A Weekend Question: Race Drivers or Race Cars Near Your House/Other  

In Harmony NJ I went to school with Russ Stecker's sister. Russ was a top runner in the limited sportsman division at Harmony driving a blue #3 coach and coupe in the early/mid 1960s, and in our 4th grade she got me Russ's autograph (which I still have). 

Jay Beers and Joe Shandor shared a red limited sportsman #13 in Harmony's early years. Jay later raced a yellow #10 coach and coupe, Joe later raced a #13 in the hobby car division. Dick Kutzler raced a blue #000 in the hobby car and late model divisions. All three guys were also members of the Harmony Twsp Fire Company, as was my father, so got to know them and see them regularly. Their kids were also classmates of mine.

Jay and Joe's #13 was kept in Joe's garage on River Road, I always looked for it when we drove by. Russ's car was kept at the Stecker family farm on Belvidere Road, at times you could see it loaded up on the trailer. 

Years later, married with kids and living in PA, I worked in Phillipsburg NJ. My regular route to/from work took me down Lehigh Drive in Easton allowing me to pass by Tom Hager's garage. More often than not the garage doors were open and Tom was hard at work. Always a thrill to see the #43 and give Tom a wave.