George had first his taste of racing at just nine years old. Original car built by pete hamilton and raced by george savary at thompson. Bensons fishing buddy ted matta is at the far right. Obituaries death notices newspaper obituaries online.
This track was the most prominent in the northeast circuit, citation needed and gave rise to notable drivers such as bugsy stevens, leo cleary, george savary, don mactavish, and pete hamilton. Movie celebrates bygone norwood arena racing days the. Peppa pig season 4 episode 32 georges racing car youtube. Click on the site to see george savary s career results at that track. Savary has championships at norwood, westboro, riverside park and also 3 pro 4 championships.
Click on the site to see george savarys career results at that track glossary. As a kid i used to walk two and a half miles just to hang out like a bump on a log at george savarys race car shop in needham, ma. Born in lafayette, indiana, george souders led the last 51 laps of the 1927 race after starting in 22nd position as a race rookie. Norwood, ma the recently held 10th annual norwood arenanew england dragway south reunions at bezema motors on us rt. The hall of fame class of 2010 included drivers geoff bodine, the late mike murphy, george savary, pete fiandaca and the late chuck arnold, car ownerbuilders billy simons, bob garbarino, vic miller and marty harty and contributors extraordinaire frank ferrara and the late archie blackadar.
After competing in various on and offroad motorcycle championships, he progressed to four wheels in 2007 since then george has raced in over 140 professional races around the world with an impressive cv of gt3, gt2, rx and various cup. Eventual season champ jamie tomaino tacked on another topten with his sixth place showing race data edit. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. George savary 1 and reino tulonen 732 george zezutek the bullfather, dec 12, 2008. The san francisco bay area and national scene midget race cars, hardtops, indy cars, fabrication of race cars, welltold racing stories. Besides stock car racing, norwood arena speedway featured midget and sports car racing, drag racing. Apr 20, 2011 george benson in driver s suit by the watsonoffy he drove at the march 1968 hanford 200mile champ car race. After excruciating rehab, kunzman fooled all the naysayers by coming back to racing, here in 1971 at duquoin. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover georges connections and jobs at similar companies. Oxford 200 winner as well as nascar busch north champion, joey kourafas of randolph, pro 4 modified and modified driver george savary of westwood. Leo cleary, ernie gahan, carl bugs stevens and mike mcclelland won enough races to fill many record books. It was also the minnesota state stock car champion whatever that means in 1966.
Barton was one of central iowas toughest to strap into to a race car. Rose lincoln for the boston globe savary, who also ran a rug business over the years, said he retired from racing in 2001. Shortly after his deployment, george purchased a 1970 chevelle, and over time it went from daily driver, to a street and drag race car. George richardson is a young professional sports car endurance racing driver. Please read this important information about our auto racing photograph selections. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. George robertson making of a race driver in a featured cover story in the february 1938 issue of popular mechanics page 178, george robertson, the winner of the 1908 vanderbilt cup race, wrote. He was a regular competitor and winner at my home track of seekonk. George peters george savary savary the bullfather, mar 25, 2010.
The car was a rocket and within a month a couple of other drivers had crosleys, one. Lloyd was the track photographer at many central pennsylvania race tracks in the 1960s and 1970s. George russell born 15 february 1998 is a british racing driver currently competing in formula one for the williams team. He started racing in 1998 in the modified class because his dad was a race car driver. Drivers meeting now lr don mccullough, george savary, car merrill director of racing at norwood arena and mike mcclelland talk things over. Georges home track is macon but he runs all over ill. Mike mclaughlin won his second straight race, holding off the mystic missle driver, satch worley. George was unstoppable in the vega wagon and in 1980, nascar outlawed the car. The race1990 winston 300 was a winston modified tour now whelen modified tour event held at trackthompson international speedway on september 9, 1990. Jun 12, 2019 after years of trying to win a modified race at stafford speedway, richard savary finally broke into the win column last august in the lincoln tech vmrs 80.
Apr 11, 2007 img img img dad bought his first 2jr in 1969 from the furslews. This afternoon at the larenaissance banquet hall in east windsor, mystics bob garbarino will be at center stage when he becomes one of eight members of the th class of inductees in the new england. The track hosted a variety of racing divisions during its 25year run. For thirty five years, barton had a second career in the sport of racing as car builder, car owner, racer and track promoter and track coowner. Frank gehling, 70, retired norwalk race car driver. George richardson is a young british professional endurance sports car racing driver. George then drove the mello yellow modified and in 1985, went pro 4 racing. Seems that danny douville, driver of the sargent servicecoastal 181 sprinter. From grand national stock car racing the other side of the fence. Oliver johnson, owner of the midgets benson drove from 196370 is just right of benson. George savary 1 and reino tulonen 732 george zezutek the.
A longtime driver in the united states automobile club silver crown series, snider is also a 22time starter of the indianapolis 500, the most starts without winning the race. After competing in various on and offroad motorcycle championships, he progressed to four wheels in 2007 since then george has raced in over 140 professional races around the world with an impressive. Richard savary looking to add another stafford speedway. The annual event drew the largest crowd ever of race drivers, race car owners, classic cars and race cars along with motorcycles as well as several collectible vendors. Richard savary, son of near hall of fame driver george savary. Herbert james russell 28 may 1920 30 march 2019, better known as jim russell, was an english racing driver, garage owner and founder of the jim russell racing driver school. Here in new england, seekonk speedway was running small block mods in the seventies on pavement. There are also track and national championship titles too. His best finish was eighth in the 1975 indianapolis 500. The only race driver to come out of tiny guttenberg, iowa, lee kunzman was on the way to a brilliant indy career when he suffered horrific thirddegree burns in a sprint car crash at i70 speedway.
Known primarily as a touring car and sports car driver, reynolds won class d of the 1962 armstrong 500 at phillip island, sharing a volkswagen with jim mckeown. Drivers meeting then drivers meeting now lr don mccullough, george savary, car merrill director of racing at norwood arena and mike mcclelland talk things over. The race 1990 winston 300 was a winston modified tour now whelen modified tour event held at trackthompson international speedway on september 9, 1990. Richard savary after years of trying to win a modified race at stafford speedway, richard savary finally broke into the win column last august in the lincoln tech vmrs 80. George has race for over 43 years, the last 16 were in the pro 4 cars. Roman says he will run the car a lot at national corvette museum racetrack very close to his house, and mentioned he intends to campaign the car in the most grueling race, the nasa. Norwood arena speedway was a 14mile oval race track in norwood, massachusetts that. Thats super rare to have owned a race car that long. My interview with george benson marchbanks speedway.
He also ran it as syracuse in the small block race and some early and late season. For similar names see the disambiguation page george reynolds george reynolds was an australian racing driver. The driver usually gets the majority of the accolades. George savary, a 1970 track champion, joins them at the norwood theatre. I have managed to compile a 2 inch thick pile of documentation for this car. This genuine vintage auto racing photo is from the lloyd king estate. Eventual season champ jamie tomaino tacked on another topten with his sixth place showing. George benson in drivers suit by the watsonoffy he drove at the march 1968 hanford 200mile champ car race. After competing in various on and offroad championships, he progressed to four wheels in 2007 in the ginetta championship. Apr 11, 2007 it was built in 1965 in jackson, mn and was track champion at jackson and fairmont in 66 and 67, driven by a guy name jack mccorkell, who was quite a sprint car driver in the midwest in the 70s and 80s.
They could have been the prototypes for the eyes clint eastwood created for his dirty harry and man with no name movie characters. Drivers with last names starting with s racingreference. Just finished george bensonthe racing years what a great book. Rose lincoln for the boston globe savary, who also ran a rug business over the years, said he. Riverhead, this shot is amazing george leblanc george leblanc the bullfather, mar 25, 2010.
George savery business sales consultant aussie broadband. Norwood arena speedway historic nascar stock car racing track. He died on 30 march 2019, shortly after undergoing an operation for a hip replacement. The career of reynolds, who was born on 8 may 1928, extended from the late 1950s into the late 1960s. He had a love for race car driving early on and began his racing career at age 16. His father was a blacksmith on south park avenue, and that was where george acquired many of his early mechanical abilities.
George savary, the 1970 track champion at the arena after accumulating the most points that year for his finishes, said that he raced cars on many tracks over 40 years but that norwood, where he. Originally raced in northern new england, restored in 2000s and raced in near and star since 2008. Known as a touring car and sports car driver, reynolds won class d of the 1962 armstrong 500 at phillip island, sharing a. George follmer the racers racer by dave arnold reprinted from the march april 2006 issue of vintage motorsports magazine download a pdf copy. During that time period, george worked managing a nearby truck stop. George reynolds 8 may 1928 march 2012 was an australian racing driver. He was the 2018 fia formula 2 champion for art and the 2017 gp3 series champion. George snider racing career profile driver database. My interview with george benson marchbanks speedwayhanford. Previous photos of the day page 1 coastal 181 weekday photos. Throughout the mid70s, rupert raced a camaro mainly at cecil county dragway. I also found out it ran a 324 olds engine back in the day.
Driver and winner of the new york to paris automobile race 1908 18731972 george schuster was born february 4, 1873 to german immigrants, casper schuster and his wife in buffalo, ny. Snider made many starts driving for his good friend a. George souders september 11, 1900 july 28, 1976 won the 1927 indianapolis 500. George summers recalls inaugural spring sizzler at stafford stafford springs, ctas stafford speedway gets ready to host its 40th annual carquest technet spring sizzler, we are taking a walk back in time with some of the drivers who were on hand for the very first sizzler in 1972. George had first his taste of motorsport at just nine years old, when he started motorcycle racing. For many years george barton was the owneroperator of the true value hardware store in ankeny. George robertson making of a race driver in a featured cover story in the february 1938 issue of popular mechanics page 178, george robertson, the winner of the 1908 vanderbilt cup race, wrote the rough road to glory. The 1995 skoal bandit copper world classic was a pickup truck race held on february 5, 1995 at the phoenix international raceway in avondale, arizona. George ziggy snider born december 8, 1940 in fresno, california is a retired american race car driver. Peppa pig is a british preschool animated television series created, directed and produced by astley baker davies, which originally aired on 31 may 2004. Peppa pig is a british preschool animated television series created, directed and produced by astley baker davies, which originally aired. Jul 10, 2016 frank gehling, 70, retired norwalk race car driver. View george saverys profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community.
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