HOME FORUM RULES CONTACT
     
   
   

Go Back   CLASS RACER FORUM > Class Racer Forums > Stock and Super Stock

 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
Old 02-23-2009, 10:40 AM   #5
KEN BUGAJ
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: LEXINGTON NC.
Posts: 389
Likes: 43
Liked 18 Times in 7 Posts
Default Re: Utica Rome Speedway

Quote:
Originally Posted by rich freitag View Post
I raced there in the early 70's untill it closed. I ran my 69 AMX 390 ,4speed ,posi.,Back then I drove my car about 40 miles ,raced it and drove home hoping nothing broke. We all ran class,stock/super stock, gas ,modified production,etc. Many ,well wait.. all.. no lets just say we were are all FAMOUS ! Come on guys, give yourselves a pat on your back. It won't cost you anything, it's cheap. Lets see , cheap is $5 to get in and $1 to race. That is what it cost at Utica Rome. Lets take a walk in the pits,over here is BOB HERTLINE"s SS/HA Camaro,there was BILL RUSSELL"s Chevy wagon the MAGIC BUS, ROGER FORBE's SS Matchmaker Camaro, the Blue VENOM Camaro, CHARLENE WOOD's "Tons of Fun" Pontiac Wagon, RALPH CONTE & HERM SCHREMER 'S Mighty MOPARS and so many more. Moving on , the Modifieds... MOE HALE's "Hangman" 55 Chevy, RICHIE FORBE's "Kong" Camaro, CURT LaSHURE's Opel, GORDY HMIEL's Pinto, PETE DeSALVO's Mustang II, and BOB NEWBERRY's Vette. All these cars are making me hungry, which brings me to their famous hotdogs...First off they were Hoffman, 10" long in a 5" bun. Best dogs ever... Also, I'll never forget when DON GARTLITS and SHIRLEY MULDOWNEY did a match race there. There were also other now famous people who ran there. I still have my AMX, my trophies, many, many pictures from Utica-Rome, ESTA and Fulton, and best of all , my memories...
Super Hugger
Foxy Lady
Flash Back
Conklin/Conklin
Mr. Z
Pied Pipper
Joe Kinney
Bill Plage
Bob Humphrey
We had a blast there,
Double points/double money nights were packed,
New Jersey Boys came up
Peter's Cheater/ Pete Fedun
Wally Clark
Pete Z
Hart/Todd (prospector)
Baker/Evans
Stormalong
We would start at Utica Rome then head out to Esta for Sunday....

Last edited by KEN BUGAJ; 02-23-2009 at 11:51 AM.
KEN BUGAJ is offline   Reply With Quote
 

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 08:17 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Copyright Class Racer.com. All Rights Reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners.