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May 2 - I
archived. I added a new blog
Weekly Blog May 3, 2017 called You See Some of the Damndest Cars.
May 5 - I redid the entire
Uncle Art Stuarts Book page. Thanks
previously to Mike Visconti and recently to Rob Davis for making their precious
books available to be scanned. All the links had broken on the page and it
wasn't half finished as it was before today.
May 6 -
Yesterday, stock car racing lost one of
its most impactful and dedicated personalities in the passing of Tom Curley. It
is no mistake or dumb luck that, while tracks all around him were struggling,
Thunder Road continued on with great success. My respects and thoughts are with
Darla and the ACT family. I also did a new page on
The Racing Loomis Family.
Courtesy of Cho Lee
Today I also learned that Irv Taylor passed away in late April. One of New York State NASCAR racing's best drivers for hire, Irv was inducted into the hall of fame at Weedsport the same year I was. He was one of my favorite drivers in that Fonda area of tracks.
Ladabouche Collection
Roxanne Ladabouche Photo
Me, Irv Taylor, and Dave Lape at the
Weedsport induction in 2011.
May 12 -
Recently,
we lost another local racing figure of
note. Ed Pelletier, who was in on the ownership of a
number of top cars including the highly - popular
Russ Ingerson Chevelle, passed away. I fixed a number of broken links on the
Bear Ridge Speedway page, as well.
Courtesy of Mike Gilbert
Ed Pelletier looks at the camera as he talks to
starter Archie Blackadar at the old Dog River Speedway, Northfield, VT.
May 20 - I just finished working on the Albany - Saratoga Speedway. So, far, this has involved over 13 hours, Needless to say, it is extensive. I have only the earlier dirt era to do on the track, but I will get what I have just done up as soon as I can.
May 21 -
I just finished working on the expanded
Albany - Saratoga Speedway page.
May 23 -
I just found a page called A 1959
Valley Preview, which never got finished and put up on the site.
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