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Great picture of raceway park. I have very fond memories of Raceway Park. You would be able to hear the cars at night several miles a way. Great part of summer back in the 80s.
I remember wandering the junk yards off route 9 looking for parts. These are all gone.
Anyone have any pictures of a 70 W30 hardtop sponsored by Hansel Olds. Its Sebring Yellow w/ black stripes... Super stocker... Anyone know who the driver was? I know this is a long shot but I own the car and would like to see some pics of it it possible...
Anyone have any pictures of a 70 W30 hardtop sponsored by Hansel Olds. Its Sebring Yellow w/ black stripes... Super stocker... Anyone know who the driver was? I know this is a long shot but I own the car and would like to see some pics of it it possible...
I reached out to Matt Duffy on Vintage Oldsmobile Drag Racing Photos group on FB and he sent me these:
Last edited by allyolds68; December 16th, 2022 at 09:18 AM.
Absolutely great photographs to cherish. Looks like your car was running F S/A. I remember slicks and open exhaust were permitted in "stock." I ran "pure stock" and we were required to race with street tires and closed exhaust. Also, 442's ran in G stock. Add the W package and we moved to F class.
Great photographs. Front wheels almost off the ground. That's how we used to drive.
In taking a closer look at the Linda Vaughn photo, I'm going to guess that was taken between 1979-1981. And I will further guess that the 79 H/O just might be the one I owned from 1996 to 2018. I say this as it looks like I can see a small piece of the gold anodized Hurst Hatch at the top of the car, as well as the Goodyear Wingfoot white stripe tire which was on this car at the time. The other 79 H/O's out of the factory got Goodyear PolySteel radials.
Last edited by BlueCalais79; November 28th, 2023 at 01:50 PM.
This gentleman, Dallas Verble Jr., was sponsored by Carlson Oldsmobile and raced throughout the Midwest in the 60's and early 70's. Carlson Oldsmobile was the largest Oldsmobile dealer in St. Louis at the time. These photos were sent to me by Mr. Verble's step-son after he had stopped to look at my '67 4-4-2 at a local cruise-in.
These last two pictures are of my car when it was being filmed for a Sunday Night Football pre-game segment for a game between the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers on 1/1/2017. It was a home game for the Lions, and the car was filmed driving around to several Detroit landmarks.
How did you come about to have your car in a Sunday night football segment?
My car was restored by a father and son in Warren (just outside Detroit), MI between 2014 -- 2016. After the restoration they showed the car locally where it caught the eye of a Lions marketing executive. Then the Lions pitched the idea of having the car drive around to various Detroit landmarks for the pre-game segment to NBC Sports and NBC bought into the idea. As a side note, this past Fall, NBC resurrected about 5 seconds of that 2017 segment and it was included in a new commercial promoting the NFL regular season opening game between the Lions and Chiefs.
Last edited by Dream67Olds442; November 28th, 2023 at 08:36 PM.
Would love to see that. Looks like a beautiful car
Thank you very much. I have been in contact with the Editor of Oldsmobile Club of America's "Journey with Olds" monthly magazine and she has told me the story of the car being in the NFL commercials will be published in a future edition. Unfortunately she hasn't given me a projected month of publication yet.
Maybe we'll see it when the Lions make it to the Superbowl!
I live in the St. Louis area now but grew up in southern Michigan and there's nothing I'd like more than to see the Lions make it to a Super Bowl, but I'm sure not going to hold my breath on that possibility???
At the Sunflower Festival parade in Altona, Manitoba, carrying a contestant for Sunflower Queen in the late '70s. In the snow in Gretna, Manitoba, mid-1970s. At the American Bicentennial Parade in neighboring Neche, N.D., 1976.
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