I see Ross Smith's name but, he's not in the photo???? They have #71 by his name, which was Diz's 2nd car (the orange one) that Mike Smith drove quite a bit. This was definitely in the mid 60's.
PS..... there are quite a few more names and car #'s listed, than there are drivers in the photo...
The # 70 racer is sure not Roy Robins, maybe Roy Wathen? The #2 guy looks more like Roy Robbins. When you met Roy for the first time you didn't notice his face, the first thing you noticed was his Arms, they was big, but the most striking thing was his fore arms, they looked like Pop-Eye's. Probably due to his trade as an "Iron Worker". They didn't use ladders to climb them beams they just grabbed hold of them and walked on up them. Power steering had not been invented back then and I am sure those arms helped quite a bit in some of those longer races that they ran back then. I heard that they also came in pretty handy in some of them after race discussions about rules and racing etiquette. Back then kids weren't allowed in the pits and very few females ventured to that side of the pit gate either.
Wow, saw so many if not all of these drivers at Haubstadt growing up. It is funny how tough these guys look and were compared to some of the 98 lb. weakling-types with heavy right feet we see today. The contrast is startling.
Originally Posted by DAD:
The # 70 racer is sure not Roy Robins, maybe Roy Wathen? The #2 guy looks more like Roy Robbins. When you met Roy for the first time you didn't notice his face, the first thing you noticed was his Arms, they was big, but the most striking thing was his fore arms, they looked like Pop-Eye's. Probably due to his trade as an "Iron Worker". They didn't use ladders to climb them beams they just grabbed hold of them and walked on up them. Power steering had not been invented back then and I am sure those arms helped quite a bit in some of those longer races that they ran back then. I heard that they also came in pretty handy in some of them after race discussions about rules and racing etiquette. Back then kids weren't allowed in the pits and very few females ventured to that side of the pit gate either.
I came up with about 32 names for 25 faces.
Honest Dad himself
The #70 driver is obviously Dick Gaines and the line from the 70 on the photo points to his name. Also, Orval Yeadon is in this photo. That's a guy that you don't hear mentioned often, but if you know anybody that has old newspapers, you know this is a guy who won a lot of races in this era.
Jerry
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.
Originally Posted by Jerry Shaw:
Also, Orval Yeadon is in this photo. That's a guy that you don't hear mentioned often, but if you know anybody that has old newspapers, you know this is a guy who won a lot of races in this era.
Originally Posted by Jerry Shaw:
The #70 driver is obviously Dick Gaines and the line from the 70 on the photo points to his name. Also, Orval Yeadon is in this photo. That's a guy that you don't hear mentioned often, but if you know anybody that has old newspapers, you know this is a guy who won a lot of races in this era.
Jerry
Orval Yeadon drove for a local woman here in Cincinnati named Maude Smith. Some of you old timers might remember the name. She was a car owner for many years and had a lot of good drivers work for her, including Dick Gaines, Yeadon, Gilstrap etc.
Originally Posted by rclaridge:
Roy Robbins is also in there, winner of the first Knoxville nationals.
That's one of the names I cant find in the photo. The closest one to Roy's face is the #7 on the far right front row but, his arms and especially, his hands, don't look big enough. By my memory (which can be faulty!) #2 doesn't look like Roy at all. Another name that appears (but I can't in the photo) is #24 Bubby Jones.
