See more ideas about sprint car racing, racing and sprint cars. Shop gus lindersprint car driverportrait photo1960svg and more authentic, autographed and gameused items at amazons sports collectibles store. Sheldon kinser, lee kunzman, danny lasoski, harold leep, gus linder, frankie luptow, george doc mackenzie, roger mccluskey, lealand mcspadden, louis. That came in 1951, when linder raced at pittsburgh. Linder raced usac open wheel as well as nascar stock cars. Richert, a threetime imca national sprint car champion, would win the. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, the linder name was one of the biggest in racing in the entire country. Duke cook, norm brown, george snider, harry hanford, gus linder, tom. Billy hughesphotourc sprint carportraitoday specialvg. He was able to accomplish things in the sport many were never able to do. Gus lindersprint car driverportrait photo1960svg at. Pittsburgh circle track club 2005 hall of fame inductee. The black ford powered sprint car started winning at. Ryan newman autographed picture sprint car beckett 11x14 us army 1 beckett authentication autographed nascar photos.
In the second race of the series, gus linder and reigning imca champion jerry richert, sr. Jan 24, 2018 at the end of the 30lap event, richert had a straightaway advantage over secondplace car gus linder, the pittsburgh flash, who had worked his way from his seventh starting position. From a kid hitch hiking to the races, to a crew member, to driver, to racing pastor, the love. I still remember the scream of the 289 ford in gus linders car down in parkersburg. Gene varner, benny rapp, johnny auxter, jim fowler, and gus linder completed the top ten for the final sprint car event contested at the allentown fairgrounds. There are 74 drivers with two or less wins, according to the speedway website. See the article in its original context from april 20, 1959, page 38 buy reprints. Gus linder 2015 twentysixth national sprint car hall of fame inductions.
Local racing luminary august gus linder passes away at 86, leaving behind a. Page layout issues exist with some browsers all content on this site is the property of selinsgrove speedway management or the entity that provided it. The 2016 national sprint car hall of fame inductee served in the army and was bitten by the racing bug after brother dick had gotten involved, racing jalopies. Features vintage sprint car pic thread, 1965 and older only. His personality and aggressive driving whether in a midget or sprint car has brought. Roll cages made their debut in the usac sprints when car owner ken brenn brought his offy to the track with the protective covering for driver larry dickson. News, photos, results, and more from dozens of associations. Starting positions in the fortytwo car field are unknown due to poor records, but linder raced his way to a solid 17th place finish. Jan 04, 2016 on dirt tracks, 1966 was pivotal year. Selinsgrove speedway sprint car racing news, schedules. In 1982, the series expanded to 49 sprint car races with an incredible 20 different feature winners.
From news and results, to online fantasy racing has it all. The following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the career details further below on the page. Auto racing memories vintage race cars old time sprint. Usac national sprint car series 1967 standings driver.
Features vintage sprint car pic thread, 1965 and older. Lee kunzman, danny lasoski, harold leep, gus linder, frankie. Gus linder, lee osborne, daryn pittman, ronnie rough. The popularity of the all stars continued in 1984 with 265 drivers taking part in 48 events, sharing. Gus linder is a former nascar driver from pittsburgh, pa.
He competed in one nextel cup series event in his career. Dirt track racing, old race cars, vintage race car, car and driver, repeat, cool cars, antique cars, rocks. Gus peacefully on wednesday, april 29, 2015, of bethel park. The most comprehensive sprint car racing website on the web. Hall of fame inductees national sprint car hall of fame. Beloved husband of joan gelzhiser linder for over 62 years. Linder won five times at williams grove, three at selinsgrove and once each at. Recently i received the call that pittsburghs gus linder had died. Fred linder won the championship for the second time and there were 20 different feature winners. It was purchased new by gus linder to replace the well worn trevis he. Gus linder sprint car racing news, schedules, results, and. Between 1949 and 1956 he entered 28 nascar events, winning three with eight additional top 10 finishes.
Gus lindersprint car driverportrait photo1960svg hipcomic. Danny lasoski, harold leep, gus linder, frankie luptow, george doc mackenzie, roger mccluskey, lealand mcspadden, louis meyer, tommy milton, jimmy murphy. Richard dick linder april 6, 1923 april 19, 1959 was a professional race car driver from. Mickey banas could make a ford engine a feature winner when it was unheard of in sprint car racing. Features vintage sprint car pic thread, 1965 and older only please. Note that both cars also had the steering on the right side. Not just another racing column hoseheads sprint car photos. This is a list of inductees in the national sprint car hall of fame. It also had a large wynns friction eliminator sticker on the hood and smaller ones on the side. Jan 17, 2008 features vintage sprint car pic thread, 1965 and older only please. The only place to find all the results from central pa sprint car racing as well as original articles about the sport. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Gordon johncock, chet johnson, page jones, bob kinser, mike kirby, fred linder, steve long, hank lower, brett mann, bobby marshman, larry martin, mike martin, brad marvel, justin. Gus linder sprint car racing news, schedules, results.
Click on the year to see the standings for that year. In all reality, gus was the biggest winner of any western. Emory collins won the imca sprint car race at the southern iowa speedway, oskaloosa, ia. Harry hanford, gus linder, tom bigelow, jim luebbert, tommy copp, arnold knepper. What made gus so famous was the 289 cubic inch ford engine running against an all chevy powered field of cars. The black ford powered sprint car started winning at the famed williams grove, lincoln, port royal, and susquehanna speedways. The car when we sold it had glenn groves garage on both sides of the hood and driver paul reed on the sides.
Some names of our old drivers, some alive, some not, rick firkle, larry dickson, steve unger, billy cassella, jac haudnschild, at 15 years old, doc dawson, passed away in our car, on the one mile, in springfield illinois, lou blaney,nascar dave blaneys dad, the man i raced with for years, was a very well known driver, he just passed 2 years ago, mac clingan, for you real old timers my dad was. Gus linders legacy in sprint car racing puts him in a class all his own, said don gamble, a local racing historian and host of rappin on racin, a weekly motor sports radio show. Individual driver statistics for the 1967 usac national sprint car series. Shop gus linder sprint car driver portrait photo1960svg and more authentic, autographed and gameused items at amazons sports collectibles store. Jimmy boyd sets the west capital raceway, nonwing track record.
Gus linder, who had passed more cars in the four meets to date, would. Usac national sprint car series 1967 standings driver database. All star circuit of champions 410 outlaw sprint car series. Bobby allen won the super sprint race over gus linder, kenny weld, lynn paxton and bobby abel at the lincoln speedway, hanover,pa ralph quarterson won the sprint car race over bill wheeling, jim magill, dick cotterman and jim sheaffer at the mercer raceway park, mercer, pa. Covering everything sprint car related in central pa. Sprint car racing dirt track racing old race cars vintage race car car and driver coups old school antique cars automobile instagram post by richard hathaway feb 28, 2017 at 12. He and his brother gus linder are members of the pittsburgh circle track club hall of fame. At the end of the 30lap event, richert had a straightaway advantage over secondplace car gus linder, the pittsburgh flash, who had worked his way from his seventh starting position. Jan 17, 2008 features vintage sprint car pic thread, 1965 and older only. Welcome to selinsgrove speedway the fastest half mile on the east coast. Polesitter jerry lepinski took third followed by bobby adamson and darl harrison of tiffin, ohio. Despite taking on pctc hall of fame members such as lou blaney, ralph quarterson, gus linder, and other top runners such as buddy cochran and ted wise, lynch won his share in the sprint cars, scoring 27 wins at tracks such as tricity 15, lernerville 8, sharon and pittsburgh. Signed mark martin photograph sprint car beckett 11x14 us army 1 beckett authentication autographed nascar photos. Get the latest race results, news, videos, pictures, win record and more for gus linder on espn.
All star circuit of champions 410 outlaw sprint car. On dirt tracks, 1966 was pivotal year york dispatch. Webbs main focus was to bring americas series to new racing venues so that fans across the states could finally see the best sprint car drivers in the country. On saturday, august 10, 1968, darl harrison won the 50lap imca main event over bobby adamson, ray tilley, bill roynon, and ronnie rough. Get the latest race results, news, videos, pictures, win record and more for gus linder on. Browse hundreds of tracks for news, events, photos, and more. That car ran against such drivers as gus linder, ralph quarterson, larry dixon and others and on occasion beat em. Ohio against drivers such as dick linder, dick hill speedway championship. June 17, 2002, marked the next chapter in all star circuit of champions history with guy webb, an illinois car owner and businessman. List of national sprint car hall of fame inductees wikipedia. Local racing luminary august gus linder passes away at 86, leaving behind a decorated and memorable legacy. Gus linder won the sprint car race over dave lundy and hank jacoby at the greater pittsburgh. Richard dick linder april 6, 1923 april 19, 1959 was a professional race car driver from pittsburgh, pennsylvania. Richert eked out the victory, but it was the charging linder who.
Gus lindersprint car driverportrait photo1960svg ebay. In 1958 he became the only driver to win the national championship without a win. Gus found success racing stock cars in eastern ohio and western pennsylvania. That signalled gus linders pit crew to install a similar cage atop linders banas ford.
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