11/20/2003
OLD PHOTOS WANTED FOR BOOK PROJECT
I
currently am working on a soft cover book project (old program style) of the
history of Lancaster (N.Y.) Speedway, roughly in the 1968-1974 period – the
"golden era."
You
may know me or have heard of me. I
worked at Lancaster Speedway's "Goodie Stand" (selling programs,
photos, Gater News, etc.) for photographer Gordon Reinig from 1973-1974.
I worked for the speedway itself in 1976 as program editor.
After working every Saturday night as a nightclub DJ for a decade, I
returned to work at Lancaster from 1988-1990 as a co-announcer and program
editor.
I
wrote columns (Turn 5) and covered races for Gater News from 1988-1997.
I worked as an associate editor for UMI Publications in Charlotte,
N.C., in 1999. I covered the
NASCAR Busch Series for Speedway Scene in 2000 and currently serve as the
Public Relations Manager for Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Back
to the book project! When Gordon
Reinig retired from photography, he gave me his color and B&W negatives.
I have roughly 400 pictures of Lancaster drivers and their cars.
But a few years were incomplete or missing all together (including 1972,
1973 and 1974). Those photos and
negatives are long gone.
I
am asking for your help in locating the photographs listed below.
I all ready have some of the photos/drivers listed below – I am hoping
to find better examples of each car. I
know 99.9% of these treasured 3x5 color photos exist – I sold most of
'em when I worked for Gordy and the track!
I want to use as many photos as possible for this pictorial – sort of
like those wonderful Gater News pictorials of the '60s and '70s.
If
you were around back then or are related to an old-time racer, you know how
treasured these photos are. I
would like to use the color photo if at all possible, but B&W will do too.
I would like to buy or borrow whatever you have to contribute.
If you lend me a photo, I will not keep it for more than one week.
I will make a high-resolution scan of it and return it to you via
Priority Mail. If you do not wish
to part with your photo(s) – which I can understand – but can scan them
(300dpi to 600 dpi) and e-mail them to me, I would appreciate those as well.
If you contribute to the book, you will receive proper credit.
Many generous fans all ready have contributed photos from their
collections.
I
hope you will take the time to look at this list and see if there is something
in your stash that will add to the memories...
Sincerely,
John
Bisci
CONTACT John: richie61ny@cox.net or jbisci@buffalo.com
Also P.O. Box 620233, Las Vegas, NV 89162-0233
Home phone is (702) 457-0820
Lancaster
Speedway / N.Y. Asphalt Modifieds
These cars raced at least once
at Lancaster Speedway.
Car
No. Driver
/ description / year raced or appeared at Lancaster
03
Gary Ball – orange-red Mustang – 1968
05 Don
Whalen – red and white striped Falcon - 1973
09 Bobby
Santos – maroon #09 coupe – 1972 (won Lancaster's '72 National 400)
09 Bryan
Osgood – yellow Corvair – 1971 (won Lancaster's '71 Amalie Pro 350)
09 Bryan
Osgood – yellow Camaro – 1972 and 1973
2 cents Phil
Edwards – blue and white coach – 1972
3
Thort Haag – Gremlin - 1973
4
Ronnie Martin – yellow coach – 1972
4
Ronnie Martin – yellow Pinto – 1974 ("fireball" on door)
4D Dale
Merz – blue coach – 1972
4D Dale
Merz – blue Gremlin - 1973
6
Maynard Troyer - red Pinto – 1972 and 1973
7
Jim Brunt – blue coach – 1972
$8 Frankie
Smith – Firebird – 1969
$8 Frankie
Smith – Mustang - 1970
10 Bobby
Hudson – orange and white Pinto – 1972
11 Dave
Cramer – blue Corvair – 1972
13 Dick
Emerson – black and white Vega – 1972 and 1973
16x Dave
Hafner – yellow Camaro – 1972
16x Dave
Hafner – yellow and white Camaro - 1973
18 Gary
Reichert – orange Corvair – 1972
18 Gary
Reichert – orange Vega - 1973
22 Gary
Iulg – white coupe – 1973
23 Bobby
Krull – orange Corvair – late 1972, or 1973
28
Sonny Barron - yellow coach – 1969
33 Bob
Merz – yellow coach - 1972
36 Earl
"Bud" Schilling – tan (?) coupe - 1972
38 Jerry
Cook – red Pinto - 1973
44 Dan
Swain – yellow Vega - 1973
47 Gordy
Treichler – blue Vega – 1972
50 Sonney
Seamon – yellow coupe – 1972
50 Sonney
Seamon – yellow Pinto – 1973
50 Sonney
Seamon – yellow Pinto – 1974
50 LaVerne
Fecteau – red Coupe – 1970
54 Cam
Gagliardi – orange Camaro - 1972
56
Gary Iulg – black and white Gremlin – 1973
56 Gary
Iulg – black and white Gremlin - 1974
58 Merv
Treichler - maroon dirt Corvair
– 1972
58 Merv
Treichler – maroon coupe – 1972
58 Merv
Treichler – maroon full-body Gremlin – 1973
58 Merv
Treichler – maroon Gremlin - 1974
62 Don
Pratt – blue coupe – 1973
66 Bernie
Fittos - red Falcon - 1970 and 1971
66 Bill
Bitterman - white coach - 1972
66 Bill
Bitterman - white full-body Camaro – 1973
66 Bob
Merz Jr. – yellow Pinto - 1973
68 Bob
Parkhill – red coupe – 1972
Sixty-Nine
Jean-Guy
Chartrand – red "Hemi-Cuda" – 1972, 1973
72 Jim
Rudolph – white Vega – 1972
72 Jim
Rudolph – white Gremlin – 1974
76 Dave
Van Valkenburg – red and white coach – 1972
76 Dave
Van Valkenburg – white Gremlin – 1972
76 Dave
Van Valkenburg – white Vega - 1973
77 Sege
Fidanza - brown coach – late 1972
77 Sege
Fidanza – blue Vega – 1973
77 Sege
Fidanza – red and white Vega – 1974
80 Jerry
Mathis – blue coupe - 1972
82 Fred
Butz – purple Pinto – 1973
88 Mike
Loescher – white Pinto - 1973
93 Lou
Lazzaro – blue Pinto - 1974
97 Tom
Leeson – blue Pinto - 1972
Lancaster-Spencer
Late Models
07
Vic Moore – maroon Ford -- 1972
08
Terry Goerss – brown Chevy – 1972
Roman V "Big
Red" Paul Putt - '57 Chevy – 1968
Roman V "Big
Red" Paul Putt – '57 Chevy - 1969
05
Billy Schutt – red and white striped '61 Chevy Late Model – 1969
19
George Boss – Chevy – 1971
30
Jim Laughing – Chevy – 1971
30
Jim Laughing – Chevy - 1972
44
Dan Swain – yellow '62 Chevy – 1972
57
Dave Schupp – dark blue Chevy - 1972
74
Sege Fidanza – blue and white '64 Chevy – 1971 and 1972
82
Fred Butz – purple Chevy – 1971, 1972
87
Leo Lewandowski – '63 Chevy – 1969
98
Jerry Ciancio – purple Chevy - 1972
Mini Stocks
3
Ron Burling – 1972, 1973
7
Fred Schauer - 1973
9
Joe Swader – 1972, 1973
11
Bob Tyo Jr. – 1972, 1973
15
Ron MacDonald – 1971, 1972, 1973
15Jr. Ron
MacDonald Jr. – 1973 (or No. 95)
21
Jim Bull - 1972
22
Fred Schauer – 1972, 1973
55
Bud Schauer – 1972, 1973
56
Terry Krentz – 1972
84
Loren Tiffany – 1971, 1972, 1973
92
Rich Wickham - 1973
98
George Johnson – blue and white Renault – 1972
98
George Johnson – blue-and-white Opel (?) - 1973
TQ Midgets
- Any TQ Midgets that competed at
Lancaster ('69-'72) – I have almost none!
Street Stocks
07
Mike Lenartowicz – red-white-blue Mercury (?) - 1973
Lazy 8 Ross
Holmes – yellow Pontiac – 1973
Holland-Perry-Cayuga Late Models
05
Ted Renshaw – Camaro - 1973
Evil 1 Ron
Williams – blue Camaro – 1973
8
Terry Kitchen – Mustang - 1972
02
Phil Edwards – blue Camaro - 1973
22
Bill Rafter – Camaro - 1972
44
Bill "Stroker" McGurk – white Miller High Life Camaro –
1974
73
Ken Reimer – red (?) Chevelle – 1971
Sources: John Bisci
Posted: November 20, 2003
