| Photo ID # | f02.14.09_OPN_WHL_LAN_0060O_1 |
| Car #: | #many |
| Driver (s) : | many... |
| Location: | Langhorne, PA |
| Date: | 1960's? |
| Photographer: | Harold Keffer |
| Photo provided by: | Rick Neff |
| Comments: |
Spectacular photo... Langhorne, Pa. So many things to
catch your eye here.... The competition, the cars wheel to wheel, the oiled track surface, the people
sitting in the background on what looks like could
be the back of a billboard. I didn't start going to Langhorne until around 1966 and it was paved by then, but it was a place of great triumph and of great tragedy. I've read that some driver's took one look and refused to race there. |
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| Date: | Visitor's Name: | Comment: |
| 02.15.09 | George Perkins | Looks like somebody lost an engine earlier with all that speedy dry in the corner. The lead car appears to be the Bowes Seal Fast car and from the way the driver is sitting I would guess Foyt. |
| 02.18.09 | Tom Bilger | To piggy back on Rick's comments, if my memory serves me right, and it's been a long time, the "Great" Jimmy Bryan lost his life at the"Horne" in June of 1960, coming out of retirement to sub for a driver who refused to race at Langhorne. I believe Bryan flipped in the "Infamous Puke Hollow "which they called a certain area of the track, because no matter how they would work the track, it would get tremendous ruts two laps into the race. |
| 02.18.09 | 3Wide | I think it might have been Roger Ward that didn't want to run at Langhorne and it was Jimmy Bryan that took over the ride and as mentioned above, lost his life in a crash at the speedway. (I read it in Chris Economaki's "Let Em All Go!" autobiography). |
| 08.16.12 | James Nise |
Jud Larson in lead, Don Branson second and Elmer George third. Eventual winner is last car in the scene, Van Johnson |
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