🔹Pudding should *not* be eaten with your fingers. 🔹 Fingers should be eaten separately. For many years, Paul managed press activities at the Chicago Auto Show. Emmy Award winning automotive expert/ana

I'm a little late to this topic but I believe the answers are open to all levels of auto racing. In the 1960s at Ascot Park Gardena in the Figure-8 division there was Willie Kimbrough, a fine driver w

Did my query about Hollis Cheesman make this list? He rode as a mechanic with Deacon Litz at Indianapolis in 1937 and entered a Maserati (Probably a V8R1) at Indy in 1938, 1939 and 1940. It dnq all th

This past Friday was Johnny Rutherford’s 85th birthday. Our own Bart Stevens organized a really neat surprise birthday party for Johnny at his favorite Tex-Mex restaurant on the south side of Fort Wor

Great lists and resources. Thank you. Bill Blaylock Dallas, Tx

I thought of a couple more from doing research for Motorsport Memorial: Ed Grice - died in an accident during the 6th "Gold & Glory Sweepstakes" in 1929. John Stewart - died in an accident at Akron-Cl

Correct! And one of the nicest early Diamond T pickups you have ever seen. E Dean Butler Broughton Green, UK

I believe the Harpers have a very, very nice Miller 91 also. Lee Stohr Port Angeles, WA On 3/12/2023 12:27 PM, Edward Dean Butler via groups.io wrote:

By the way, Stuart and Fred Harper here in the UK make outstanding Offy blocks — made their own patterns. I am not certain which block they make. I am copying Fred Harper (Stuart’s son) herein in case

Stewart and Tres Van Dyne are both on Facebook.

I have TOENSING’s list from the Drake archive. I believe that the patterns are still with Stewart. I know I have a list of drawings that TOENSING was given at the Cunningham museum in the early 1980’s

As you all know, I have here as the "Leo Goossen Archive" more than 12,400 copies of Miller, Offenhauser, Meyer & Drake, A.J. Watkins, Sparks, Kurtis and other race car and engine engineering drawings

Fred M. “Casey” Jones (1893-1961) The following comes from my research and the website, theblackpast.org. Many years ago, I ran across a Black race driver named “Casey” Jones competing at the Tri-Stat

Here are four excerpts from “History of San Jose Auto Racing 1903-2007,” “History of Watsonville and Salinas Auto Racing” and “The Infamous Altamont Speedway” showing black drivers. Tracy Webster race

Bill, I've sent a link to the site that has the Gold & Glory Sweepstakes entry lists, but wish to mention a few of the many drivers listed. My work with Motorsport Memorial turned up the following Afr

Thanks, Bob. I knew Brad Daugherty had hot-lapped circle track vehicles, but I wasn't aware that he competed in NASA events. Lewis Hamilton is not included because Bill's list is of "American" drivers

Enclosed is a photo of Brad Daugherty suited up and sitting in an extremely modified circle track truck. Also note that although he's now a partial team owner, he has be sole team owner previously, pr

Not sure if we could post photos here so I sent this email to Bill. Bill Saw your post documenting African-American drivers. Here are four drivers not included on your list. These are photo excerpts f

More from road racing, including two active racers: Coyle Peek - who was also with BAR and raced formula cars in England in early 70s Ernie Francis - 7 time Trans-Am champ (!); Indy Lts.; Pirelli Worl

Also, I looking around I ran across some interesting websites on this subject: African American Racers Association: https://www.aarassoc.com/hall-of-fame Black Drag Racers (I should've also recalled "