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The car my grandfather owned and Jack Sharpe drove. Back in the 1960s. (FOOSE
FILES)
Jack Sharpe wrecked the car. (FOOSE FILES)
Mike Klapak, 2 time National NASCAR Sportsman Division Champion, from
Warren, OH. Taken at Sportsman Park, Bedford, OH around 1951 (Denny Hudock)
Ray Smeznik Cleveland, Ohio in the Bert's Auto Parts #81 "Hoppin Hare
Special" Sportsman Park, 1952 (Denny Hudock)
Ed Curtis #73 from Cloverleaf. Around 1988. (Denny Hudock)
Parking Lot on the frontstretch! (Foose Files)
J. Moore in the 1960s. (Foose Files)
This #30 is Norm McCarthy from Bedford, Ohio. Norm was a veteran driver
who started by running roadsters at the Berea Fairgrounds in 1946 and
raced at Sportsman Park during the 1950's. He's in the HOT seat in this
picture! (Foose Files)
Roy Gemberling 1960s (Foose Files)
Roy Gemberling's #41 on fire (Foose Files)
The #69 Fairlane is driven by Jeep Iacobucci, a former track champion at
Cloverleaf. The car was owned by Blackie Joseph, who owned Chieftain
Trucking and was wrenched by Charlie Birdwell and Bobby Giachetti. Jeep
was a good driver and a great guy to be around. He spends his time these
days cruising in his 48 Mercury. (Foose Files)
The #32 57 Chevy was driven by Bob Terlop and owned by Ed Rowe and Denny
Hudock. This was a "Hurricane Hardtop" division car and always a
top runner. Bob won 6 features at Painesville and 1 feature at Cloverleaf
in 1969 and also held the one lap qualifying record at Painesville. Ken
Carpenter bought this car after the season. It was powered by a 292 Chevy
6 cylinder engine built by AutoMotion. This car was very successful.
(Denny Hudock)
#27 The restored Leffler chassis Sprint Car of Tony Gullatta taken at
Sandusky when the VARC group was there. Tony has completely restored the
car and it is flat out gorgeous. (Denny Hudock) |
