Joe Tinty

Courtesy of Dave Dykes
The flamboyant Joe Tinty, creator of Plainville Stadium [with his horse, Sugarfoot].

Special Note: I have never been to Plainville Stadium, and I don't pretend to know much about it. I only know the reverence wit hwhich it is discussed. So, I decided to put as much Plainville material on one page as I could. I invite information, correction, and more material. The following write-up pretty much says it all about Plainville. My sincerest apologies to the author, but I could not ascertain who he or she was on the site I found this on:

"Plainville Stadium was originally known as Tinty's Flying Ranch, for horse shows, circuses and small plane air shows, there is rumor that it was also a horse track. In 1948 it was opened as Plainville Stadium it was a 1/4 mile dirt track for 1 week but complaints from the fans prompted Owner Joe Tinty to lay down ashpalt. Many great drivers have links to that track, Don McTavish, Pete Hamilton, Denny Zimmerman, Ed Flemke and Ron & Ken Bouchard, Tony Mordino, Billy Greco, Dick Watson, Dave Alkas, Sparky Belmont, Stash Greger, Jap Membrino, Charlie Jarzombek, Lou Carangelo and Reggie Ruggiero just to name a few. The track was closed in 1981. The rising cost of insurance, security and low car draw forced him to close the track. It is true that a group of drivers from Danbury wanted to buy the track and reopen it after Danbury closed but the deal fell through. Joe and Don Tinty held out selling the property to a developer for quite a few years and after Joe Tinty died, his son Don sold the property to a developer from N.Y. (it is the same developer that built the mall on Danbury Racearena.) Currently on Plainville Stadium Property is a Lowes home Improvement, Loews theater, K-Mart and A.C. Moore plus several fast food restaurants."

THE OPENING SHOWS

Courtesy of Plainville Site
A pretty early ticket.

Courtesy of Dave Dykes
A very early field at Plainville [or Tinty's
Flying Ranch].

Courtesy of Lew Boyd
An early field comes
to the green.

Courtesy of Plainville Website
A mixup in an
early program.

Courtesy of Plainville Site
The opening stock car program at Plainville.
Notice it's dirt. Before, Tinty held other events
at the location.

Source Unknown
Grand Opening
Poster.

Thort Haag
From an early stock car program at Plainville. I recognize 8Ball, Dick
Dixon - usually a Riverside
runner.

EARLIER YEARS

Courtesy of Tom Ormsby and Dave Dykes Bill Bergenty with a sharp - looking Plainville car.	NE Vintage Mod Site Don Spazano with an earlier Plainville support division car.	Courtesy of Tom Ormsby Elton Hill with an earlier, pre - 74X car.	Courtesy of Tom Ormsby Frank Manafort with a Plainville sedan.	Courtesy of Tom Ormsby Danny Gallulo, Sr with what appears to be one of his earlier cars.	Source Unknown George Hotchkiss' Village Mobil car.	Courtesy of Tom Ormsby and Dave Dykes George Lombardo.
SN Racing.Com Fuzzy Baer with one of those hairy cutdowns.	Courtesy of Phil Smith Harvey Vallencourt.	NE Vintage Mod Site Plainville's always - interesting Jap Membrino and the 00 car.	Donn Cote Collection Another of Jap's Plainville cars.	Courtesy of Dave Dykes Jo Jo Farone, with a refreshingly different flagger.	Courtesy of Dave Dykes Jo Jo Farone, with an early hobby car. Check out the connection with the Garutis.	Courtesy of Dave Dykes Johnny Manafort in one of those Manfort sedan entries.
Courtesy of Dave Dykes King Cambino, not enjoying his time at Plainville.	Courtesy of Dave Dykes Future Plainville official Moneybags Moe Gherzi.	Courtesy of Dave Dykes Future Plainville official Moneybags Moe Gherzi, in the cutdown era.	Courtesy of Plainville Site Skip Ziegler with a late model.	Courtesy of Plainville Site A Skip Ziegler sedan.	NE Vintage Mod Site Tony Mordino	Courtesy of Plainville Site Tommy Sutcliffe.
Courtesy of Phil Smith Russ Faust.	NE Vintage Mod Site Butch Farone with a hobby car.	Courtesy of Plainville Site Unidentified Sedan.	Courtesy of Dave Dykes Future Plainville official Moneybags Moe Gherzi and Billy Greco - both with Gaudiosi cars.	Courtesy of Plainville Site Jack Geary owner/driver.	Courtesy of Plainville Site Local boy Gino Spada.	Jimbo Photo Sparky Belmont with a Garuti car.
			Courtesy of Phil Smith Wild Bill Brown is still in the car here.

Courtesy of Dave Dykes Bart Rocco.	Courtesy of Dave Dykes Bill Harmon had his turn with the Judkins coupe.	Jimbo Photo Bobby Bard with the Czarnecki 20 coupe.	Courtesy of Dave Dykes Bobby Knox's three window.	Courtesy of Dave Dykes Bob Vivari.	Courtesy of Dave Dykes Dave Alkas with a coupe.	Courtesy of Dave Dykes Dave Alkas with the Roland Cyr sedan.
Courtesy of Dave Dykes A Plainfield field, at speed/.	Courtesy of Dave Dykes Dick Dixon sports a coupe that has obvious ties to Charland.	Courtesy of Dave Dykes Dick Watson in the Norm Kies 21.	Courtesy of Tom Ormsby Don Moon in the Flying 9.	Courtesy of Dave Dykes Don Moon with Dave Alkas in hot pursuit.	Courtesy of Dave Dykes Don Spazano, at speed.	Courtesy of Tom Ormsby Ed Flemke in the Worcester Sand and Gravel 10 Pinto.
Courtesy of Dave Dykes Fred Colossa with the Buddy Rouleau Z.	Courtesy of Dave Dykes Gary Membrino	Courtesy of Dave Dykes Gary Membrino, in an earlier car.	Lee Totten Photo Harry Bliss and the Flying 8.	Courtesy of Dave Dykes Jap Membrino, with maybe Ron Berndt's car.	Courtesy of Dave Dykes Jap again.	Courtesy of Plainville Site Another Jap shot.
Courtesy of Dave Dykes Bubble Gum Joe Bubbico.	Courtesy of Dave Dykes John Anderson	Courtesy of Dave Dykes Lenny Orfice	Courtesy of Dave Dykes A Nicky Porto spin.	Courtesy of Tom Ormsby George Lombardo victory.	Courtesy of Plainville Site An injected coupe.	Courtesy of Plainville Site Late model action.
Courtesy of Plainville Site No. 59 wins one.	Courtesy of Plainville Site Judging from the number, maybe Skip Ziegler.	Hoyt Photo Courtesy of Dave Dykes Repairing the old wooden barrier.	Courtesy of Plainville Site Track owner Joe Tinty awarding car owner Roland Cyr and [probably] Dave Alkas.	Courtesy of Dave Dykes Pud Noble.	Courtesy of Tom Ormsby Reg Ruggierio with Mario Fiore's 44.	Courtesy of Plainville Site Richie Gallulo with Rocky Germano's Cent Sign coupe.
Courtesy of Plainville Site Sparky Belmont.	Courtesy of Tom Ormsby Ronnie Wyckoff with Rocky Germano's Percetn Sign.	Courtesy of Phil Smith Ronny Rocco.	Courtesy of Dave Dykes Ronnie Wyckoff with Joe Tinty.	Courtesy of Plainville Site Ron Van Nesse.	Courtesy of Dave Dykes Another Wyckoff.	Courtesy of Brian Danko via Tom Ormsby Stan Gregor
		Courtesy of Tom Ormsby Jerry Wheeler	Vintage Mod Site Warren Lee	Courtesy of Mike Pa Another Dave Alkas car.