#4 LARRY & HOWDY WITTER, MAINE, NY
1937 CHEVROLET COUPE WITH A 302 GMC ENGINE. THIS CAR WAS
ORIGINALLY THE PURPLE & WHITE #47 OWNED BY THE CROSS BOYS OF
NEW BERLIN, NY. IT RACED IN THE CENTRAL NEW YORK AREAWITH
VARIOUS DRIVERS, AMONG THEM WERE JERRY TOWNLEY & LEE
MILLINGTON. IT WAS RESTORED BY RON CROSS & DENNY KARDOS IN
THE MID 80'S. IT WAS PURCHASED FROM RON CROSS IN 1989 BY LARRY
& RACED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS WITH THE MIDSTATE CLUB IN THE
60'S CLASS WITH IT'S ORIGINAL COLORS & NUMBERS WITH BOTH LARRY
& HOWDY DRIVING. IN 1995 THE CARS WAS REPAINTED & RENUMBERED
TO ITS PRESENT RED & WHITE #4. HOWDY WON 2 60'S CLASS FEATURES
WITH IT IN THIS FORM. IN 2003 THE CHEVY 250 ENGINE WAS REPLACED
WITH ITS PRESENT 302 GMC & THE CAR NOW RUNS IN THE 50'S CLASS.
HOWDY HAS WON 4 FEATURES WITH IT IN THIS CLASS.
CURRENTLY HOWDY WITTER IS THE DRIVER OF THE #4, WITH DAD,
LARRY AS HIS PIT CREW.
ORIGINALLY THE PURPLE & WHITE #47 OWNED BY THE CROSS BOYS OF
NEW BERLIN, NY. IT RACED IN THE CENTRAL NEW YORK AREAWITH
VARIOUS DRIVERS, AMONG THEM WERE JERRY TOWNLEY & LEE
MILLINGTON. IT WAS RESTORED BY RON CROSS & DENNY KARDOS IN
THE MID 80'S. IT WAS PURCHASED FROM RON CROSS IN 1989 BY LARRY
& RACED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS WITH THE MIDSTATE CLUB IN THE
60'S CLASS WITH IT'S ORIGINAL COLORS & NUMBERS WITH BOTH LARRY
& HOWDY DRIVING. IN 1995 THE CARS WAS REPAINTED & RENUMBERED
TO ITS PRESENT RED & WHITE #4. HOWDY WON 2 60'S CLASS FEATURES
WITH IT IN THIS FORM. IN 2003 THE CHEVY 250 ENGINE WAS REPLACED
WITH ITS PRESENT 302 GMC & THE CAR NOW RUNS IN THE 50'S CLASS.
HOWDY HAS WON 4 FEATURES WITH IT IN THIS CLASS.
CURRENTLY HOWDY WITTER IS THE DRIVER OF THE #4, WITH DAD,
LARRY AS HIS PIT CREW.
Restored by Ron Cross #47
LARRY HAS BEEN AFFILIATED WITH THE ORIGINAL MIDSTATE STOCK CAR
CLUB, SOUTHERN TIER STOCK CAR CLUB & THE OLD SHANGRI-LA RACE
TRACK.
CLUB, SOUTHERN TIER STOCK CAR CLUB & THE OLD SHANGRI-LA RACE
TRACK.
MOST OF LARRYS SUCCESS CAME IN HIS #48 B-CLASS CAR AT MORRIS, NY.
IN THE LATE 50'S AND EARLY 60'S WHERE HE STARTED HIS RACING CAREER
& WON SEVERAL FEATURES. HIS LOVE OF THE SPORT OF OLD STOCK CARS
& STOCK CAR RACING CONTINUES TO THIS DAY.
IN THE LATE 50'S AND EARLY 60'S WHERE HE STARTED HIS RACING CAREER
& WON SEVERAL FEATURES. HIS LOVE OF THE SPORT OF OLD STOCK CARS
& STOCK CAR RACING CONTINUES TO THIS DAY.
Larry's crash at Midstate Speedway, circa 1960
LARRY'S RACING CAREER STARTED AT MORRIS, NY IN 1956 IN A '37 CHEVY
COUPE #PX48. THE CAR WAS BUILT BY FIVE (WILD?) YOUNG GUYS, ERNIE
MILLER, LLOYD SOWLES, ROY CURRY, EDDIE GROSS & LARRY WITTER. ERNIE
OWNED A SINCLAIR GAS STATION & LOVED THE OLD P40 WWII FIGHTER
PLANES SO THE CAR WAS NUMBERED PX40. SINCE THERE WAS ALREADY A
CAR #40 AT MORRIS THE NUMBER WAS CHANGED TO PX40. LARRY WAS THE
1ST TO DRIVE THE CAR & WAS BITTEN BY THE "RACING BUG", NEVER TO
RECOVER. WHEN THE TEAM SLIT UP LARRY & LLOYD BUILT A 1933 CHEVY
5-WINDOW COUPE & RACED IT BRIEFLY AS THE #84. AFTER LLOYD QUIT
RACING,LARRY RENUMBERD THE CAR TO #48 & HAS AS PIT CREW DICK
HILLICKER, TOM HARROWER, TOM WITTER (LARRYS BROTHER) & MIKE
BARNHART. AFTER A SEVERE WRECK AT MORRIS THE BODY WAS REPLACED
WITH A 1934 CHEVY 3-WINDOW COUPE. DUE TO A GROWING FAMILY &
BUILDING A NEW HOUSE, THE CAR WAS SOLD TO RALPH & LES MOON IN 1962.
LARRY CONTINUED DRIVING CARS FOR OTHER PEOPLE & ALSO WORKED FOR
SEVERAL YEARS AT SHANGRI-LA RACE TRACK.
COUPE #PX48. THE CAR WAS BUILT BY FIVE (WILD?) YOUNG GUYS, ERNIE
MILLER, LLOYD SOWLES, ROY CURRY, EDDIE GROSS & LARRY WITTER. ERNIE
OWNED A SINCLAIR GAS STATION & LOVED THE OLD P40 WWII FIGHTER
PLANES SO THE CAR WAS NUMBERED PX40. SINCE THERE WAS ALREADY A
CAR #40 AT MORRIS THE NUMBER WAS CHANGED TO PX40. LARRY WAS THE
1ST TO DRIVE THE CAR & WAS BITTEN BY THE "RACING BUG", NEVER TO
RECOVER. WHEN THE TEAM SLIT UP LARRY & LLOYD BUILT A 1933 CHEVY
5-WINDOW COUPE & RACED IT BRIEFLY AS THE #84. AFTER LLOYD QUIT
RACING,LARRY RENUMBERD THE CAR TO #48 & HAS AS PIT CREW DICK
HILLICKER, TOM HARROWER, TOM WITTER (LARRYS BROTHER) & MIKE
BARNHART. AFTER A SEVERE WRECK AT MORRIS THE BODY WAS REPLACED
WITH A 1934 CHEVY 3-WINDOW COUPE. DUE TO A GROWING FAMILY &
BUILDING A NEW HOUSE, THE CAR WAS SOLD TO RALPH & LES MOON IN 1962.
LARRY CONTINUED DRIVING CARS FOR OTHER PEOPLE & ALSO WORKED FOR
SEVERAL YEARS AT SHANGRI-LA RACE TRACK.
WHEN SON HOWDY WANTED TO GET INTO RACING THEY TEAMED UP WITH
THE BEAL BROTHERS, BOUGHT & RESTORED THE #9, 60'S CLASS CAR &
JOINED THE MIDSTATE VINTAGE STOCK CAR CLUB IN 1990. SINCE WE All
WANTED TO DRIVE, LARRY & HOWDY STARTED THE WITTER RACING TEAM
& HERE WE ARE.
LARRY & HOWDY WITTER
THE BEAL BROTHERS, BOUGHT & RESTORED THE #9, 60'S CLASS CAR &
JOINED THE MIDSTATE VINTAGE STOCK CAR CLUB IN 1990. SINCE WE All
WANTED TO DRIVE, LARRY & HOWDY STARTED THE WITTER RACING TEAM
& HERE WE ARE.
LARRY & HOWDY WITTER
