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Msg ID: 2763583 The Big Picture - Langhorne    
Author:3-Wide
1/30/2023 12:21:53 PM

We left this one on the large size as there's a whole lot going on in what is probably an early 70's image from photographer Nelson Ivins:


Comments welcome such as which drivers you can identify, what part of the track that the accident is occuring, and maybe even at least one of the names of those up in the photographer's stand, and what passenger car is in the bottom right up against the fence.  (By the way, did anyone else out there ever watch a race from the back of a pickup parked along the infield fence at Langhorne?  That's how we did it for both Indycars and the Modifieds.)



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Msg ID: 2763585 The Big Picture - Langhorne    
Author:John Mc
1/30/2023 12:33:49 PM

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Went twice, that's the way I watched it. Couldn't see the flagger, had no idea when the race was over.


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Msg ID: 2763588 The Big Picture - Langhorne    
Author:3-Wide
1/30/2023 1:21:28 PM

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I forgot about that part of it John... Probably no PA either where we parked inside turn 1.

I was probably 9 or 10 at the time at the time this picture was taken, so might not of been paying that much attention, but I do remember I thought the cars were really cool and it was also pretty cool to go up to where the snack bar was which if I remember correctly, was up near the pits with the drivers and crews separated by a fence from us infield "general admission" spectators.  I remember kids running their minibikes on the infield dragstrip too, all part of the infield experience.

I also remember one year it rained at the end of the event, and a lot of the spectators cars in the infield got stuck in the grass/mud, and folks were helping to push by hand to help folks get on their way.  Not sure if the rain happened at an Indycar event or a modified event.



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Msg ID: 2763590 The Big Picture - Langhorne    
Author:Casey
1/30/2023 1:31:47 PM

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#98 Dick Havens ? maybe ?



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Msg ID: 2763627 The Big Picture - Langhorne    
Author:Howie Cronce
1/30/2023 8:43:16 PM

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For 2 or 3 seasons I was one of the kids on a minibike in the infield...Around 1964-65..I remember Mike Grbac borrowing somebodys muscle car and beating most competitors on the drag strip..The good old days..



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Msg ID: 2763713 That's crazy Howie...    
Author:John Mc
1/31/2023 5:05:19 PM

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Had to be '70 or '71...after the race some guy in a white Boss 302 Mustang was beating everyone at the drag strip. Grbac showed up in a dark green 383 Roadrunner and put on a power braking show, lol. Then he whipped the guy with the Mustang.


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Msg ID: 2763589 The Big Picture - Langhorne    
Author:Steve Cameron
1/30/2023 1:26:35 PM

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Looking at my programs, I'd say this was possibly the consolation race in 1970. If so, that would be Tommy Corellis in the 24, Cliff Tyler in the #21 Camaro and Bill Brainard in the 98 (although it looks very similar to a 98 driven by Ron Narducci, but he wasn't listed as an entrant).



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Msg ID: 2763730 The Big Picture - Langhorne    
Author:bobby711
1/31/2023 7:23:24 PM

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That positively is Ron Narducci car #98. 



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Msg ID: 2763594 The Big Picture - Langhorne    
Author:indy-legs
1/30/2023 2:52:48 PM

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Dick Ivins with the white pants in the photographers stand.



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Msg ID: 2763654 The Big Picture - Langhorne    
Author:45yrwallmodfan
1/31/2023 7:51:49 AM

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is that a gto under the photo stand? sure looks like it.



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Msg ID: 2763642 The Big Picture - Langhorne    
Author:RuCu
1/30/2023 11:11:49 PM

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Pic looks like it was taken between turns 3 and 4


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Msg ID: 2763656 The Big Picture - Langhorne    
Author:dnoldschool34
1/31/2023 8:30:45 AM

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That stand looks a little shaky for sure.



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Msg ID: 2763658 RuCu    
Author:kjeyres
1/31/2023 8:44:19 AM

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Langhorne only had turn 1 !  lol  It started at the starters stand and ended at the starters stand!



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Msg ID: 2763666 The Big Picture - Langhorne    
Author:indy-legs
1/31/2023 10:09:36 AM

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1953-55 Ford pickup behind Pontiac.



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Msg ID: 2763956 Puke Hollow    
Author:Lenny Swider
2/3/2023 9:48:06 AM

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I remember sitting in Frankie Schneider's garage one day and him telling me about Langhorne. He said there was this one section of the track that had a whoop-di-do in it. When you hit it your stomach went up but your body stayed seated and it would make you nautious hence the term puke hollow. I have a few pictures given to me by Kevin Dexheimer that he or his dad took. They are on the front stretch getting ready to start the race. Maybe some of you can fill in the blanks.









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Msg ID: 2764013 Puke Hollow    
Author:Steve Cameron
2/3/2023 3:49:35 PM

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Awesome photos! Looks like the first 5 rows of the June 15, 1958 Indy Car race. 1. #5 Jud Larson (finished 3rd) 2. #10 Don Branson (4th) 3. #26 Don Freeland (6th) 4. #7 Johnny Thomson (18th) 5. #9 Johnny Boyd (15th) 6. #44 Eddie Sachs (1st) 7. #35 Tony Bettenhausen (5th) 8. #29 AJ Foyt (2nd) 9. #45 Jack Turner (12th) 10. #48 Len Sutton (9th).



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