Comments on: The Business of Racing http://joewelder.com/2007/04/24/the-business-of-racing/ Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:26:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: JoeWelder.com™ http://joewelder.com/2007/04/24/the-business-of-racing/comment-page-1/#comment-7148 JoeWelder.com™ Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:18:35 +0000 http://joewelder.com/2007/04/24/the-business-of-racing/#comment-7148 [...] Jim has a bit more on his mind — he just learned that one Glen Dennee has bought his Uncle Ben’s old racing car and is working on restoring it! He’ll get a chance to meet up with Glen during the show and [...] [...] Jim has a bit more on his mind — he just learned that one Glen Dennee has bought his Uncle Ben’s old racing car and is working on restoring it! He’ll get a chance to meet up with Glen during the show and [...]

]]> By: Glen Dennee http://joewelder.com/2007/04/24/the-business-of-racing/comment-page-1/#comment-6990 Glen Dennee Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:58:01 +0000 http://joewelder.com/2007/04/24/the-business-of-racing/#comment-6990 Hi Joe, I just brought your Uncle Ben's car, do you have some picture or info regarding the car so I can put it back to as original as I can? I race against you Uncle many times in USAC and BCRA. It has been restored but all yellow paint scheme, I thought it has some blace and if I remember sometimes it was totally black but my memory is not what it use to be. Glen Hi Joe,
I just brought your Uncle Ben’s car, do you have some picture or info regarding the car so I can put it back to as original as I can? I race against you Uncle many times in USAC and BCRA. It has been restored but all yellow paint scheme, I thought it has some blace and if I remember sometimes it was totally black but my memory is not what it use to be.
Glen

]]> By: Jack http://joewelder.com/2007/04/24/the-business-of-racing/comment-page-1/#comment-5785 Jack Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:51:50 +0000 http://joewelder.com/2007/04/24/the-business-of-racing/#comment-5785 @jim clemence and @Editor, JoeWelder.com I don't think he's talking about Trojan. I think the racetrack he is referring to is the old Ascot Raceway at the end of Tweedy at the LA River. Seems it was there from late 30s thru the 40s. There were 4 Ascot raceways back in the day. I'd love to see some pix of this one if anyone knows where they might be hiding at this point. @jim clemence and @Editor, JoeWelder.com
I don’t think he’s talking about Trojan. I think the racetrack he is referring to is the old Ascot Raceway at the end of Tweedy at the LA River. Seems it was there from late 30s thru the 40s. There were 4 Ascot raceways back in the day. I’d love to see some pix of this one if anyone knows where they might be hiding at this point.

]]> By: Debbie Wood http://joewelder.com/2007/04/24/the-business-of-racing/comment-page-1/#comment-965 Debbie Wood Fri, 16 May 2008 19:44:06 +0000 http://joewelder.com/2007/04/24/the-business-of-racing/#comment-965 Hi Jim Joe, Found this site doing research on my dad Johnnie Wood who use to race for Farmer Ben. This article brought me way back. And tears to my eyes. I was in your uncles barn many times when I was a kid watching them work on the midgets. Had my first cantaloupe there, and my first face to face with a goat. I remember it well. He was an amazing man. I can remember all the talk about the cooling system he had in the car #3 that my dad drove. Its nice to see the old timers being remembered they were the heart and soul of the of the racing world and so often forgotten. Thanks for the great memories Debbie Wood Farris Hi Jim Joe,

Found this site doing research on my dad Johnnie Wood who use to race for Farmer Ben.

This article brought me way back. And tears to my eyes. I was in your uncles barn many times when I was a kid watching them work on the midgets. Had my first cantaloupe there, and my first face to face with a goat. I remember it well. He was an amazing man. I can remember all the talk about the cooling system he had in the car #3 that my dad drove.

Its nice to see the old timers being remembered they were the heart and soul of the of the racing world and so often forgotten.

Thanks for the great memories
Debbie Wood Farris

]]> By: Editor, JoeWelder.com http://joewelder.com/2007/04/24/the-business-of-racing/comment-page-1/#comment-284 Editor, JoeWelder.com Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:15:19 +0000 http://joewelder.com/2007/04/24/the-business-of-racing/#comment-284 YES! There was Trojan Speedway. In South Gate. The first place I ever raced... thanks for stopping by! --Jim Watson, aka Joe Welder YES! There was Trojan Speedway. In South Gate. The first place I ever raced… thanks for stopping by!

–Jim Watson, aka Joe Welder

]]> By: jim clemence http://joewelder.com/2007/04/24/the-business-of-racing/comment-page-1/#comment-240 jim clemence Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:51:16 +0000 http://joewelder.com/2007/04/24/the-business-of-racing/#comment-240 I came across your website while trying to resolve an argument about a midget race track in my old town of south gate calif. My dad owned a welding shop in south gate from 1938 thru 1963. He did a lot of welding for the Meyer brothers who owned a Offenhauser shop in south gate on Atlantic blvd. As a child a remember going to a race track near the Los Angeles river to watch Johnnie McDowell race in Louie Meyers car. There was also a track I believe called Atlantic Speedway a short distance away where we would go. My old friend from grammer school does not remember any racing in south gate. Was there a track there? I came across your website while trying to resolve an argument about a midget race track in my old town of south gate calif. My dad owned a welding shop in south gate from 1938 thru 1963. He did a lot of welding for the Meyer brothers who owned a Offenhauser shop in south gate on Atlantic blvd. As a child a remember going to a race track near the Los Angeles river to watch Johnnie McDowell race in Louie Meyers car. There was also a track I believe called Atlantic Speedway a short distance away
where we would go. My old friend from grammer school does not remember any racing in south gate. Was there a track there?

]]> By: Randy Haberman http://joewelder.com/2007/04/24/the-business-of-racing/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Randy Haberman Mon, 28 May 2007 16:43:43 +0000 http://joewelder.com/2007/04/24/the-business-of-racing/#comment-12 Hey Jim, I mean Joe, This site is awesome! The picture of Farmer Ben really brings back some memories! The dirt track races at American Legion Speedway in Fairbury, Illinois this past week were incredible! I forgot how exciting it was to see drivers lifting the left front all the way down the straightaway. Let me know if you need any more "historical" pictures of #51. I have the whole fabrication sequence of your chassis on the garage floor! I'm off to the Goodguys Nostalgia Nationals in Indy on June 8th. It's the 75th anniversary of the '32 Ford and we can drive around the Brickyard in our '32's. Hey remember your buddy's '32 3-window coupe- "Brew 32"? Talk to you soon. Habes Hey Jim, I mean Joe,

This site is awesome! The picture of Farmer Ben really brings back some memories! The dirt track races at American Legion Speedway in Fairbury, Illinois this past week were incredible! I forgot how exciting it was to see drivers lifting the left front all the way down the straightaway.

Let me know if you need any more “historical” pictures of #51. I have the whole fabrication sequence of your chassis on the garage floor! I’m off to the Goodguys Nostalgia Nationals in Indy on June 8th. It’s the 75th anniversary of the ’32 Ford and we can drive around the Brickyard in our ’32′s. Hey remember your buddy’s ’32 3-window coupe- “Brew 32″?

Talk to you soon.

Habes

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