy of Otto Graham Al Sanders had a problem on the way to the races with this former Bob Adams car.	From Ken Shoemaker Biography Don Wayman, back when he probably ran some at Midstate.	Courtesy of Midstate Club  Cars in front of the grandstands in the late 1950's.
Courtesy of Midstate Club  This is is described as a full infield pit area at Midstate. Looks like 1950's.	Courtesy of Midstate Club  Hard work in the infield pit area at Midstate. Looks like 1950's	Courtesy of Midstate Club  A better version of a Lupka shot.	Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Jim Mott with the Pink Pig car.	Courtesy of Norm Vadnais Ray Preston [here at Waterloo] likely ran some at Midstate.	Courtesy of Gater Racing Bob Adams was a force with this Mustang.	Courtesy of Norm Vadnais It is likely that Pepper Eastman ran at Midstate, especially in the earlier days of his career.
			Gerard Chelak Photo Steve Barber, with a former Carman car. He may have tried Morris with it.

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