[Midwest Connection]

For sprint car info the IOW site is the place to go. You all are good friends and I appreciate everything you help me with - thanks.

Sprint Car Driver info I am looking for the following:

Bob Pratt
Chuck Allen
Chuck Booth
Bill Koepler (did he ever drive a supermodified #18)
Bobby Black
Gil Hess
Dale Barton
Bill Brown
Don Brown
Frank Secrist
Chuck Engel
Dick DeBolt
Dale Reed
Dick Kelm
Jim Luebbert
Mickey Shaw
Lee Robinson
Charlie Masters
Danny Zimmerman

Any info would be greatly appreciated - thanks

NOTE: If I spelled any of the above drivers nameswrong, I do apologize for my ignorance.

Have a good day...see you at he races

Rich - Arnold, Missouri

[racerjim2]

Dick Kelm was from the Pittsburgh, Pa. area and raced at local super modified tracks in the 60's. Raced with URC later years. He now lives in Arizona I believe.

Micky Shaw was from the Akron, Ohio area and raced supers there in late 50's early 60's. Later raced USAC sprint and died from a heart attack after a couple bad crashes in sprint cars. He was only 36 I think when he died back in the early 70's?

Gil Hess killed in a USAC sprint car at Salem in 1973 was from Cinn, Ohio.

Chuck Engel, Bob Pratt and Dick DeBolt came from Ohio and run super mods mostly. Both have passed away.

Bobby Black was an Indiana super sprint racer now gone.

Charley Master was from Kentucky and ran USAC sprints

[richie]

By Danny Zimmerman, did you mean Denny Zimmerman?

If it's Denny, he was born on December 14, 1940 in Glastonbury, Connecticut. He was a URC Sprint Car driver in the 1960s who also qualified for the Indianapolis 500 on two occasions. In 1971, he started 28th and finished 8th. In 1972, started 28th and finished 19th.

After his retirement from racing, Denny became an airline pilot. He currently resides in in Suffield, Connecticut.

[okie]

Dale Reed http://www.racingfromthepast.com/rem...gdalereed.html

[Midwest Connection]

richie - Denny Zimmerman it is, thanks for clarifying the spelling of his name. As I said in my original post some of the names I listed could be misspelled - and here is a good example.

A question for you richie - Do remember Denny Zimmerman driving the #11 W&W Toll Spl. sprint car in 1968?

A question for you okie - Do you remember Dale Reed driving the #43 Parker Oil Spl. sprint car in 1967?

Thanks

Rich

[Speedwrench]

Chuck Booth was from California - I think - don't know much more than that about him except to say that The Man only built one like Chuck and that he was the epitome of the " journey man driver ".

Don Brown was also a Californian and was probably better known as a fabricator and designer than for his driving. Don has been dead for several years.

Frank Secrist was a CRA guy. Don't know what his current statis is.

Jim Bob Luebbert opened a store accross from the speedway selling Simpson safety equipment. I'm pretty sure he is still around , but not sure what he is doing.

Duke should be able to go right through this list when he sees it !

[richie]

Originally Posted by Midwest Connection richie - Denny Zimmerman it is, thanks for clarifying the spelling of his name. As I said in my original post some of the names I listed could be misspelled - and here is a good example. A question for you richie - Do remember Denny Zimmerman driving the #11 W&W Toll Spl. sprint car in 1968?

You're welcome!

Unfortunately, I don't go back that far to 1968; I was born about 18 years later. :2: Wish I could have had the opportunity to see the racing in that era. I was aware of the name Denny Zimmerman from his history in the Indy 500 and had read stories about him, but I have never seen him race.

[dberrio]

i remember back as a kid. denny zimmerman was eddie flemke`s team mate driving modified coupes at norwood arena. eddie drove the $ sign modified and denny drove the cent sign. the used to travel up and down the east coast winning everywhere they went. they were called the eastern bandits. that was in the early to middle sixtys. after that denny went sprint car racing and also raced at indy a few times. he was one hell of a race car driver!

[Midwest Connection]

dberrio - you are from Bentley Warren's neck of the woods or at one time anyway. Ah! yes! Eddie Flemke, I remember him well. I looked around today, and I did find a photo of Denny Zimmerman aboard the #59 sprinter at Williams Grove racing with #43 Gene Tallman. I have seen Eddie in the #$ Modified but the photo I have is, him in the 1CT Modified. Do you remember the #$ Modified that was driven by Danny Galullo at Riverside Park in Agawam, Mass., back in the 60's?

Have a good day...see you at the races

Rich

[Bruce Harrison]

Charlie Masters was always listed as being from Waddy, KY. (I always remembered that when I passed the Waddy Exit on I64 on the way to Lexington).

Checked the Carl Hungness USAC Sprint History
1968-16th in points-11 races
1969-25th in points- 7 races (1 feature win)
1970-33rd in points-10 races
1971-21st in points- 9 races
1972- 8th in points-22 races (2 feature wins)
1973-12th in points-29 races
1974-26th in points-10 races
1975-43rd in points- 4 races

Gil Hess was fatally injured at Salem IN-July 5th, 1970