Eastern Mutual  Racing
Club
Brookfield, Morris, Vernon & Sharon, NY
These pictures were contributed by club member Alan Weaver
and show what stock car racing was like in 1952 at Vernon,
now the site of Vernon Downs. They're great, thanks Alan!
Fred Gerow is strapped into the Arcone 150 and ready to go..
Tommy Wilson picks up another flag in the P-13..
Howie Fox F-86, Bernie Ingersoll 100 and Bernie Miller 41 are three I can indentify from this pit shot..
Bill Burton leads the pack out of the corner..
Big crowds were the norm in 1952..
Thanks Alan.
Update 11/16/2008
I believe this is the car Cliff Kotary bought from Mert Skinner.
Fred Gerow in the Arcone Spl.
Bob Kegebein takes the flag at Vernon.
Vernon action -Bill Wahl 5, Harry Dust 26, Bernie Miller 41, George Gallup 103 and Don Hendenberg 1 battle in the dust..
Plenty of help for this crash..
Update 11/23/2008
Lined up and ready to go, check out the crowd.
Dropping the green..
A neat thing about pictures from tis time is the captured spped, as shown in an oblong tire..
A common sight of the time, Tommy Wilson speeds by in the P-13.