Mel's Photos...
Welcome to Mel's Photos... a page featuring images captured from one of the sport's best photographers, Mel Stettler.
In addition to being a great photographer and a dedicated race fan for the past 6 decades, I've learned from others that over the years, Mel provided some photography tips to other photographers who were "newer" to the sport, and who were trying to improve their skills. That means that in addition to the great images produced by Mel, there are many other images that Mel had a hand in...., whether tips on shooting... camera settings, or even with help on developing prints.
We thank Mel for providing the images below, and for applying his photographic skills to the sport of automobile racing.
Click on the each thumbnail below to see the full size photo, along with the "Vault Vitals" and Visitor's Comments" on each.
Here's are the first few photos that Mel ever took of racecars.... from back in the early 60's.... when growing up on the family farm in Lower Nazareth, on Route 191. Mel took these photos with his very first camera - a 127 black and white camera with a plastic lens as the cars went by headed for a night at the races!:
Lucky Jordan's #2
Cookie Hauze
Tommy Sheetz
Freddie Adam
Desantis #14
Elton Hildreth
Eddie Haldeman
Sammy Beavers
Bobby Weisenmeyer
Junior Nothstein
Smokey Dengler
Smokey Dengler
Deasey #707
Toby Tobias?
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 Al Michalchuk |
 Al Kessler |
 Roger Laureno |
 ...not sure |
 Larry Bowers |
 Bob Smith |
 Paul Kuhl's Chicken Car |
 Mike Grbac |
 not sure... |
 Howie Cronce |
 Del George |
 Gary Balough |
 Lew Hann |
 Bobby Allen |
 Mike Grbac |
 Glenn Fitzcharles |
 Unknown |
 Harold Bunting |
 Whip Mulligan |
 Kozimore #37J & Dick Ween |
 Newt Hartman |
 Fran Callery |
 Joe Hall & Jay Stong |
 Tommy McConnell? |
 Frank Cozze? |
 Wilbur Force |
 Lenny Martin & Frankie Schneider |
 Maynard Troyer & Budd Olsen |
 George Oliver |
 Bob Fisher |
 Nick Piscitelli or Don Stives? |
 Walt Olsen (?) |
 Stan Ploski & ? |
 Bob Ayres & Phil Hare |
 Del George & Joe Conti |
 Billy Cannon |
 Billy Mathews |
 Fritz Epright |
 Len Seroka |
 Gary Balough |
 not sure... |
 Jimmy Horton |
 Fred Dmuchowski |
 Gary Iulg |
 Gary Bouc |
 Dan Curnell |
 Nick Schlaugh |
 Maynard Troyer |
 Trenton Speedway - 1972 |
 Ken Brenn Racing |
 ID needed |
 Charley Gilmore? |
 Phil Youngs |
 Vic George |
 Jackie Evans |
 Sky Box at Pocono |
 A Real Big Block |
 Supercharged Supermodified |
 Jim Shampine |
 Hearn & Hoffman |
 Van May |
 $'s & Cents |
 Davey Brown Jr. & Sr. |
 Jack Johnson |
 Ken Brenn Jr. |
 Fill'er Up |
 Leon Manchester |
 Russ Hoek |
 Harry Steinkopf |
 Bill Wimble |
 Freddy Smith & Buzzie Reutimann |
 Allentown |
 Richie Evans |
 Dick Anderson |
 Deasey #707 |
 Frankie Schneider |
 Bob Rossell |
 Bill Deskovich |
 Elton Hildreth |
 Jackie Hamilton |
 Sammy Beavers |
 George Sleight? |
 Billy Pauch |
 Don Diffendorf & Buzzie |
 Roger Treicher |
 Sammy Swindell |
 Kenny Weld & Grant King |
 not sure... |
 Del George? |
 A.J. Foyt |
 Maynard Troyer |
 Carl Van Horn |
 Langhorne 1970 |
 Chet Fehr |
 Lou Blaney |
 Maynard Forrette |
 Smokey Snellbaker |
 Marcel LaFrance |
 Mike McLaughlin |
 Merv Treicher, Maynard Troyer and Richie Evans |
 Nazareth 1/2 Mile Finale |
 Harry Charles |
 Whip Mulligan |
 Billy Deskovick |
 Elton Hildreth |
 Stan Ploski |
 Sammy Beavers |
 Pee Wee Griffin |
 ...not sure... |
 ...not sure... |
 Syracuse Inspection Line '85 |
 Syracuse Inspection Line '85 |
 Jim Shampine |
 Gary Bettenhausen |
 not sure... |
 not sure... |
 Merv Treichler |
 Bullock/Chamberlain |
 Kenny Brightbill |
 Doug Hoffman |
 Bob McCreadie |
 Sammy Beavers |
 Brett Hearn |
 Carl Reynolds |
 Shawn, George & Richie Smith |
 Howie Cronce |
 Frank Cozze |
 Jake & Carl Collis |
 Tighe Scott |
 Richard Jarvis |
 Siegfried & Hearn |
 Midgets at Nazareth |
 Jack Johnson & Dave Kneisel |
 Fritz Epright |
 Earl Kelly Racing |
 Davey Hamilton |
 Gerald Chamberlain |
 Charlie Shire |
 Danny Johnson(?) and Chip Slocum |
 Alan Johnson and Walt Olsen |
 Restored Weld |
 ABC Camera at Daytona |
 Driving on Daytona Beach |
 Super Mod at Syracuse |
 Charlie Jarzombek |
 Lee Osborne? |
 Kenny Brightbill |
 Johnny Bennett |
 Bridgeport/Heritages Pace Car |
 not sure... |
 Howie Cronce |
 Jim Horton Sr's #43 |
 Richie (times 3) |
 Joey Chitwood Thrill Show |
 Clydesdales at Daytona |
 Kevin Collins |
 Sammy Swindell & ? |
 Billy Deskovick |
 Jim Bowen |
 Tobias |
 Nazareth Expo 1993 |
 Billy Osmun & Toby |
 Steve Chassey |
 Mark Smith |
 Marcel LaFrance |
  Tour Cars at Naz |
 Long before there were masks... |
 Larry Dickson |
 Jerry Cook |
 Don Kreitz Jr. |
 Toby Tobias Jr. |
 Gerald Chamberlain |
 Ray Liss at Daytona |
 Van May & Kenny Weld |
 Billy Pauch & Jack Johnson |
 Thru the Turn at Nazareth... |
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A big Vault "Thank You"
to racing photographer Mel Stettler for sharing his amazing photos with us.
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01/20/20