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[Jim Thurman]

Prompted by fines' thread detailing errata and addendum to the Popely and Wallen books, and other issues I will cover in the following paragraph, I ask if anyone here is interested in my posting errata and addendum to the Greg Fielden/Peter Golenbock titles "Stock Car Racing Encyclopedia" and it's revision, "NASCAR Encyclopedia".

I did a tremendous amount of research for inclusion in subsequent revisions. However, Mr. Fielden suffered some serious health issues and after being in contact with both he and Mr. Golenbock, it appears there may not be a third edition, which leaves my data somewhat orphaned.

The info is primarily birth and death dates and corrected hometowns and drivers names, but there are a few items in other areas as well.

Does anyone here have either of these books?

Any interest?

[Bjorn Kjer]

Hi Jim , I have the NASCAR encyclopadia as well as the "40 years " 1,2,3 & 4.
I would certainly be interested !

[fines]

My advise, Jim: just do, it will be mostly for your own pleasure anyway!;) At some point you'll find out that nobody reads them anymore, and then you'll stop...

[ensign14]

I have the first edition & most of the Fielden NASCAR books...

[Jim Thurman]

Originally posted by fines
My advise, Jim: just do, it will be mostly for your own pleasure anyway!;) At some point you'll find out that nobody reads them anymore, and then you'll stop...

I read your threads Michael, even though I don't have the Wallen books.

It's not so much for my pleasure, but somewhere to post the "orphaned" research.

I brought this up at a busy time for me, but thanks to Bjorn and ensign14 (and hopefully others too) I will begin posting ASAP.

It's a matter of combining my files (since I sent info to different people at different times) and then posting.

[Bjorn Kjer]

Thanks for not dropping the idea Jim , shall look forward to it , take your time !

[Jim Thurman]

Another reason for this is the fact that had I not suffered a protracted illness in 2003, this material would have made it into the NASCAR Encyclopedia. Here are the 'A' updates and corrections - updates/addendum in black, errata/corrections in red (I've had to modify it for TNF from it's original format, which mirrored the layout of the Encyclopedia) :


Paul Aars (Paul Charles Aars)
B: June 4 – 1934 / D: January 23 - 2002

Weldon Adams
B: August 27 - 1928

Blair Aiken (Blair J. Aiken)

Romie Alderman (Romie Eugene Alderman)
B: March 26 – 1937 / D: March 3 - 2006
Racing Hometown: Las Vegas, NV

Bill Amick (William D. Amick)
D: July 15 - 1995

Axel Anderson (Axel M. Anderson)
B: July 21 - 1922

Nelson Applegate
B: December 8 - 1925 / D: February 1979

Reggie Ausmus (Reginald Eugene Ausmus)  correction (Reginald Lowell Ausmus)

B: August 19 - 1931 / D: September 23 - 1990   D: July 18, 2004

Edited by Jim Thurman, 08 June 2020 - 18:39.

[Jim Thurman]

Bill Baker (William Edwin Baker)
D: August 12 - 1978
heart attack while practicing for WGN race @ Sears Point

Ivan Baldwin
D: September 22 - 1996
highway accident in North Carolina

Rick Baldwin (Richard A. Baldwin)

Claude Ballot - Lena
B: August 4 - 1936 / D: November 29 - 1999

Curley Barker
Racing Hometown: Tillamook, Oregon

Jerry Barnett (Gerald Thomas Barnett)

Chester Barron
B: September 27 - 1926 / D: April 1986

Mike Batinich (Marko Peter Batinich)
B: November 16 – 1925 / D: May 25 - 1999

Randy Becker (Randy Reed Becker)

George Behlman (Herman George Behlman)

Leo Beiethaupt - see Leo Breithaupt

Russell Bennett
D: August 27 - 1996

Don Biederman
D: May 31 - 1999

Fred Bince
D: November 16 - 2001

Art Binkley
D: February 3 - 2007

Bunkie Blackburn
B: April 24 – 1936 / D: February 28 - 2006

Sonny Black
B: May 2 - 1926

Fred Boggs
B: August 19 - 1920 / D: July 18 - 1996

Crash Bond
B: February 01 - 1933 / D: January 31 - 2004

Ernie Boost (Ernest K. Boost)
B: October 12 – 1928 / D: July 11 - 1990

Smokey Boutwell (Nathan C. Boutwell)
B: September 6 - 1931 / D: September 28 - 1993

Jim Boyd (James O. Boyd)
D: October 22 - 2006

Buddie Boys
Racing Hometown: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Trevor Boys
Racing Hometown: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Lonnie Bragg
B: November 14 - 1921 / D: January 1988

Al Brand (Clarence Alan Brand)
B: June 15 - 1931

Leo Breithaupt (was listed as Beitehaupt)

Bobby Brewer
D: June 24 - 1990

Kenneth Bridge (Kenneth R. Bridge)
B: October 4 - 1929 / D: September 4 - 1992

Ed Brown (Edwin Oren Brown)
D: June 25 - 2000

Merritt Brown (L. Merritt Brown)
B: April 11 - 1924 D: April 6 - 2001

Laird Bruner
B: May 26 - 1921 / D: March 1980

Herschel Buchanan
B: June 5 - 1907

Marvin Burke
B: March 15 - 1918 / D: February 23 - 1994

[Jim Thurman]

Scotty Cain (Scott Hunter Cain)
D: December 2 - 1994

Leo Caldwell (Leo E. Caldwell)
B: September 5 - 1926 / D: November 8 - 1996

Wally Campbell
D: July 15 - 1954

Bill Cantrell (Willard Leo Cantrell)
B: December 6 - 1914 / D: February 6 - 1986

Carl Cardey (Carl P. Cardey) was Carday in Stock Car Encyclopedia, left out of revision!
B: April 16 - 1933
Racing Hometown: Riverside, CA

Harold Carmac (Harold Monroe Carmac)
B: February 25 - 1932 / D: August 22 - 2001

Dick Carter
B: August 17 - 1934

Bill Champion (William L. Champion)

Bill Cheesbourg (William B. Cheesbourg)

Mike Chase (Alvin Michael Chase)

Tom Cherry (Thomas M. Cherry)
B:October 15 - 1911 / D: July 6 - 1990

Bill Chevalier
B: February 15 - 1922 / D: September 26 - 2001

Chauncey Crist (Chauncey Hugh Crist)
B: March 8 – 1916 / D: January 10 - 1998

Bill Cintia (William B. Cintia)
B: July 31 - 1923 / D: October 1 - 1997

Buck Clardy (James Parker Clardy)
B: June 22 - 1925 / D: December 31 - 2003

Ray Clark (Raymond Clark)
B: January 22 - 1922 / D: August 24 – 1958
died in CRA Sprint Car race @ Ferndale, CA fairgrounds

Sherman Clark (Sherman Curtis Clark)
Racing Hometown: Yuba City, California
B: November 15 - 1920 / D: December 2 - 2005

June Cleveland (Glen H. Cleveland)
B: May 16 - 1921

Gene Cline (James E. Cline)
B: May 30 - 1930 / D: August 25 - 1999

Richard Clothier (Richard M. Clothier)
B: December 3 - 1924 / D: September 15 - 1999

Byron Clouse (Byron L. Clouse)
B: December 28 - 1930 / D: December 28 - 1975

Hal Cole
B: November 20 - 1912 / D: November 12 - 1970

Gene Comstock (Eugene Comstock)
B: February 21 – 1910 / D: February 1981

Jim Cook (James Preston Cook)
B: October 2 - 1921 / D: November 29 - 1983
murdered

Bobby Courtwright (Robert D. Courtwright)
D: September 7 - 1988

Johnny Coy (Real Name: John Barbaro)
B: March 29 – 1925 / D: October 28 - 2006

Lamar Crabtree
B: July 28 - 1929 / D: October 12 - 2004

Herb Crawford (Alvin Herbert Crawford)
B: March 15 - 1928 / D: May 13 - 1990

Jim Cushman (James F. Cushman)
B: April 24 – 1929 / D: October 21 - 2001

[HistoricMustang]

Originally posted by Jim Thurman

Weldon Adams
B: August 27 - 1928

Mr. Adams is buried just a few miles from my home and even closer to his "home" track.





His name in granite on on a street next to the former Augusta International Speedway.

Henry

[HistoricMustang]

Originally posted by Jim Thurman

Don Biederman
D: May 31 - 1999

Also:

http://www.oscaar.ca...hf-inductee.htm

Henry

[Jim Thurman]

Now on to the letters D and E...

Chuck Daigh (Charles G. Daigh)
B: November 29 - 1923

George Davis
B: May 29 - 1938 / D: March 15 - 2005

O.A. Dean
B: August 5 – 1917 / D: September 23 - 1989

Frank Deiny (Frank Deiny)
B: June 24 - 1936 / D: November 4 - 1986

Matt DeMatthews
B: July 2 - 1923 / D: September 3 - 2004

Jim Derhaag
B: December 17 - 1950

Ed DeWolff
B: July 12 - 1922 / D: June 1979

Clarence DeZalia
D: December 1980

Ernie Dietzman (Ernest Dietzman)
B: March 24 - 1918 / D: June 1964

Ranny Dodd

Johnny Dodson
D: April 25 - 2004

Paul Dorrity (Paul Glen Dorrity)

Eldon Dotson (Eldon L. Dotson)
B: April 13 - 1945 / D: November 9 - 1997

Fred Dove
B: September 7 - 1927 / D: January 5 - 1990

Ray Duhigg
B: January 16 - 1930

Dan Eames
B: April 16 - 1918

Sonny Easley (Lynwood Lacey Easley)
B: June 5 - 1939 / D: January 15 - 1978
practice for Late Model Sportsman - Modified race

Bob Eichor (Robert A. Eichor)
B: September 8 – 1927 / D: November 6 - 1990

Vallie Engelauf (Vallie Lee Engelauf)
B: July 15 - 1926 / D: May 10 - 2000

Bob England (Robert Jackson England)
B: January 29 - 1935 / D: December 12 - 1985

Erick Erickson
incorrectly listed as deceased at time of publication

Ray Erickson
B: April 15 - 1918 / D: November 28 - 2002

Wimpy Ervin
B: December 24 - 1917 / D: February 1987

Larry Esau (Larry George Esau)
B: August 5 - 1947

Ron Esau (Ronald Richard Esau)

Herbert Estes
B: February 2 - 1930

[Jim Thurman]

F and G...

Len Fanelli
B: July 1 - 1912 / D: July 1981

Bubba Farr
B: March 2 - 1921 / D: May 1985

Lew Fattman (Lewis Fattman)
B: November 8 - 1908 / D: February 1982

Paul Feldner
B: February 14 - 1935 / D: August 16 - 2002

Wayne Fielden (Wayne E. Fielden)
B: September 24 - 1928 / D: August 16 - 1996

Eddie Flemke
B: August 27 - 1930

Walt Flinchum (Walter L. Flinchum)
B: December 27 - 1921 / D: December 3 - 1991

Fonty Flock
B: March 21 - 1920

Jimmy Florian
B: September 25 - 1923 / D: February 14 - 1999

Earl Foushee (W. Earl Foushee)
B: June 21 - 1927 / D: February 3 - 1989

Leon Fox (Leon C. Fox)
B: December 17 - 1937 / D: August 21 - 2002

Stan Fox
B: July 7 - 1952 / D: December 18 - 2000
highway accident in New Zealand

Bob Francy (Robert E. Francy)
B: July 27 - 1930 / D: January 6 - 1998

Lemoine Frey

Ted Fritz (Theodore Franklin Fritz)

Steve Froines (Stephen William Froines)
B: August 22 - 1932

Dudley Froy
B: September 14 - 1904 / D: September 1986

Niles Gage
B: November 23 - 1935 / D: January 6 - 2001

Tommy Gale
B: September 10 - 1934 / D: September 30 - 1999

Frank Gardner
B: October 1 - 1930

Arnold Gardner (Arnold I. Gardner)

Walson Gardner
B: August 21 - 1932 / D: April 1984

Nick Garin
B: December 13 - 1914 / D: August 1990

Ron Gautsche (Rolland Gene Gautsche)
B: July 6 - 1935

Bill Gazaway
B: February 16 – 1930 / D: June 29 - 2006

Whitey Gerken
B: May 28 - 1930

Tubby Gonzales
B: October 21 - 1919 / D: August 17 - 1989

Junie Gough (Cecil P. Gough)
B: April 19 - 1925 / D: February 15 - 1997

Harry Goularte (Harry E. Goularte)

Coleman Grant (Coleman Leander Grant)
B: June 17 – 1924 / D: March 23 - 1997

Eddie Gray (Edward L. Gray)
B: February 4 - 1920 / D: October 25 - 1969

Buzz Gregory (Stephen Michael Gregory)
B: June 16 - 1943 / D: September 10 - 1993

Allan Grice
B: October 21 - 1942

Jerry Griffin
Racing Hometown: Escondido, CA

Charley Griffith (Charles E. Griffith)
B: September 4 - 1929 / D: November 22 - 1999

Bob Grossman (Robert M. Grossman)
B: December 10 - 1922 / D: May 20 - 2002

Tom Guffy
Racing Hometown: Pomona, CA

Dick Guldstrand (Richard Herman Guldstrand)
B: December 1 - 1927

John Gunn
B: July 25 - 1939
Racing Hometown: Miami, FL

[szautke]

FYI - William 'Whitey' Gerken was killed at Illiana Speedway (Schererville, IN USA) on October 8, 1973.

[Jim Thurman]

Originally posted by szautke
FYI - William 'Whitey' Gerken was killed at Illiana Speedway (Schererville, IN USA) on October 8, 1973.

Steve, thanks for reading and for the input. I didn't add that because that info was listed correctly in the Encyclopedia. The spelling of his name, however, was not.

[Jim Thurman]

H, I, J errata/addendum...

Ed Hale (Edwin Hale)
B: March 12 - 1938 / D: September 27 - 2005

Roy Hall (Roy R. Hall)
B: January 30 - 1920

Dick Hallock
B: August 14 - 1925 / D: October 9 - 1995

Keith Hamner
B: April 30 - 1923 / D: August 17 - 2002

Rock Harn (Otis E. Harn)
B: December 17 – 1923 / D: March 6 – 2001

Leon Harrell (Leon C. Harrell)
B: September 21 - 1921 / D: August 26 - 1994

Ferrel Harris
D: May 7 - 2000

Runt Harris (Geather W. Harris)
B: June 4 - 1927 / D: June 30 - 1990

Billie Harvey (William J. Harvey)
B: February 2 - 1950 / D: September 13 - 2007

Bob Havemann (Robert Keith Havemann)
B: May 18 - 1930 / D: July 27 - 2005

Allen Heath (Allen Fred Heath)
B: January 3 or 5 - 1918 / D: March 6 - 1981

Rick Henderson (Arthur R. Henderson)
B: September 10 - 1931 / D: February 8 - 2001

Ed Hessert (Edmund Hessert)
B: June 25 - 1930 / D: November 1978

Bud Hickey
Racing Hometown: St. Helens, OR

Dave Hirschfield
B: July 5 – 1930 / D: January 30 - 2006

Irv Hoerr
B: November 14 - 1946

Bob Hogle
B: November 24 - 1932
still living - did not die @ Ascot

Armond Holley (Armond E. Holley)
B: June 2 - 1934 / D: July 13 - 2005

Elgin Holmes (Elgin Herring Holmes)
B: September 6 - 1923 / D: July 9 - 1983
Racing Hometown: Lancaster, CA

Ron Hornaday Sr. (Ronald Lee Hornaday)
B: January 13 - 1931

Pappy Hough
B: November 22 - 1903

Zane Howell (Zane R. Howell)
B: June 29 - 1922 / D: April 12 - 2002

Angie Howerton (Angelo Howerton)

Skip Hudson (Ronald Eugene Hudson)
B: July 21 – 1930 / D: June 27 - 1998

Lloyd Hulette (Lloyd J. Hulette)
B: September 15 - 1925 / D: February 6 - 1999

Fred Hunt (Thomas F. Hunt)
B: February 10 - 1926 / D: April 14 - 2000

Bob Hurt
B: August 20 - 1939 / D: September 23 - 2000

Dick Hutcherson
D: November 6 - 2005

Sonny Hutchins
D: November 21 - 2005

Ernie Irvan Virgil E. Irvan

Bruce Jacobi Harold Jacobi

Lawrence Jacquelin
B: July 13 - 1923 / D: November 25 - 1992

Ray Janelle (Raymond J. Janelle)
B: July 16 - 1918 / D: May 13 - 2005

Don Johns
died in IMCA Sprint Car race @ St. Paul, MN

Dick Johnson (Richard Myron Johnson)
B: January 9 - 1928 / D: December 14 - 1997
Hometown: Elverta, CA

Dick Johnson
B: April 26 - 1945
Hometown: Brisbane, Australia

Joe Lee Johnson
D: May 26 - 2005

Ray Johnstone
Racing Hometown: San Bernardino, CA

Carl Joiner (Carl Imes Joiner)
B: December 5 - 1924 / D: March 16 - 2000

Stewart Joyce
B: September 16 - 1917 / D: January 1981

[Jim Thurman]

K, L, M...

Brent Kaeding (Brent H. Kaeding)
B: September 5 - 1957
Racing Hometown: Campbell, CA

Bob Kauf
D: January 24 - 1999

Hoss Kagle (Ralph W. Kagle)
B: September 3 - 1928 / D: December 5 - 2000

Iggy Katona (Egnatius James Katona)
B: August 16 - 1916 / D: December 4 - 2003

Ray Kelly (Raymond Russell Kelly)

Gary Kershaw
Racing Hometown: Victoria, B.C., Canada

Bob Keselowski
Racing Hometown: Rochester Hills, MI

Pat Kirkwood
B: December 22 - 1927 / D: February 9 - 2001

Mike Klapak (Michael Klapak)
B: March 8 – 1913 / D: March 13 - 1997

Rick Knoop (Frederick William Knoop)

Bud Koehler (Robert A. Koehler)
B: February 15 - 1921 / D: April 21 - 2003

Buddy Krebs (Charles R. Krebs)
B: March 13 – 1931 / D: January 14 - 2006

John Krebs (John Arthur Krebs)

Ed Kretz (Edward L. Kretz)
B: September 24 - 1911 / D: January 30 - 1996
Racing Hometown: Monterey Park, CA

Ben Lalomia (Benjamin T. Lalomia)
D: May 12 - 1999

Art Lamey
B: May 22 - 1922

Elmo Langley
B: August 21 - 1928

Jack Lawrence (John D. Lawrence) - also see Johnny Wynn
B: October 14 - 1931 / D: October 3 - 2006

Thomas Lechlider
B: December 31 - 1916 / D: December 1997

Eddie Lenz
B: May 3 - 1916 / D: May 1979

Frank Lies (Frank John Lies)
B: November 19 - 1926 / D: November 8 - 2006

Chuck Little
still living, incorrectly listed as deceased

Jimmy Longo (James J. Longo)
B: April 4 - 1919 / D: November 3 - 1994

Al Loquasto (A.J. Loquasto)
B: June 21 - 1940

Dave Lundman
B: September 27 - 1928 / D: November 1980

Frank Luptow (Real Last Name: Lueptow)
B: November 20 - 1905

Mike Magill (Charles E. Magill)
D: August 31 - 2006

George Mantooth
D: April 9 - 1995

Johnny Mantz (John R. Mantz)
highway crash near Ojai, CA

Coo Coo Marlin
D: August 14 - 2005

Ken Marriott (Kenneth A. Marriott)
B: November 11 - 1919 / D: October 15 - 1998

Pee Wee Martin
D: January 18 - 1991

Gary Mathieson (Gary B. Mathieson)

B: December 06 - 1930 / D: May 30 - 1999

Lyle Matlock
B: December 24 - 1933

Gary Mayeda (Gary Mayeda)
B: January 9 - 1954

Roy Mayne
B: May 16 - 1935 / D: January 5 - 1998

Roger McCluskey
B: August 24 - 1928

Jack McCoy
Racing Hometown: Modesto, CA

Mike McGreevy

John McVitty
B: December 26 - 1926

John Meggers
B: December 8 - 1928 / D: September 1966

Milan Micka

Kirby Miller (Kirby H. Miller)
B: August 22 - 1926 / D: February 26 - 2003

Nels Miller
Racing Hometown: Culver City, CA

Pat Mintey (Patrick Norman Mintey)

Ralph Moody
D: June 4 - 2004

Tommy Moon (Thomas F. Moon)
B: April 16 - 1925 / D: March 20 - 2003

Harold Morese - see Harold Morse

Wes Morgan
B: November 24 - 1922 / D: November 28 - 1994

Buckshot Morris (Riley Morris)
B: September 18 - 1912 / D: September 1973

Harold Morse (Harold Elwood Morse) *incorrectly listed as Morese
B: October 16 - 1917

Earl Mosbach
B: March 17 - 1925 / D: January 29 - 2005

Elmer Musclow
B: October 8 - 1924 / D: March 29 - 2005

[Jim Thurman]

N, O, P...

Brian Naylor
B: March 24 - 1923 / D: August 8 - 1989

Archie Nepstad
B: August 19 - 1931 / B: August 1984

Homer Newland
B: February 17 - 1930 / D: July 4 - 1997

Wayne Niedecken (Dewey Wayne Niedecken)
B: April 28 - 1931

Don Noel
Racing Hometown: Arleta, CA

Brad Noffsinger (Bradford A. Noffsinger)

Ed Normi (John Edmund Normi)
B: June 27 - 1918 / D: February 28 - 1993

Jerry Oliver (Gerald D. Oliver)
B: January 18 - 1944 / D: January 1 - 2004

Red Ortwein (Myron Keith Ortwein)
B: January 22 - 1925 / D: June 14 - 1982

Gib Orr (Gilbert Orr)
B: December 13 – 1918 / D: March 1976

Sammy Packard (Samuel J. Packard)
B: October 4 - 1919 / D: March 23 - 2003

Clyde Palmer (Clyde Wayne Palmer)
B: November 13 - 1923 / D: November 5 - 2005

Norm Palmer (Norman Roy Palmer)
B: May 30 - 1940 / D: July 3 - 1986
*please see post 24 in this thread for more details

Wendell Parnell (Wendell S. Parnell)
B: November 24 - 1939 / D: September 25 - 2001
Racing Hometown: Highland, CA

Ellis Pearce
B: October 3 - 1915 / D: March 1972

Buck Peralta (Raymond Wilfred Peralta)
B: November 14 - 1934

Dale Perry
Racing Hometown: Riverside, CA

Terry Petris (Terry J. Petris)
B: June 28 - 1961

Gene Petro (Eugene Elden Petro)
B: June 27 - 1935 / D: August 12 - 2001

Howard Phillippi (Howard H. Phillippi)
B: July 21 - 1919 / D: December 16 - 1998

Larry Phillips
D: September 21 - 2004

Wilbur Pickett
B: January 3 – 1930 / D: October 1974

Blackie Pitt (William H. Pitt)
B: March 18 - 1925 / D: March 28 - 1992

Chuck Pittenger
B: September 16 - 1944
Racing Hometown: Northridge, CA

Marvin Porter
B: April 3 - 1924 / D: November 4 - 2002

Bill Pratt
Racing Hometown: Fontana, CA

Chuck Prickett (Charles William Prickett)
B: December 30 - 1927

Clyde Prickett (Clyde Arthur Prickett)
B: October 3 - 1932

Talmadge Prince
B: February 16 - 1938

Clem Proctor (Clemit Newton Proctor)
B: October 16 - 1928 / D: November 15 - 1994
Racing Hometown: Paramount, CA

Oren Prosser (Oren Huntley Prosser)
B: September 1 - 1940

[Jim Thurman]

R...

Francis Radaker
B: September 23 - 1925 / D: May 1963

Ansel Rakestraw (Ansel John Rakestraw)
B: July 26 - 1927 / D: August 14 - 2004

Ken Rauch
B: August 21 - 1923 / D: January 1987

Lee Reitzel (Larston Reitzel)
B: September 14 - 1931

Willy T. Ribbs (William Theodore Ribbs)
B: January 3 - 1955

L.C. Rigsby
B: June 30 - 1925 / D: July 30 - 2003

Jim Robinson (James Richard Robinson)
B: January 28 - 1946 / D: December 28 - 1995

Pedro Rodriguez
Interserie sports car race @ Nurnberg, Germany

Jerry Roedell (Gerald H. Roedell)
B: December 29 - 1929 / D: April 23 - 1995

Don Rogala
B: November 22 - 1916 / D: June 1987

Shorty Rollins
B: April 3 – 1929 / D: December 28 - 1998

Jim Romine (James E. Romine)
B: April 28 - 1923 / D: February 28 - 2005

Dean Roper (Carol D. Roper)
D: August 19 - 2001
heart attack in ARCA race @ Springfield, IL

Jim Roper (Christian D. Roper)
B: August 13 – 1916 / D: June 23 - 2000

Sam Rose
Racing Hometown: San Bernardino, CA

John Rostek (John E. Rostek)
B: November 12 - 1925 / D: December 29 - 1969 plane crash @ Vermillion, SD

Jack Rounds (Jack D. Rounds)
B: December 2 - 1930 / D: May 21 - 1998

Bob Ruppert (Robert Roy Ruppert)
B: August 20 - 1926 / D: November 10 - 1996

Ermon Rush (Ermon A. Rush)
B: June 10 - 1926 D: February 9 - 2007

[Jim Thurman]

S...

Buckie Sager (John J. Sager)
B: September 27 – 1924 / D: October 15 - 2006

Bob Said
B: May 5 - 1932 / D: March 24 - 2002

Ed Samples (Charles E. Samples)
B: January 31 - 1921 / D: June 10 - 1991

Marshall Sargent
B: June 25 - 1931 / D: October 19 - 1990
heart attack while fishing in Mexico

Tony Saylor - see Tony Suligoy

Harry Schilling (Harry William Schilling)
B: September 27 - 1940 / D: December 3 - 2007
Racing Hometown: Isleton, CA

Volney Schulze (Volney E. Schulze)
B: August 30 - 1929 / D: March 4 - 2003

Billy Scott
Racing Hometown: San Bernardino, CA

Arley Scranton (Arley M. Scranton)
B: June 22 - 1924 / D: September 4 - 1992

Rick Scribner (Richard Lee Scribner)

George Seeger (George S. Seeger)
B: September 10 - 1918 / D: May 5 - 1977

Frank Sessoms (Franklin Marvin Sessoms)
D: February 2 - 2007

Ned Setzer
B: June 11 - 1934

Graham Shaw (James G. Shaw)
B: July 8 - 1937 / D: September 30 - 1997

Ralph Sheeler
B: November 10 - 1910 / D: February 1983

Chuck Shove (Charles E. Shove)
B: June 28 - 1927 / D: March 30 - 2003

Dick Shuebruk
B: October 15 - 1907 / D: September 1983

Larry Shurter (Lawrence V. Shurter)
B: September 27 - 1917 / D: May 20 - 2005

Jim Sills (James V. Sills)
B: March 31 - 1926 / D: September 6 - 1956

Don Simkins (Donald Simkins)
B: February 15 - 1947

Wimpy Sipple (Elwin D. Sipple)
B: September 06 - 1920 / D: May 28 - 2003

Eddie Skinner
Hometown: Yerington, NV

Joe Skovron
B: August 4 - 1910 / B: March 16 - 1998

Robert Slensby (Robert Carroll Slensby)
B: December 21 – 1930 / D: November 7 - 2006

Louise Smith (Louise D. Smith)
D: April 15 - 2006

R.K. Smith
B: October 16 - 1937

Roy Smith
D: February 26 - 2004
drowned in commercial fishing boat sinking

Richard Spittle (Richard Marcus Spittle)
B: October 2 - 1922 / D: February 1 - 2003

Mark Stahl (Mark Edward Stahl)

Bob Stanclift (Robert L. Stanclift)
B: June 15 - 1921

Fred Steinbroner (Frederick James Steinbroner)
B: February 13 - 1926

Nero Steptoe
B: April 8 - 1921 / D: June 1985

Glen Steurer (Glen Randall Steurer)
B: June 3 - 1955

Chuck Stevenson
D: August 21 - 1995

Chuck Stimus
B: March 10 - 1910 / D: October 1982

Rolf Stommelen
IMSA race @ Riverside

Bub Strickler (Earl H. Strickler)
D: January 13 - 2005

Don Stumpf (Frank D. Stumpf)
B: August 16 - 1927 / D: December 11 - 1991

John Sudderth
B: July 6 - 1929 / D: November 1975

Tony Suligoy (Anthony Suligoy) raced as 'Tony Saylor'
B: June 13 - 1918 / D: October 15 - 2007

Len Sutton (Lenard Dale Sutton)
D: December 4 - 2006

Lem Svajian (Lemuel Svajian)
B: November 20 - 1916 / D: October 16 - 1987

Nolan Swift
B: January 31 - 1923 / D: March 27 - 2004

[ensign14]

Just shows how much we need pioneers to get the groundwork done, and then builders to get it right...

[Jim Thurman]

Originally posted by ensign14


Just shows how much we need pioneers to get the groundwork done, and then builders to get it right...

Thank you ensign14. I appreciate the kind comments.

[Jim Thurman]

And finishing up the drivers with T through Z...

G.T. Tallas (George Thalassinos Tallas)
B: January 31 - 1944

Gene Tapia (Eugene H. Tapia)
B: March 16 - 1925 / D: April 12 - 2005

Robert Tartaglia (Robert D. Tartaglia)

Al Tasnady (Alex A. Tasnady)
B: March 4 - 1930 / D: December 3 - 1988

Marshall Teague
B: February 22 - 1921

Ash Tharrett (Ashton Tharrett)
B: September 30 - 1925 / D: June 1981

Jim Thirkettle (James Edward Thirkettle)

Chet Thomson (Chester J. Thomson)
B: February 2 - 1920 / D: November 4 - 1965

Jimmy Thompson
B: February 21 - 1924

Tommy Thompson
B: April 22 - 1922 / D: August 4 - 1996

Gene Thonesen Gene Ray Thonesen
D: July 30 - 1993
Racing Hometown: Reedley, CA

Cliff Timberman (Clifford Leroy Timberman)
B: April 24 - 1933 / D: April 10 - 2005

Warren Tope (Harry Tope)
killed in practice for SCCA street race @ Pontiac, MI

Pete Toth
B: July 3 - 1927 / D: April 1966

Ward Towers (Ward B. Towers)
B: July 30 - 1934 / D: July 13 - 1995

Bill Tuten (William C. Tuten)
B: October 7 - 1925 / D: July 23 - 2002

Carl Tyler (Carl A. Tyler)
B: September 11 - 1927

Roy Tyner
B: January 3 - 1934

Keith Van Houten (Keith A. Van Houten)
B: June 17 - 1964
Racing Hometown: Merced, CA

Van Van Wey
B: July 9 - 1924 / D: July 14 - 1991

Don Vershure
B: April 19 - 1923 / D: December 1981

Eli Vukovich
B: May 25 - 1916 / D: August 23 - 2001

Kenneth Wagner
B: September 19 - 1917 / D: March 1981

Guy Waller (Guy F. Waller)
B: February 9 - 1920 / D: November 14 - 1988

Rodger Ward
D: July 5 - 2004

Ken Warmington
B: June 8 - 1919 / D: October 1975

Gayle Warren
B: October 19 - 1922 / D: September 1968

Art Watts
B: November 25 - 1917 / D: March 19 – 1967
heart attack after hot lapping borrowed car @ Portland Speedway

Bobby Wawak
D: April 17 - 2004

Ewell Weddle
B: June 12 - 1916 / D: February 8 - 2005

Charles Weidler (Charles H. Weidler)
B: February 2 – 1916 / D: March 29 - 1999

Ed Westveer (Edward J. Westveer)
B: September 18 - 1924 / D: February 3 - 2003

Dave Whitcomb (David A. Whitcomb)
B: August 26 - 1931 / D: November 1- 2004

Gene White (Charles White)

Bill Widenhouse (W.M. Widenhouse)
B: June 17 - 1929 / D: June 29 - 1995

Carl Wilkerson
B: June 7 - 1919 / D: July 1983

Tim Williamson (Timothy Lee Williamson)

Felix Wilkes (Felix M. Wilkes)
B: May 23 - 1915 / D: March 18 - 2000

Andy Winfree (Andrew C. Winfree)
B: May 21 - 1929 / D: May 5 - 1994

Dorus Wisecarver (Dorus Seymour Wisecarver)
B: August 26 - 1931 / D: September 30 - 2007

Woodie Wilson (William W. Wilson)
D: September 13 - 1995

Roland Wlodyka
Racing Hometown: Sunnyvale, CA

Gifford Wood (Gifford M. Wood)
B: February 8 - 1924 / D: August 26 - 2001

Rich Woodland Jr. (Richard J. Woodland)

Wayne Woodward
B: August 26 - 1934 / D: October 4 - 1994

Johnny Wynn (Real Name: John D. “Jack” Lawrence)
B: October 14 – 1931 / D: October 3 - 2006

Doug Yates
D: March 7 - 1996

Smokey Yunick (Henry Yunick)
B: May 25 - 1923 / D: May 9 - 2001

Emanuel Zervakis (Emanuel T. Zervakis)
B: January 23 - 1930 / D: June 25 – 2003

Jack Zink (John Smith Zink)
B: October 17 - 1928 / D: February 5 – 2005

[Jim Thurman]

Re: Norm Palmer

The Encyclopedia lists Norm Palmer as "Killed in late 1980s. Drove off cliff, then struck by Mack truck after climbing to safety."

I always wondered a bit about this one. In checking the Social Security Death Index, I noticed Norm Palmer was living in the same city as I am (!). So, I wrote downthe date and went to the local library and checked the microfilm of the local newspaper. There was an article on the incident. According to the California Highway Patrol, a truck driver contacted them after he believed he ran over someone on California State Highway 14 near Mojave. Palmer was driving along a two lane desert road late at night. Coming to a T intersection with Highway 14, for some unknown reason, Palmer's car shot through the intersection and crashed down an embankment (hardly a cliff). Apparently badly injured, investigators figured Palmer crawled to the highway, where he was laying on the roadway. Then the sem-truck came along and ran over him. The truck driver said he thought at first it was a bundle of clothing.

That junction is about 30 miles from me and it isn't well lit even now. I have no idea what it looked like in 1986.

So, a strange incident nevertheless, but not exactly as listed.

[Jim Thurman]

One other item, this in the Owners section. In contacting driver Carl Cardey (whose name was misspelled in the first edition and who was left out of the second edition), he told me that he did not drive for owner Bill Clinton.

This many years later, he wasn't sure who he drove for, but knew it definitely wasn't Bill Clinton. I can see where the confusion came from as Cardey drove #45 and Clinton traditionally used #45.

When NASCAR ran at Riverside in the 1960's, the influx of cars from the Pacific Coast Late Model series made for duplicate numbers. In those cases, the car with the faster qualifying speed usually kept the number. PCLM cars also often put a '1' in front, making a three digit number (i.e. Clinton's cars, usually driven by Scotty Cain would be #45 or #145). Later, a 'W' was added behind the numbers of cars from NASCAR's Western series.

That about does it. I concentrated on errata and addendum on the drivers.

It's probably easy to notice that my forte is the drivers from the Western U.S., which works out well in this case, as it was a particularly weak point of the Encyclopedias. And all of this is to take nothing away from the efforts of Fielden and Golenbock. Their work provided the foundation for further research.

I still feel gathering together other U.S. regional racing specialists would provide even more data.

I'm just terribly sorry that illness prevented the pre-2004 data from appearing in the second edition.

[HDonaldCapps]

Originally posted by Jim Thurman
I'm just terribly sorry that illness prevented the pre-2004 data from appearing in the second edition.

I am assuming that we can expect a third edition at some point, but there will probably be a different set of editors.

Thanks for all the hard work! I will add this to my copy.

[Bob Riebe]

Warren Tope died in 1974 in a road racing crash at I think Grand Rapids Mich.

[Jim Thurman]

Originally posted by HDonaldCapps


I am assuming that we can expect a third edition at some point, but there will probably be a different set of editors.

Thanks for all the hard work! I will add this to my copy.

Thanks Don.

Unfortunately, that will likely mean I will be out of the loop, and with that, the information will fall through the cracks again.

I still have the mindset that I'm disappointed at what I know I have but couldn't turn up. Like details on Eddie Skinner.

[Jim Thurman]

Originally posted by Bob Riebe
Warren Tope died in 1974 in a road racing crash at I think Grand Rapids Mich.

Pontiac, Michigan, July 5, 1975. A temporary circuit.

The Encyclopedia has Tope "killed in practice for a street race". I had the Pontiac race, and should have included that in the original post, but for a collating error. Bob, thanks for mentioning this. I've edited my post to include the change to the Encyclopedia's data.

[fines]

For those despairing of the "British slant" these days at TNF, there currently seven distinctively American theme threads in the top ten...

Don!

[HDonaldCapps]

Should the encylopedia be revised for a third edition, I trust they will also take a look at some of the other aspects which have been ignored such as the points schedules and the car owner standings over the years. Of course, the "history" section could use a hard look and a better examination of the whos, hows, whats, whys, wheres, whens, and so forths rather than the current myths being peddled as reality. It took me an extra beat to react when I was asked what France and North Korea had in common? Think about it....

[ReWind]

I don’t know what Fielden/Golenbock say about Bill Hammersley who competed in two Grand National races in 1952 (Morristown, New Jersey, July 11th) and 1953 (Langhorne, Pennsylvania, May 3rd). The racing-reference website gives his birth date as 30 May 1908. But nothing is to be found about the question whether he is still alive or not.

Are we about to celebrate one of the rare centenarians of motor racing in a few weeks time? I’m afraid not.

I think the aforementioned driver died many years ago – and his name wasn’t Hammersley.

For the Social Security Death Index knows a certain William Hamersly who was born on 30 May 1908 and died in March 1970 (at the age of 61). I don’t think this is a coincidence. I think Bill Hammersley was in fact Bill Hamersly.

[Jim Thurman]

It's been a bit since I checked in here. First, Don thank you for the thanks. Points systems would be a great addition, among other items.

And, this...

Originally posted by ReWind
I don’t know what Fielden/Golenbock say about Bill Hammersley who competed in two Grand National races in 1952 (Morristown, New Jersey, July 11th) and 1953 (Langhorne, Pennsylvania, May 3rd). The racing-reference website gives his birth date as 30 May 1908. But nothing is to be found about the question whether he is still alive or not.

Are we about to celebrate one of the rare centenarians of motor racing in a few weeks time? I’m afraid not.

I think the aforementioned driver died many years ago – and his name wasn’t Hammersley.

For the Social Security Death Index knows a certain William Hamersly who was born on 30 May 1908 and died in March 1970 (at the age of 61). I don’t think this is a coincidence. I think Bill Hammersley was in fact Bill Hamersly.

The info at Racing Reference was taken directly from the Fielden/Golenbock encyclopedia, so it's the same.

Reinhard, I think you might be correct on your find of Hamersly. While compiling this data, I ran across many others in the Social Security Death Index that I rank as very likely, but had no way to confirm, so I didn't include them.

[Jim Thurman]

Correction:

Roger McCluskey was listed in the Encyclopedia as B: August 24 - 1930, and that was correct.

My correction, was incorrect.

I'm still trying to backtrack and find the origination of my error.

[Jim Thurman]

Sadly, Kevin Terris has passed away (please click on link to read more about his career from the thread "Gone, but not forgotten...").

http://forums.autosp...175#post3390175

Obituaries list his date of birth as
October 27 - 1943, whereas the NASCAR Encyclopedia (and NASCAR Press Guides of the day) list his birth year as 1944.

And in some odd form of kismet (or something), in picking an issue of Racing WHEELS for researching a request for someone, I noticed it happened to be the one that contained a detailed bio of Eddie Skinner. From that, I can add:

Eddie Skinner (Frank Skinner)
B: August 19 - 1908 / D: March 1987

I also question the hometown of Yerington, Nevada for Skinner as the bio indicates he raced out of Virginia and relocated to Nevada (which I was aware of). However, if the timeline is correct, he might not have resided in Nevada until after his NASCAR driving days were over. His racing days were long from over though, as he raced Late Model Stocks at Tahoe-Carson Speedway through 1985 - when he was 77 years of age!

[Jim Thurman]

Also, sadly, Ted Fritz has passed away. Please click on link to read more on his career from the thread "Gone, but not forgotten..."

http://forums.autosp...926#post3392926

Ted Fritz (Theodore Franklin Fritz)
B: May 13, 1936 / D: October 25, 2008

[Jim Thurman]

I stumbled across another one when I wasn't even looking for it.

Woody Brown (Woodrow L. Brown)
B: August 10, 1918 D: May 7, 1972

Woody Brown raced Midgets with the BCRA and then moved into Stock Cars. 3 of his 7 career starts in NASCAR's top series came at what was essentially his home track - Oakland Stadium, with a 4th coming across the bay at Bay Meadows in San Mateo.

I'll have to dig deeper, but I also think Woody Brown's hometown might have been somewhere in Contra Costa County, over the hills from the listed Oakland.

[ReWind]

@Jim Thurman:

Don’t you think that Ben Cannaziaro and Vincent Cannizzaro are one and the same?
SSDI has Trenton, New Jersey, as Cannizzaro’s last residence which is the hometown given for Cannaziaro at his one and only NASCAR Strictly Stock race in 1949.
I think Cannaziaro is a mis-spelling of Cannizzaro.

In another place you wrote that Johnny Zeke’s real name was Zukowski.
On SSDI we find John S. Zukowski, b. 16 November 1920, d. 27 September 2008.
Can we assume this is Zeke and the birth date given here (20 November 1920) is wrong?

[Jim Thurman]

Originally posted by ReWind
@Jim Thurman:

Don’t you think that Ben Cannaziaro and Vincent Cannizzaro are one and the same?
SSDI has Trenton, New Jersey, as Cannizzaro’s last residence which is the hometown given for Cannaziaro at his one and only NASCAR Strictly Stock race in 1949.
I think Cannaziaro is a mis-spelling of Cannizzaro.

In another place you wrote that Johnny Zeke’s real name was Zukowski.
On SSDI we find John S. Zukowski, b. 16 November 1920, d. 27 September 2008.
Can we assume this is Zeke and the birth date given here (20 November 1920) is wrong?

Reinhard, I'm inclined to say yes, and have suspected that it was a misspelling of Cannizzaro, but cannot say for certain. If he had been from a smaller city than Trenton, it would be easy. The fact there is no one named "Cannaziaro" in either the SSDI or current searches lends even more credibility. Perhaps Ben was supposed to be Vin?

Yes, you beat me to "Johnny Zeke", I was going to post that here today. I checked the SSDI before passing that along to the other forum. You are correct, this (as is so often the case) proves the birthdate to be off, even if only slightly in this case. He was residing in Thousand Oaks, CA, where he moved in the early 70's after racing out of New York (Long Island). He raced Midgets and Modifieds.

[ReWind]

Bud Harless,
full name: Pearlie Jackson Harless, Jr.
died on 12 October 2007.
(Source)

[ReWind]

Sometimes I’m puzzled that the passing of a racing driver can go largely unnoticed for years if not decades.
That’s the case with Les Snow who died more than 20 years ago! My source for his death date (14 March 1987) is the website of the Peoria Oldtimers Racing Club (needs a little bit of scrolling down).

From that site I also learned that Darrell Dake was indeed born on 11 August 1927 but sadly died in August 2007 (although on the 6rd not the 7th) just days short of his 80th birthday. (Unfortunately in my birthday lists I got him mixed up with another man of the same first name but with a different middle name.)

A comprehensive & affecting appreciation of the right man you can find here - in my view an impressive piece of work!

Edited by ReWind, 11 August 2009 - 06:21.

[ReWind]

According to racing-reference.info Ricky Miller from Claremont, New Hampshire, was born on 21 March 1970 and died on 22 October 2004.

Can anyone confirm those dates?

I am not convinced about their correctness because the SSDI has these dates for a certain Oliver Miller from Vermont whose full name seems to have been Oliver W. Miller III.

[ReWind]

I'm pretty sure I did find the correct dates of Hop Holmes from Loris, South Carolina:
Hartford P. Holmes, b. 12 January 1943, d. 03 July 1989
(source)

[ReWind]

In case Jim or anyone else is still interested:

Whitey Brainard (Curtis H. Brainard; the spelling „Brainerd“ is wrong)
b. 18 April 1924 d. 31 July 2010 (86 years old)

Bill Deakin (William R. Deakin)
b. 31 July 1920 d. 21 January 2011 (90 years old)

Al Disney (Alfred L. Disney)
b. 22 March 1922 d. 01 April 2011 (89 years old)

Jim Fiebelkorn (Clair Fiebelkorn, called „Jim“)
b. 07 August 1924 d. 31 August 1992 (68 years old)

Fran Jischke (Francis H. Jischke)
b. 02 October 1920 d. 03 February 2010 (89 years old)

Jerry Kempf (Gerald C. Kempf; the spelling „Kemp“ is wrong)
b. 22 April 1922 d. 14 January 1995 (72 years old)

Bob Kosiski (Robert E. Kosiski; original spelling was „Kosiske“)
b. 15 October 1934 (still alive)

Nace Mattingly (Bernard Ignatius Mattingly, Sr.)
b. 17 January 1921 d. 29 November 2000 (79 years old)

Norm McCarthy (William N[orman?] McCarthy)
b. 16 May 1925 d. 26 July 1992 (67 years old)

Jim Metzler (James Metzler)
b. 10 March 1913 (1912 is wrong) d. ?? December 1986 (73 years old)

Roy Milligan (the spelling „Mulligan“ is wrong)
b. 18 December 1939 d. 30 June 1975 (35 years old)

Bill Morton (William Robert Morton)
b. 22 July 1934 d. 29 October 2001 (67 years old)
(the one who was born in 1938 and died on 22 November 1998 is another individual)

Arden Mounts (Enoch Arden Mounts)
b. 09 July 1917 d. 04 March 2003 (85 years old)

Dutch Munsinger (Warren Heikes Munsinger)
b. 23 June 1921 d. 30 January 1960 (38 years old)

Cotton Priddy (Thomas Obrey Priddy)
b. 29 August 1928 d. 10 June 1956 (27 years old)

Joe Rogers (Joseph B. Rogers)
b. 02 October 1901 d. 24 June 1951 (49 years old)

Hank Russ (Henry J. Russ)
b. 01 January 1917 d. 09 April 2009 (92 years old)

Sandy Satullo (S[alvatore?] Sandy Satullo)
b. 19 July 1923 d. 26 May 2000 (76 years old)

Banks Simpson (Eugene Banks Simpson)
b. 04 November 1916 d. 30 April 2009 (92 years old)

Augie Walackas (Augustine T. Walackas)
b. 27 May 1918 d. 10 January 2011 (92 years old)

Pap White (John C. White)
b. 26 June 1922 d. 19 February 2002 (79 years old)

Jerry Wimbish (James L. Wimbish)
b. 16 July 1925 d. 23 June 1998 (72 years old)

And three suggestions:

I think Peck Markota is Stephen Ivan Markota (b. 17 December 1930 d. 07 November 2007) from this obituary.

Harold Smith could be Harold U. Smith (b. 29 December 1926 d. December 1988)
&
Samuel Smith should be b. 20 November 1935 d. 07 May 1982 (46 years old)

Anyone to confirm or deny my suggestions?

[Graham Clayton]

A mystery from the 1955 Southern 500 - 7th place is usually listed listed as Lou Spears, but the Daytona Beach Morning Journal dated September 6, 1955 & The Robsonian (Lumberton, North Carolina), also dated September 6, 1955 say that a Jack Maness of Rocky Mount, NC finished 7th. I have been unable to find any record of a Jack Maness competing in any NASCAR race, so who was he? How did the 2 papers get him and Lou Spears mixed up?

[Jim Thurman]

In case Jim or anyone else is still interested:

And three suggestions:

I think Peck Markota is Stephen Ivan Markota (b. 17 December 1930 d. 07 November 2007) from this obituary.

Anyone to confirm or deny my suggestions?

I'm still interested, I simply haven't had time to do the sort of research needed. Good job Reinhard

I think you're right about Peck Markota.

Thanks especially for Roy Milligan. Mulligan never seemed right, but I couldn't confirm it.

[ensign14]

Oda Greene

Died 9 November 2009. Noted by his daughter in the comments but not on the main bit yet. Brief memorial here.

[ReWind]

From his obituary:
Larry E(ugene?) Moyer, b. 10 April 1951, d. 02 August 2011 (age 60)

Edited by ReWind, 06 August 2011 - 07:11.

[Michael Ferner]

Sadly, Kevin Terris has passed away (please click on link to read more about his career from the thread "Gone, but not forgotten...").

http://forums.autosp...175#post3390175

Obituaries list his date of birth as
October 27 - 1943, whereas the NASCAR Encyclopedia (and NASCAR Press Guides of the day) list his birth year as 1944.

And in some odd form of kismet (or something), in picking an issue of Racing WHEELS for researching a request for someone, I noticed it happened to be the one that contained a detailed bio of Eddie Skinner. From that, I can add:

Eddie Skinner (Frank Skinner)
B: August 19 - 1908 / D: March 1987

I also question the hometown of Yerington, Nevada for Skinner as the bio indicates he raced out of Virginia and relocated to Nevada (which I was aware of). However, if the timeline is correct, he might not have resided in Nevada until after his NASCAR driving days were over. His racing days were long from over though, as he raced Late Model Stocks at Tahoe-Carson Speedway through 1985 - when he was 77 years of age!

Eddie Skinner was a AAA Big Car driver in the thirties, and his hometown was mostly listed as Takoma Park, Maryland, sometimes Silver Springs (MD) or Washington (DC) - even Tacoma (WA) in error. Must be the same guy. Not terribly succesful, he is of the type that could be called a "third-heat qualifyer", but he was once third in a main event at Bedford (PA) in 1936, and was 29th in Hankinson Circuit points that same year. For reference, that Bedford race was won by Billy Winn from Ken Fowler, with Walt Ader 4th and Bill Holland 7th.

[Jim Thurman]

Reggie Ausmus (Reginald Eugene Ausmus)
B: August 19 - 1931 / D: September 23 - 1990

 

A correction here, 

 

Reggie Ausmus (Reginald Lowell Ausmus)

D: July 18, 2004