| Photo ID # | f01.24.09_808_FAR_FLM_0060_1 |
| Car #: | #808 |
| Driver (s) : | Les Farley |
| Location: | Flemington |
| Date: | 1960's |
| Photographer: | Ace Lane Sr. |
| Photo provided by: | Ace Lane Jr. |
| Comments: |
I was just watching a video of the Flemington 200 held in October of
1984. Les was added as a promoter's choice and I think he ended up
finishing in the top 15 driving a #1 Gremlin shaped machine that looked gold
in color. Above, Les is behind the car that he may have won a Sportsman Championship with at Flemington sometime in the 60's. Both Les and his brother Ed were both well respected drivers at Flemington and other area speedways. Sadly, Les passed away sometime in the late 80's or early 90's, and his brother Ed just passed in 2008. My guess is their both side by side again, behind the wheel of their favorite ride, racing once again.... |
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| 01.25.09 | Ed Duncan | Bub Walters owned that Sportsman division car. That car ran dirt & pavement at many tracks. The Sportsman ran with Modifieds in the 50s an 60s.Great Ace Lane picture |
| 01.28.09 | Ed Perkins (I think...) | The 808/Farley combination was one that left very vivid memories stamped in my brain. When I think of Flemington I think of the 808. Back then, it was one of the pretty cars. It was always clean and shiny. The black with red interior was unique. The sound of RPM's (they had to be running way more gear in that car then anybody else) combined with Les Farley's driving style made that ride impossible to forget. It was, however, very easy to forget the car was a sportsman. |
| 01.29.09 | Steven Whitney | An interesting point is the black paint. Back in the pre-Earnhardt days, black paint was both unusual and striking. Now every race car on the track is black. |
| 02.04.09 | John Snyder | This car should be called the Riegel Paper Special. Bubby
Walters worked in the maintenance department of Riegel's Milford, NJ plant.
Technically, he was assigned to the carpenter shop, but he was called on
almost every time they had a major problem of any type to solve. I was
fortunate enough to spend four summers working with him at the mill,
constantly picking his brain about stock car racing. The No. 808 truly
was Riegel's "house" car. On Monday mornings Bubby couldn't get any work done as everyone from the mill manager on down to the locker room janitor had to stop by and talk about the weekend races. This particular No. 808 began the trend at Flemington and Harmony towards lower bodies, slope down hoods, and center steering. It had a great number of innovations, made possible by parts, pieces, and machine shop expertise at the paper mill. Most of the cars that came from the Delaware Valley region had some "808 influence" in their construction, from reversed frame rails to nylon spring bushings, etc., etc. Bubby Walters was a mechanical genius. He once said, "Looks never won a race, but they never slowed one down either." ----John Snyder |
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