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#55 ALAN TATICH, ENDICOTT, NY
#55 ALAN TATICH, ENDICOTT, NY
#55 Latell Sprint Car
George Latell's Midget & #55 Sprint Car Circa 1932.
At this time I have 47 years of racing involvement. I raced in a big block modified
from 1981-1985 with a career ending crash at Nazarath, PA. receiving 3 fractured
vertabrae. I helped in the designing of Darrell Nickels limited supermodified, worked
with Doug Rundell on the suspension of his limited supermodified, designed a dwarf
car for Duane Knapp, designed a 4 cylinder modified that Dale Plank started in,
designed several asphalt modifieds that were built by Tim Murphy. I have designed &
built my own big block dirt modified. I'm now the suspension specialist on my
nephew's Greg Tatich big block dirt modified. As a kid I played in my uncle's (George
Tatich) old race cars that he drove at Shangri-La, 5-Mile Point, Chemung & South
Seneca Speedways in the 1940's & early 50's. I still have his first car, a 1937 Ford
Sedan #777, from about 1947 & have photos of it at Shangri-La. I was also on Dave
Wickham's sprint & midget pit crew in the 1970's.
Alan Tatich
from 1981-1985 with a career ending crash at Nazarath, PA. receiving 3 fractured
vertabrae. I helped in the designing of Darrell Nickels limited supermodified, worked
with Doug Rundell on the suspension of his limited supermodified, designed a dwarf
car for Duane Knapp, designed a 4 cylinder modified that Dale Plank started in,
designed several asphalt modifieds that were built by Tim Murphy. I have designed &
built my own big block dirt modified. I'm now the suspension specialist on my
nephew's Greg Tatich big block dirt modified. As a kid I played in my uncle's (George
Tatich) old race cars that he drove at Shangri-La, 5-Mile Point, Chemung & South
Seneca Speedways in the 1940's & early 50's. I still have his first car, a 1937 Ford
Sedan #777, from about 1947 & have photos of it at Shangri-La. I was also on Dave
Wickham's sprint & midget pit crew in the 1970's.
Alan Tatich
Additions 4/29/07
Alan had recently acquired the Latell Midget to re-unite the pair built by th elate
George Latell. It's amazingly intact and only needs a rub down before hitting the
show circuit as these pictures attest. Thanks for sharing Alan.
George Latell. It's amazingly intact and only needs a rub down before hitting the
show circuit as these pictures attest. Thanks for sharing Alan.
Thanks Alan.