Olen McGuire
12-15-2009, 01:04 PM
I ran upon this web site looking for some "oldies". Below is the first photo on the site with an interesting caption.
I think this one is worth scrolling down. Just click on COASTAL181. (http://www.coastal181.com/cool_photos.htm)
http://autoracingmemories.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=210&pictureid=1382
It’s 1941 at the Rubber Bowl, a 30,000 seat football stadium built next to the Airport in Akron, Ohio. In 1941 a cinder track was put in around the turf, and fans seated near the action were offered mini-windshields to protect their faces from flying grit. In this shot the great Wes Saegesser in the Trevis #3 Offy leads Al Bonnell in another Offy, the Jackson #9. Both are clearly flyin’, but Bonnell is hard on that handle brake right next to the cockpit. Saegesser, meanwhile, seems to be taking it into the turn without brakes. Maybe that’s ’cause he had no left arm.
From SMALL CARS BRAVE HEARTS by Ron Pollock. Photo from the Jack Lemmo Collection.
I think this one is worth scrolling down. Just click on COASTAL181. (http://www.coastal181.com/cool_photos.htm)
http://autoracingmemories.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=210&pictureid=1382
It’s 1941 at the Rubber Bowl, a 30,000 seat football stadium built next to the Airport in Akron, Ohio. In 1941 a cinder track was put in around the turf, and fans seated near the action were offered mini-windshields to protect their faces from flying grit. In this shot the great Wes Saegesser in the Trevis #3 Offy leads Al Bonnell in another Offy, the Jackson #9. Both are clearly flyin’, but Bonnell is hard on that handle brake right next to the cockpit. Saegesser, meanwhile, seems to be taking it into the turn without brakes. Maybe that’s ’cause he had no left arm.
From SMALL CARS BRAVE HEARTS by Ron Pollock. Photo from the Jack Lemmo Collection.