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oldtimeracer

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Re: Calling all old timers... I need help identifying this track.
« Reply #15 on: November 21, 2012, 09:00:18 AM »
I would suggest checking with Ron Narducci. He supposedly won the 1st feature @ Weedsport. When I started goign to Weedsport in early '60s, the announcers tower is where it is now.
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Re: Calling all old timers... I need help identifying this track.
« Reply #16 on: November 21, 2012, 11:19:23 AM »
This is from the Syracuse Post Standard July 10, 1955



DIRT Program 1980 #1



That is odd. The 1954 aerial shot does show a track already there.
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Half Fast Bob

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Re: Calling all old timers... I need help identifying this track.
« Reply #17 on: November 21, 2012, 02:31:08 PM »
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I did some research and discovered there is a file labeling error with that particular paper on the site.

Wow. I did pull that ad from Fulton, but a filing error is something I never considered. I have found several discrepancies in my research, and I normally double check them by reading the printed date on the newspaper itself. Apparently I didn't do that with this one.

"Good catch," he said, embarrassingly.  :-[
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Re: Calling all old timers... I need help identifying this track.
« Reply #18 on: November 21, 2012, 06:25:39 PM »
What an incredible tangent this thread took...wow. Thanks Bigfeet13. I have been scouring threads for stuff regarding the Southern Tier and in those "travels" I had yet to see pics of John Ody...cool stuff! Also a great article on Ronnie Narducci. As the article stated he got his start at South Seneca... er Ovid Speedway...Awesome!!!
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Re: Calling all old timers... I need help identifying this track.
« Reply #19 on: November 21, 2012, 07:58:08 PM »
Quote from: blackjackracing on November 21, 2012, 06:25:39 PM
What an incredible tangent this thread took...wow. Thanks Bigfeet13. I have been scouring threads for stuff regarding the Southern Tier and in those "travels" I had yet to see pics of John Ody...cool stuff! Also a great article on Ronnie Narducci. As the article stated he got his start at South Seneca... er Ovid Speedway...Awesome!!!
Not a problem. A lot of the southern tier, and northern pa. guys used to come up and run Weedsport and RW. I have a ton of racing programs, and quite a few have driver profiles of some of those guys. Chuck Akulis, Mike Colsten, Pete Cordes, Frank Mears, etc. When I get some time I can scan them and post in the southern tier thread, if it's something you could use.

Yeah, sorry Bob for hijacking the thread.
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Re: Calling all old timers... I need help identifying this track.
« Reply #20 on: November 21, 2012, 11:09:29 PM »
No complaints about hijacking here. This is all educational stuff and there is a decent amount of interest in it, based on the views it gets.
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