Photos by Nelson Ivins - Provided to The Vault by Nelson Ivins and Bob Pickell Jr.

Good to see both drivers ok after this one.  Be sure to check out the belly pan on the #555!

Comments welcome.

309 Bob Ryall, 555 I believe is Charlie Forsythe. Im sure this is a first: I used the last name Forsythe twice on this board on the same day! Glendon Forsythe in the Lincoln post.

I remember this flip becuase a picture was in the Trentonian. Sadly the only way racing made the paper. 

Sneaking by in the #41c is Vince Cannizaro and John Scarpatti in the #S2.

- David

I think the car that was mentioned as the #S2 is actually the #552(?), and was a team car to the #555 in the pictures that made the hard contact with the #309.

I'm not sure about the other car where all you can see if a "5".  I thought it might be John Bokros which would mean it was #51, or maybe the #59 Falcon (former Rissi car turned sportsman) maybe?

Good eye Joe. George Forsythe drove a blue #562 that was the team car to the #555. Wonder if they were brothers?

I'm almost certain they were brothers.

Bob Ryall #309. Vault visitor Richie Scott and vault photo contributor Bob Scott (RScott photos) were crew guys on this car, which was kept in or near East Brunswick, NJ.

Little known fact on the #309, This car had a big block installed and was driven by Bob Ayers at Syracuse back in the mid 70's. He did not qualify for the big race, but I'm told a good time was had by all that weekend!

The car was kept in East Brunswick in a small one car residential garage right up the street from our house,  the car barely fit in it.  I was 15 at the time, we had a race car in our neighborhood, life couldn't be better! You are correct Rob, they made an attempt at Syracuse, I think it was '77 with a big block provided by Bob Ayers regular owner, Dale Clickner. After this wreck Bob Ryall wasn't in an hurry to fix the car, so a bunch of guys offered to rebuild the car for the assault on the Cuse!  The frame was actually a Mulligan chassis, one that was sitting around Dales shop unused, so Ryall bought it. 

The trip to Syracuse was fun! We were the first car out on Thursday but broke an axle and didn't make a lap. Then on Friday that meant we were the last car out. So practically in the dark Bob went out and had like one of the faster times of the day, but the track was so much slower on day 2, so we were done.  They ran the Flemington 200 with the car, had plans for other races to end the year, but that was it.  Car return to sportsman racing the following year with little sucess and that was it. Good memories!

 I love the stories behind the pictures. Who knew? Anyone of us can post a photo on here and someone will have a story about it that most of us never knew. Thanks for sharing. 

- David