Milford chronicle., 1956-06-01
Delmar Raceway To
Open Next Sunday

over OIlG-uuIUIsU laps VI Cnd1h-
pionship racing will be featured in
the re-opening of the Delmar Race
way, June 8, nexE Sunday, at IL
noon. Bill Streeter, who was pro-
moter here during 1950-51 seasons,
returns for a 1856 season of big
purses and late-model and modi-
fed shows. With him will be Mic
key Rorer (co-promoter) familiar
to racing fans up and down the
East coast in his No. IL black and
white, za9ra-striped modified stock
car.
Returning to De1mar's broad
casting booth will be Carroll Long,
s. alton WBOC's familiar chicken
auctioneer for the Delaware Pen
insula.. tLong was with Bill Streeter
during his earlier promotions here.)
And handling the flags will be
Harry Reeves, efficient president
ISCRA.
During the past month vast
face-lifting has been putting the
popular raceway into lis smooth
est fastest shape. Nearly 7S cars
are expected to pour onto the half
mile bank asphalt for tne time
trials, two heats and feature events
in both late-model (1951-5e1 srict-
ly stock cars and modified cars di-
visions. Each division will also
have one of the ever-popular match
races between the three fastest
qualifiers n the time trials.
The Inaugural 25-lap Champion
ship will kick off every4 lhird-week
shows which will draw some of rae
ing's all-time favorites back to
this locally.
The Streeter-Rorer promotion
features $4,000 purse, largest
ever offered. From the spectators
! 81 standpoint, a fast-close field av-
eraging around rs mph will pro-
vide a thrilling show at popular
prices. Seeing familiar popular
make cars for the first time in
competition on speedway oval is
lhe plus-va.ue of the day.
In addition to all the invading
competitors, there'll be Delmar's
Elton Davis, Dick Maddox, Bob
Hanna and Junior Park. Bridge
Vile natives will ibe watching Hor-
ace Williams and Paul bennington.
Nearly every neighboring town to
this Raceway has one or more
favorite sons entered.
Fresh from cleaning up the
Florida shows will be frankie
SCHNEIDER, Lambertvile, N. j., ace
who is back on the feature win
trail, fully recovered from last
seasons injuries at the Vineland
On. j. Speedway. frankie will be
plotting AL Tasnady's 1856 Ford,
Model Inaugural Championship
feature.
Tasnady himself, of Atco, N. j.,
will be driving his No. A modified
stock car. This hard-running car
had to make up an entire lap in the
Modified Inaugural Championship
feature of the same Vineland
Speedway show and still finished
up front
lin Delarey's 1885 Chevrolet,
record of 1915 mph over a 50-lap
feature, is in top condiI ion to carry
the Hope, N. J., ace. The big red
"26A" will be the number to watch
Sunday as Jim points the bright
wfite nose of his Chevrolet toward
the checker.
Bill Bowman and Gene Holcombe,
of Aberdeen, Md, 1855 late-model
point leaders of NADCO, will head
line Southern states competition
drawn from Delaware, Maryland
and Virginia. But the Silk City
Patterson. N. j. gang of Pappy
Hough will be there in force, led
by veteran Pappy. This will in
clude Charlie Dyer. fresh from a
win at Marlboro (Md) Speedway,
who plans to resume his wheel-to-
wheel competition with Elmo Lang
ley, Baltimore, Md, winner of the
1855 Virginia State Championship. |
Mocer Field, Richmond, Va
Elton Hildreth, Bridgeton. N. j.,
second-place winner of tae Vine
land Late Model inaugural Cham
pinoship will also be there. Others
from New Jersey will be Bill Hill, |
winner of the Modified Inaugural
Championship at Vineland and |
1855 Sportsman champion at that |
Speedway; Jim Marks and Bill
Wilson, second and third-place win
ners behind Hill. Bill McCort is
hoping luck holds out til after the