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Msg ID: 2765693 Fred Dmuchowski's Racing Face Mask    
Author:3-Wide
2/18/2023 1:12:57 PM

Received via email from Patti Dmuchowski:  "Freddy found this in the garage in response to a Feb 4 thread/picture. His when he started racing. Black electrical tape marks over mouth screen to keep out dirt."



From 3Wide:  I don't know if these types of mask's had a name or not, but there was a time in the mid 60's where I was probably 6 or 7 years old, and thought a lot of drivers had very pointy noses!

Thanks for sharing this picture Team #303.



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Msg ID: 2765710 Fred Dmuchowski's Racing Face Mask    
Author:John Springsteel
2/18/2023 2:24:36 PM

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Pointy noses, lol. 
I thought all midget drivers where tiny people



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Msg ID: 2765717 Fred Dmuchowski's Racing Face Mask    
Author:.John Mc
2/18/2023 2:53:00 PM

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I don't think Freddy ever parted with a thing, lol.


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Msg ID: 2765731 Fred Dmuchowski's Racing Face Mask    
Author:Sprint93
2/18/2023 6:16:05 PM

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I thought the same thing Joe.  As a young lad sitting in the Flemington covered grandstand, I thought all the drivers faces / noses looked alike.  I still have one of those masks someplace.  It was given to me by Stan Ploski, when I was helping on the Carberry cars being built and maintained at the Trenton Mack facility on Route 1 in Lawrenceville, NJ.



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Msg ID: 2765757 Fred Dmuchowski's Racing Face Mask    
Author:Painterskip
2/19/2023 8:30:34 AM

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I used one of those when I first started in my way too short racing career. I later moved to a full face helmet (is that what they were called?) when the pit crew bought me one for my birthday:-)
This is one page of a book I made about my time in racing. (admin-if the photo is too big, feel free to re-size)



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Msg ID: 2765770 Fred Dmuchowski's Racing Face Mask    
Author:3-Wide
2/19/2023 10:32:47 AM

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Thanks for posting Skip.  I coundn't find one of you with the open face helmet and mask, but here's one with maybe the helmet you said the pitcrew bought for you:

http://www.3widespicturevault.com/GEORGE_KOYT_zPICS_&_VITALS/L12.20.15_034_DYR_FLM_0074KOYT_1.htm



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Msg ID: 2765826 Fred Dmuchowski's Racing Face Mask    
Author:Painterskip
2/19/2023 8:32:53 PM

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Yes, that's the one they bought. It was orange.

Here's a pic of me at Reading with that strange leather mask:-) I'm sure that I bought that at Tobys Speed Shop when I was collecting parts to build the first car.



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Msg ID: 2765834 Fred Dmuchowski's Racing Face Mask    
Author:bobby pickell jr.
2/19/2023 9:27:56 PM

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I remember cleaning my father's garage out in the early 1980's and that mask is one the things I threw out. I wish I hadn't done that.



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