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3/24/08, 10:22 AM |
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The Last Offy
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This photo is of the last Offy powered sprint car I saw run. It was in 1973 or '74 at Reading, and it was not a USAC show but an open sprint show. The driver was from Connecticut, and first name John, I think. Somewhere in my stack of stuff, I know I still have the newspaper clipping with all the info, but I haven't located it yet. A 5 or 6 shot sequence ran over the AP wire service at the time.
Hey Duke - Who is it? |
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3/24/08, 11:57 AM |
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Might it have been John Hanscom from Rhode Island?
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3/24/08, 12:03 PM |
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That's it!! I was close...had John and CT is close enough to R.I.:rolling
It would be interesting (but not useful ) to know exactly when the last Offy powered sprinter ran competitively. I could write a book with all the stuff I don't know!!:doh: |
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3/24/08, 12:12 PM |
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Driver from Connecticut? I thought everyone from Connecticut was a banker or a stockbroker. :wink
I was going to guess Johnny Hubbard again, since Dwight said I was wrong on him in the Charles Chariot,.......but then I remembered that Hubbard is from Pennsylvania. :doh: |
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3/24/08, 12:14 PM |
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I know Calistoga 1/2 mile it was Stan Vermeil's #65. Its last raced in 1968? It had a roll cage. Stan, is the brother of the Football coach Dick Vermeil. One of Stan's sons or both had race at the Burg! for a couple years.
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3/24/08, 12:14 PM |
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3/24/08, 12:16 PM |
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Thanks Joe. I was right...interesting but not useful. :rolling
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3/24/08, 12:20 PM |
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Al, Had you ever been to Calistoga?
Joe R. |
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3/24/08, 12:21 PM |
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Take it easy on the Nutmeg State.:O:...It has produced Joe Csiki, Joe Fiore, Ed Flemke, Bill Slater, Gene Bergin, Denny Zimmerman, and a host of other notable racers and car owners. Not to mention two of this country's finest asphalt tracks in Stafford and Thompson.
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3/24/08, 12:30 PM |
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I DROVE FOR AJ WATSON AND SO DID THE LATE MEL CORNETT IN THE 70s
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