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3/24/11, 7:22 AM   #2
Re: Driver ID Help with Misc. Photos
rdzsprint
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The Union 76 driver's name appears to be Don Albritain (this is strictly a guess). I've seen Gary Albritain race and the car says 'owner' Gary on the side. The driver's uniform sitting on the nerf bar looks like it might say Gary? Don is possibly a relative?...Dad,brother? Again this is only a guess....#75..I have a photo of this same car at Winchester listing it as 'Joe Langley's' #75 with Gene Hartley behind the wheel. But the photo was taken in 1950. If it was Langley's car that Mackey was killed in and your photo was taken at Winchester on July 29,1951 (Black Sunday) as you stated then it's most likely Mackey and could be a rare photo. I don't know how many pictures exist of Mackey on this day? I have a full article in Open Wheel about him but it's in a storage chest of over 500 old racing magazines and it'll take a while to find. William C. Gretsinger Jr. a.k.a. Bill Mackey was only 23 when he died.
 
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