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Msg ID: 2799169 Flippington: #23 Midget (Driver ID Needed)    
Author:3-Wide
11/18/2023 4:37:46 PM

Looking for driver ID for this one.  The good news is that as you can see, he walked away from this one.

Images by Nelson Ivins/Provided by Nelson Ivins and Bobby Pickell Jr.
















Comments welcome.



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Msg ID: 2799172 Flippington: #23 Midget (Driver ID Needed)    
Author:clevco
11/18/2023 6:09:23 PM

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Last two pics is that Tasnady there??



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Msg ID: 2799175 Flippington: #23 Sprint Car    
Author:bpletcher
11/18/2023 6:41:30 PM

Reply to: 2799169

thats an urc sprint car not a  midget - i think it might be todd rittinhouse ??



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Msg ID: 2799186 Flippington: #23 Sprint Car    
Author:3-Wide
11/18/2023 9:21:07 PM

Reply to: 2799175

Thanks Butch.  For some reason I locked in on the one picture that had what looked like a strange header coming out of just one side and thought it was a midget and never gave it any additional thought.

Does anybody have a URC driver roster for what I'm guessing was probably around 1977 or so?

The car says "Bainbridge Auto Supply - Bainbridge NY" and I think it says DeForest Body Shop MT Upton NY on the hood.  There's also a cartoon of Sylvester the cat on the side of the car.

Here's a better view:  https://3widespicturevault.com/Nelson_Ivins_Pics&VITALS/T11.19.23_023_UNK_FLM_0070_IVINS_5.htm



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Msg ID: 2799189 Flippington: #23 Sprint Car    
Author:Rick Shive
11/18/2023 9:55:39 PM

Reply to: 2799186

Around 1972-73, can't believe there's actually somebody not running a wing. Definitely not Todd Rittenhouse, but the number 7 is Don Maxson's car, I'll ask his son Jim. 



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Msg ID: 2799192 Flippington: #23 Sprint Car    
Author:3-Wide
11/18/2023 10:00:44 PM

Reply to: 2799189

Thanks Rick - The negative was in with a bunch of others (same envelope as the one where you were scooting around in the #62, ducking under a flipping car between turns one and two, which I think was from the late 70's, right?) 

They weren't really in any type of order, and no date/driver info accompaning them.



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Msg ID: 2799197 Flippington: #23 Sprint Car, John Poole flipping     
Author:Rick Shive
11/18/2023 10:34:54 PM

Reply to: 2799192

Jim Maxson told me that Jack Adair (driving his Dad Don's number 7), ran Poole up the track into the fence. Don was really pissed at Jack. Don and crew helped Poole load the car, 1974. Jim would later become a driver and car owner in URC and KARS.

It was 1979 the crash I avoided in same spot, only to crash there on the ensuing restart. Be neat to see pictures of that one.



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Msg ID: 2799201 Flippington: #23 Sprint Car, John Poole flipping     
Author:RuCu
11/19/2023 8:08:57 AM

Reply to: 2799197
Another question. Was Billy Pauch Sr ever part of the Milford Fire and Resque squad? Looks like him, the kid with the hat, in pictures 9-15.


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Msg ID: 2799208 Flippington: #23 Sprint Car, John Poole flipping     
Author:Rick Lugg
11/19/2023 10:18:19 AM

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That's not Billy Pauch in the hat. I believe it's Ray Bellini. I was in the Milford Fire Co. in the mid 70's and he was also a member.



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Msg ID: 2799238 Flippington: #23 Sprint Car, John Poole flipping     
Author:RuCu
11/19/2023 3:30:16 PM

Reply to: 2799208
Thank you Mr. Lugg. They say we all have a look a like!


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Msg ID: 2799202 Flippington: #23 Sprint Car, John Poole flipping     
Author:John Mc.
11/19/2023 8:41:13 AM

Reply to: 2799197
I vaguely remember Jack Adair in a modified.


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Msg ID: 2799204 Flippington: #23 Sprint Car, John Poole flipping     
Author:Jim4j
11/19/2023 9:10:09 AM

Reply to: 2799202

Yes Dad & Jack had both. I ended up with the modified. I was told if i can fix it it was mine.



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Msg ID: 2799497 For Rick Shive    
Author:3-Wide
11/22/2023 4:33:19 PM

Reply to: 2799197

Rick - I went back and realized that somehow I didn't include the picture of you in the #62 avoiding the accident between Timmy Pauch, Ray Kozimore, and Bill Copcutt between turns 1 & 2 at Flemington IN the main site, in the Nelson Ivin's section.

Here's the picture and the link:

Link to the sequence:  https://3widespicturevault.com/Nelson_Ivins_Pics&VITALS/S06.05.22_32A_077_FLM_0070IVINS_004.htm  (You'll see that I added the picture of you in the #62 at I think the right point in the sequence, 7th picture from the top.)

I don't think I have pictures of the crash than you mentioned happening on the next restart.  Let me know who else was involved in it and I'll double check.



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Msg ID: 2799761 For Rick Shive, Thanks JOE    
Author:Rick Shive
11/25/2023 9:38:02 PM

Reply to: 2799497

My crash involved me and Al Robinson in the Katona K3.



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Msg ID: 2799205 Flippington: #23 Midget (Driver ID Needed)    
Author:Jim4j
11/19/2023 9:16:59 AM

Reply to: 2799169

Joe Thanks for posting the entire sequence. I only ever saw three top photos of this wreck. I have the URC year book with this crash. It was a very long ride home with Dad and Jack yelling at each other. We only broke the W-link on the car. A wreck that should have never happened. Emotions sometimes get the best of everyone. 

 



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Msg ID: 2799272 Flippington: #23 Midget (Driver ID Needed) JIM 4J    
Author:Rick Shive
11/19/2023 9:15:51 PM

Reply to: 2799205

I know the feeling about arguing on the way home after a bad night. 1985 running URC at Bridgeport, Rod Hanna driving my car, crashed with Jim Fowler in consi. Rod and his brother Jeff got into a shouting match on I-95 on way home, a lot of things came out in that argument (discovered that Jeff had actually bought the engine in the car, not Rod). When we got home they got out to open garage, I turned around and said to Rod's new girlfriend "Them two are a lot of fun together, huh"? She told me she was almost ready to tell me to stop on 95 and let her out, she'd hitchhike home!



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Msg ID: 2799273 Rescue squad members     
Author:Rick Shive
11/19/2023 9:21:17 PM

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Billy Pauch was never on Milford rescue squad. I do recognize Billy Corrigan, and a couple others look familiar. I sent Billy a couple pictures to see if he knows any other names.



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