Lots of interesting memories posted in the introduction. I thought it would be a good idea to start posting some pic of old times at Delaware and old timers who ran there.
Wheatley Ontario's Brian Setterington ran quite regularly there in the early to mid 70s.
This is Cayuga but Earl Ross and his 13 had lots of 70s success at Delaware. Not sure how often NHL and WHA goalie (last one to play without a mask) Andy Brown ran there though.
A pair of Box cars at that 1975 Carling 100. Terry Kitchen was in the #8 Camaro and I don't remember who drove the older Chevelle that day. Nice view of the grandstand in the back of this one.
This was my first visit to the track for the NASCAR Canada Carling series race in 1975 won by Joe Ruttman in the AVC Camaro who ran away and hid from a stellar field that day. There was a new to racing guy named Gary Pratt involved with that car and he would go on to some success building the Corvettes that have dominated sports car racing for the past 10 years.
Someone mentioned Ken McIlroy's #4 Mustang that was dominant in the Diamonds/Limited Lates in the early 70s. Here he is at Hide-A-Way outside of Kitchener ahead of Ron Snyder. But the car was commonly seen at Delaware, Nilestown and Sauble.
heh...well in all the excitement fromt his past weekend, this thread somehow slipped in under the radar. Just wanted to say howdy to Statsman and a thanks for the pics.
Love the shot of McLLroy. We were a racing family back then, and in our house, that certain kind of Mustang was called a Mcllroy Mustang.
Also love the photo of the 2 Ron Box cars. I loved that old green and gold combo. They don't paint race cars like that any more.
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