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3/9/10 Updated Odds & Ends
Fred Smith Photos - Updated Grab Bag
Name that Photo - Added posts and new photos
Guestbook - Added posts and contact info for Carol Amell
Projects - Revised article 'Build a Jalopy' (so you can actually read it..) to page 3
History - Added photos to 'The Way We Were'
Penn-Can Speedway - Updated Jack Romain Pictures, Page 2
Schedule - Added Afton date with NVDMRC
On a sad note we've learned that member John Clark's father Donald passed last
week, and that MASCC President Mike Newell's father in law, Elwin Herbert
Goodyear also passed last week. I'd like to extend condolnces to both the Clark and
Newell families.
2/28/2010 Updated Odds & Ends
Fred Smith Photos - Updated Grab Bag
Name that Photo - Added posts and new photos
Guestbook - Added posts
Projects - Added article 'Build a Jalopy' to page 3
History - Added Page 2 - 'The Way We Were'
Penn Can Speedway - Updated Jack Romain Pictures, Page 2
Gary Wood informed me thispast week that Big John Ross is going in for a stent
operation on March 9th, I'd like to wish him the best of luck and a speedy recovery.
2/17/10 Updated Odds & Ends
Fred Smith Photos - Updated Grab Bag
Name that Photo - Added posts and new photos
Guestbook - Added posts
2/10/10 Added post to the Guestbook, former Midstate member Dave Yager
has passed.
2/6/10 Updated Odds & Ends
Fred Smith Photos - Updated Grab Bag
Name that Photo - Added posts and new photos
Guestbook - Added posts
Schedule - Updated
Watertown Speedway - Competitors Collections Updated
Penn Can Speedway - Updated Jack Romain Pictures, Page 2
Best of luck to Brent Cross and crew at the Arca Race in Daytona.
1/31/2010 Updated Odds & Ends
Fred Smith Photos - Updated Grab Bag
Added Bryan Osgood
Name that Photo - Added posts and new photos
Guestbook - Added posts
Schedule - Updated
Added Watertown Speedway - Competitors Collections
Penn Can Speedway - Updated Jack Romain Pictures, Page 2.
1/23/2010 Updated Odds & Ends
Fred Smith Photos - Updated Grab Bag
Added Denis Giroux
Name that Photo - Added posts and new photos
Guestbook - Added posts
Schedule - Updated for 2010 (so far)..
Archived Guestbook and Updates
- I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday season, I'd like to wish all viewers a
belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I would have been more timely if
only my computer would have co-operated - long story short, if you get a pop-up
asking you to fix something - delete it - or you're probably just letting the virus in.
Some very crafty people have nothing better to do... Regardless, it allowed me to
take care of some other business instead of the site which I have to admit, takes up
a lot of my time. And I was getting burned out doing it as well. So, I now have a nice
chassis started for a hot rod as I've re-discovered my shop. I read two excellent
books, on Bugs Stevens and Ed Flemke, they should be required reading for all who
race and want to do it the 'right' way. In watching 'MadHouse' on the History
channel, (it's a race 'reality' show filmed at Bowman Gray Stadium with the
Modifieds) - I can only say that those guys slamming into each other aren't racing
the right way. Bugs Stevens related in his book "Guys just run over each other now,
that's not racing. If you were to do that in my time, and then tell someone like Leo
Cleary 'Hey, that's racing' he'd wipe the smile off your face and you'd be seeing
stars." Or something to that effect. Anyway - great books, not such a great show.
- There have been several passings since my last posting. Noted builder and driver
Bryan Osgood passed in Mid December. Former Midstate driver Alton Deforest
passed on Christmas eve and Carl Nagle's mother passed within this past week. My
condolences to all families.
- This year my plans are to add some more tracks to Odds & Ends, I've been talking
with Rod Nacewicz and will be making a trip to the Utica area to meet with him,
Dave Stoodley and Robert Danough - there will be additions to the Utica-Rome pages
and I'll add Watertown as well. That said however, I probably won't be making
weekly updates any longer. I want to get some work done in the shop and on my
projects, I can't do both so bear with me. I will update as I get new material or have
events to report on, bit it won't be as steady as previously. I kinda like my vacation
so I'm going to extend it. The site has exceeded all my expectations and continues
to grow, both in size and apparently, popularity as it's nearing 100,000 front page
hits (we're on two browsers, Http & www), and still averages nearly 15,000 page
hits per month - even when I didn't update it... Pretty good numbers for our club and
I appreciate the traffic. It means to me that there is still a lot of interest in these
old Modified coupes and coaches, so there are plenty 'birds of a feather' out there -
and this bird needs to get back to the shop. Enjoy 2010 - Jeff
Fred Smith Photos - Updated Grab Bag
Name that Photo - Added posts and new photos
Guestbook - Added posts and contact info for Carol Amell
Projects - Revised article 'Build a Jalopy' (so you can actually read it..) to page 3
History - Added photos to 'The Way We Were'
Penn-Can Speedway - Updated Jack Romain Pictures, Page 2
Schedule - Added Afton date with NVDMRC
On a sad note we've learned that member John Clark's father Donald passed last
week, and that MASCC President Mike Newell's father in law, Elwin Herbert
Goodyear also passed last week. I'd like to extend condolnces to both the Clark and
Newell families.
2/28/2010 Updated Odds & Ends
Fred Smith Photos - Updated Grab Bag
Name that Photo - Added posts and new photos
Guestbook - Added posts
Projects - Added article 'Build a Jalopy' to page 3
History - Added Page 2 - 'The Way We Were'
Penn Can Speedway - Updated Jack Romain Pictures, Page 2
Gary Wood informed me thispast week that Big John Ross is going in for a stent
operation on March 9th, I'd like to wish him the best of luck and a speedy recovery.
2/17/10 Updated Odds & Ends
Fred Smith Photos - Updated Grab Bag
Name that Photo - Added posts and new photos
Guestbook - Added posts
2/10/10 Added post to the Guestbook, former Midstate member Dave Yager
has passed.
2/6/10 Updated Odds & Ends
Fred Smith Photos - Updated Grab Bag
Name that Photo - Added posts and new photos
Guestbook - Added posts
Schedule - Updated
Watertown Speedway - Competitors Collections Updated
Penn Can Speedway - Updated Jack Romain Pictures, Page 2
Best of luck to Brent Cross and crew at the Arca Race in Daytona.
1/31/2010 Updated Odds & Ends
Fred Smith Photos - Updated Grab Bag
Added Bryan Osgood
Name that Photo - Added posts and new photos
Guestbook - Added posts
Schedule - Updated
Added Watertown Speedway - Competitors Collections
Penn Can Speedway - Updated Jack Romain Pictures, Page 2.
1/23/2010 Updated Odds & Ends
Fred Smith Photos - Updated Grab Bag
Added Denis Giroux
Name that Photo - Added posts and new photos
Guestbook - Added posts
Schedule - Updated for 2010 (so far)..
Archived Guestbook and Updates
- I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday season, I'd like to wish all viewers a
belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I would have been more timely if
only my computer would have co-operated - long story short, if you get a pop-up
asking you to fix something - delete it - or you're probably just letting the virus in.
Some very crafty people have nothing better to do... Regardless, it allowed me to
take care of some other business instead of the site which I have to admit, takes up
a lot of my time. And I was getting burned out doing it as well. So, I now have a nice
chassis started for a hot rod as I've re-discovered my shop. I read two excellent
books, on Bugs Stevens and Ed Flemke, they should be required reading for all who
race and want to do it the 'right' way. In watching 'MadHouse' on the History
channel, (it's a race 'reality' show filmed at Bowman Gray Stadium with the
Modifieds) - I can only say that those guys slamming into each other aren't racing
the right way. Bugs Stevens related in his book "Guys just run over each other now,
that's not racing. If you were to do that in my time, and then tell someone like Leo
Cleary 'Hey, that's racing' he'd wipe the smile off your face and you'd be seeing
stars." Or something to that effect. Anyway - great books, not such a great show.
- There have been several passings since my last posting. Noted builder and driver
Bryan Osgood passed in Mid December. Former Midstate driver Alton Deforest
passed on Christmas eve and Carl Nagle's mother passed within this past week. My
condolences to all families.
- This year my plans are to add some more tracks to Odds & Ends, I've been talking
with Rod Nacewicz and will be making a trip to the Utica area to meet with him,
Dave Stoodley and Robert Danough - there will be additions to the Utica-Rome pages
and I'll add Watertown as well. That said however, I probably won't be making
weekly updates any longer. I want to get some work done in the shop and on my
projects, I can't do both so bear with me. I will update as I get new material or have
events to report on, bit it won't be as steady as previously. I kinda like my vacation
so I'm going to extend it. The site has exceeded all my expectations and continues
to grow, both in size and apparently, popularity as it's nearing 100,000 front page
hits (we're on two browsers, Http & www), and still averages nearly 15,000 page
hits per month - even when I didn't update it... Pretty good numbers for our club and
I appreciate the traffic. It means to me that there is still a lot of interest in these
old Modified coupes and coaches, so there are plenty 'birds of a feather' out there -
and this bird needs to get back to the shop. Enjoy 2010 - Jeff