Cecil s rent a rookie often build bangers for other uk oval racing drivers, here is a selection of drivers we have built cars for. Cecil beaverss phone number, email, address spokeo. I know he drove it at bloomington the prior week on july 23rd, calvin crashed on the 30th. Former nascar driver and team owner cecil gordon died on thursday after a short battle with cancer. To begin with, many of the procedures were based on horse racing traditions, partly in an attempt to attract a readymade audience to this new and curious sport. Cecil barber horse racing results, news, notes, top horses, biography, stakes, photos, and comments.
Fonda speedway a premier track in new york whose drivers. National midget hall of fame members these are photos in jimmys collection of drivers that have since become members fo the national midget hall of fame. Gordon spent 40 years in nascar, first as an independent driver and team owner. Joe beaver john beaver max beaverbroock cecil beavers gale beavers glenn beavers sammy beavers tommy beavers russell beazell randy. Earlier years in the part of vermont where i came from, nascar was not sanctioning any tracks. Cecil gordon june 21, 1941 september 19, 2012 was an american stock car racing driver. Driver had been hit in the head, and that he was dying. We have information, driver profiles, race results, photos, history, statistics, and interactive features such as polls and a message board.
This is a category for racing drivers who were killed while driving a racing car, either in competition or during testing. He was a tough, aggressive driver, who fought his way to the top of his sport and made it to indianapolis motor speedway. He died from multiple injuries a week after crashing at cecil county. Texas racing legend texas racing history lone star. National midget hall of fame drivers jimmy sams memorial website about jimmy sams slide shows contact page links page olympic stadium, kansas city, mo. Indianapolis speedway race automobiles, racing automobile racing drivers further information on this record can be found at its source. Join facebook to connect with cecil beavers and others you may know. Despite a victory total well into triple digits, clearys legacy will be his takenoprisoners approach to the sport. We have information, driver profiles, race results, photos, history, statistics, and interactive. The best result we found for your search is cecil j wray jr. Nascar steward carl merrill, who witnessed the haymaker, bellowed, leo, that will cost you fifty bucks.
Find cecil beavers s phone number, address, and email on spokeo, the leading online directory for contact information. Cecil driver phone, address, background info whitepages. Cecil county dragway, race, crossed the center line, slid down the guard wall and hit a telephone pole. Cecil gordon, a veteran of 449 nascar sprint cup series starts, died wednesday after a short battle with cancer. After retiring as a driver and team owner, he joined richard childress racing as a crew member for dale earnhardt. Virginias past and present is paved with racing daily. September 30, 1919 july 29, 1951 was an american racecar driver from dallas, texas. The story of john cecil driver the next time you are in ringsend, stop and have a look at the barbers shop that faces the front doors of st patricks church. As many of you know, the matheny school in peapack nj is a facility that provides care for those children and young adults who need it the most. From news and results, to online fantasy racing has it all. Raace stands for the race against abuse of children everywhereand is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating child sexual abuse before it happens. Drivers competing at indy during those years were credited with world championship points and participation.
Ladabouche photo cecil bosworth, with the george ingalls 888 at fairmont around 1962. Myracepass takes care of the distribution and sharing of your content so you dont have to. Cecil county maryland population 2020 2019, cecil county maryland population 2019, cecil county maryland population 2020, cecil county maryland demographics 2020 2019. Paul crockett, dick gaines, jack owens, teako ray, pete willoughby, ira bastin, don campbell, paul hobbs, jim reichenba, bill forney. Russ smiley, bob fleetwood, cecil beavers, and russ smiley semifeature winner. Myracepass is a valuable tool for any driver, track, association, or team owner. Interview with driver sammy beavers during the flemington fair race car show held at the hunterdon county 4h and agricultural fair in ringoes, nj. This makes the management of that media simple and less time consuming for everyone involved. Get the latest race results driver cecil grubbs on. National midget hall of fame drivers jimmy sams memorial. It only lists the top 3 from each race but cecils name shows up a few times. His resume includes everything from regional karting titles to victories in factory shootouts and the 2015 carrera cup usa championship. The first driver out for qualifying was judge cecil holt, who raced under the name cecil green. Calvin gilstrap racing career profile driver database.
Elliotts goal is to become a professional sportscar driver and to be victorious at the 24 hours of le mans in a gt class. But, when we traveled to either the small otter creek speedway in vergennes, or if we ventured over to fonda, i would get to see stars from fonda speedway, the track which was arguably the mecca for racing. The car was leading fairmont points when sold out from under stevens and the crew. Click on the site to see cecil gordons career results at that track. He would double his career win total, at the time six and now seven, and take home his first ever track championship.
A legacy of spirit written by journalists dan proudfoot, jim taylor and gordon kirby was published by whitecap books on august 30, 2000. However, he mainly competed in the busch series, where he raced twentyseven times. What some of you might not know is that it is because of sammy beavers that there is a connection between the school, and the local racing community. Due to the inherently dangerous nature of auto racing, many individuals, including drivers, crew. Cecil is related to janice attorney cook and edgar a solis as well as 2 additional people. Brad babb robbie babb shannon babb bill babcock jeff babcock kurt babcock fabio babini hansi babler jorge babler paul bablot john bachand charles bacharach eric bachelart andy bachetti roy bachlor bill bachman kyle bachman red backey jon backlund brady bacon. Twin 100s booked at lawrenceburg midwest racing archives. Gordon, who was 71, ran 449 cup races as a driver, most of them with his own independent team. May 18, 1968 a spectacular auto racing show is on tap saturday night, may 25th at lawrenceburg speedway. Accident at dragstrip claims youth, beaver county times, june 24, 1968. Our mission is to raise public awareness and provide tools to help families protect children. The texas born green was a high school drop out that worked as a car mechanic. Seasons spanning over two years for example 2014 championships have their race results accounted for in the year the championship ends. That year he proved to be one of the top drivers, claiming one win and multiple podiums and propelling the team to win the pro mazda championship.
Nov 19, 2012 the road rebels car club was formed about this time and cecil was elected president. Cecil beavers sprint car racing news, schedules, results. Green was born judge cecil holt on july 30, 1919, in dallas, texas. Interview with driver sammy beavers during the flemington fair race car show held at the hunterdon county 4h and agricultural fair in ringoes, nj, august 23, 2009. Billed as the lawrenceburg twin 100, the program will consist of separate 100lap championship races for both sprint cars and latemodel stocks, plus fast car dashes in each division. Jun 25, 2015 lady jane cecil to retire from training sir henry cecil s widow had three group i triumphs with noble mission. However green started racing on two wheels, beginning with racing motorcycles in 1939. Fhp says meixel who was driving a chevrolet 2500 truck was hit by another truck as he was turning left onto cecil. Driver killed in crash at beaver street and cecil commerce. Cecil wiggins horse racing results, news, notes, top horses, biography, stakes, photos, and comments. Starting from that years race until its discontinuation in 2004, the pole position starter received the greg moore pole award. Jun 11, 1961 jim hercules hurtubise, the 1960 rookie of the year in the indianapolis 500, jumped into the lead early from his second place starting position and went on to win the 30lap usacsanctioned sprint car race at the vigo county fair ground track yesterday afternoon. It brings all motor sports media into one central location. These were legendary car driver combos back in the day.
I was there both nights and have the oki auto racing news paper that has cecil s picture as one of the heat race winners. He started on the pole 0 times, won 0 races, set 0 fastest laps, and finished on the podium 0 times. Driver killed in crash at beaver street and cecil commerce center parkway. Select this result to view cecil driver driver iiis phone number, address, and more. Killed in a qualifying crash at winchester speedway. A competitor in the nascar winston cup series between 1968 and 1985, he competed in 449 events without winning a race. The life and tragic death of early racer cecil green. I think cecil beavers drove his car himself earlier in the year at lawrenceburg. Race against the abuse of children everywhere raace. Like in so many cities hot rodders were staging illegal late night drag races out on the main drag but cecil and the road rebels worked with the police to organize legal drag races, first on a blocked highway and later at the greenville military air base.
Drag race driver killed in accident, appleton post crescent, august 8, 1966. Winchester, indiana, driver cecil green died when he lost control of his race car during a qualifying attempt and plunged through the railing at the top of the highbanked tracks first turn. Join facebook to connect with cecil driver and others you may know. Mike cecil memorial race information raffle tickets still available to purchase view in full screen. The bedford native won 5 features all in a row during that year. By far his best season was 1982 where he won the 410 skagit speedway sprint track championship and finished 2nd to the hall of famer jimmy boyd at dirt cup. In 2014, kyle joined juncos racing to enter his second season of the pro mazda championship presented by cooper tires. Cecil beavers dominated the racing action at the brownstown speedway during the 1961 season. Because brooklands was the worlds first purposebuilt motor racing circuit, there were no established rules to follow.
Nov 08, 2015 i really do enjoy writing about drivers, owners and promoters that caused me to fall in love with this sport, but tonight, i want to share with you something written by a son, about his father, larry miller. Lady jane cecil to retire from training bloodhorse. Nhra drivers listing the nhra, the largest auto racing organization in the world. It includes drivers who were killed immediately, as well as those who were not killed immediately but succumbed to their injuries some time later. Kelly kahnes first involvemnet in sprint car racing was as a sponsor for cecil. Larry miller, sprint car driver of the 60s 70s public. Mueller said it was the first ontrack fatality at the track since the facility re. Uk oval racing driver photo gallery cecils rent a rookie. The most comprehensive sprint car racing website on the web. Larry miller, sprint car driver of the 60s 70s public group. I really do enjoy writing about drivers, owners and promoters that caused me to fall in love with this sport, but tonight, i want to share with you something written by a son, about his father, larry miller. Cecil green participated in 2 world championship races. Get the latest race results driver cecil eunice on.
Bobby and crew have moved over to the parsley lowland tract off the seven mile road, not too far from where they were. Ray godsey, russ smiley, kenny simpson, and cecil beavers semifeature winner. Cecil kenneth repsher 19162006 find a grave memorial. The indianapolis 500 was part of the fia world championship from 1950 through 1960. In 449 starts, he earned 29 top fives and 111 top 10s with a best finish of second at dover del. If you didnt get to watch larry miller back in his day, you are just not going to believe these numbers. The best result we found for your search is cecil driver driver iii age 70s in williamstown, ma. Elliott skeer racing you can find elliott on instagram. The following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the career details further below on the page. He served in the army during world war ii as a technician in the ordinance department where he.
Green, cecil, 19191951 indianapolis motor speedway speedway, ind. Rank is calculated after each race and may not reflect penalties. Com lawrenceburg speedway sprint cars traditional sprint car fansite. Com lawrenceburg speedway sprint cars traditional sprint car. Cecil wray phone, address, background info whitepages. On 7161961 in an imca race he ran second in his heat and second in the feature to pete folse who scored his 60th win on that day. South georgia motorsports park has released its 2020 schedule. Of course he never knew this and never knew me personally, but i really believe he was the inspiration for me all the years keeping the dream alive to someday race, and i made that dream come true starting in 2005.
Morgan shepherd born october 12, 1941 is an american semiretired professional stock car racing driver and current team owner. Find cecil beaverss phone number, address, and email on spokeo, the leading online directory for contact information. May 16, 2007 watching cecil race had a life long impact on me personally. After world war two, green took up midget cars from 1948. After a few seconds it let up, and about that time 1st sgt. Includes driving directions, point standings, schedule, news, photo gallery and rules. Cecil is related to helen howell wray and christopher r wray as well as 4 additional people. Courtesy of davis famiy sonny rabideau with the once run in 1965 by howard stevens for leo vallancourt. He earned six toptens in that series, finishing a best of. Posted on 19650101 20150914 author flemke categories cars, leo cleary, other, photos leo cleary. Cecil gordon, a former nascar driver and team owner, died thursday in lexington after a short battle with cancer, sporting news reported gordon, who was 71, ran 449 cup races as a driver, most. Reap the wild wind 1942 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Sprint car driver scott semmelmann was killed in a wreck during practice for a race saturday night at beaver dam raceway.
He won the usac sprint car semifeature over johnny thomson on 8211960. Joe kelly is a former nascar driver from quakertown, pa. Mike cecil memorial race information ocean speedway. August, 1961 jim hurtubise, auto racing s hercules from lennox, calif.
It used to be cecils barber shop and i am sure it will bring back some very happy memories, as it did for me, to all those who had their hair cut by either cecil or jimmy driver. Green won 34 midget races between 1948 and 1950 in oklahoma and missouri, and several more in texas. Midget legend who won numerous races and titles between 1948 and 1950. Aggravated after one norwood crash, he threw a punch at the tracks most popular driver. Visible with the white sweatshirt is future driver russ shaw. He competed in three nextel cup series events in his career with a career best effort of 15th.