Jerry Lee
08-26-2009, 01:08 PM
Archie Romero never tasted a championship or ever even finished a season without some kind of bad luck, but he did manage to stick to it from the late ‘50’s, through the ‘60’s, and well into the ‘70’s at Englewood Speedway.
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(J.L. McGuire collection) Archie destroys his #153 through the West turn on June 25, 1961
during Stocker action at Englewood. Rodger Webb, in his “Purple Passion” #50 sedan, and
Marv Slusser, Sr. #39 skate by on the inside. There wasn’t much left of Archie’s car after
this barrel-roll finally ended, and amazingly he was unhurt in the accident. Dig the stock grill
work on Marv’s car #39 as he slides it through the turn with one hand on the wheel and
one hand in the air!
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(Photo by Mel Keller/Irwin Fogel coll.) Archie Romero (right) and crew member Pete Graham
pose with Archie’s Modified entry for 1970. This little buzz-bomb carried a 289 c.i. Studebaker
engine. Note the crazy wallpaper numbers on this Mod. It’s said that Archie was one of the
first to run a fiberglass body in the division at Englewood.
http://autoracingmemories.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=157&pictureid=953
(J.L. McGuire collection) Archie destroys his #153 through the West turn on June 25, 1961
during Stocker action at Englewood. Rodger Webb, in his “Purple Passion” #50 sedan, and
Marv Slusser, Sr. #39 skate by on the inside. There wasn’t much left of Archie’s car after
this barrel-roll finally ended, and amazingly he was unhurt in the accident. Dig the stock grill
work on Marv’s car #39 as he slides it through the turn with one hand on the wheel and
one hand in the air!
http://autoracingmemories.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=157&pictureid=954
(Photo by Mel Keller/Irwin Fogel coll.) Archie Romero (right) and crew member Pete Graham
pose with Archie’s Modified entry for 1970. This little buzz-bomb carried a 289 c.i. Studebaker
engine. Note the crazy wallpaper numbers on this Mod. It’s said that Archie was one of the
first to run a fiberglass body in the division at Englewood.