GILBERG COLLECTION

          The photos below are from the collection of the Gilberg family.  You know Bob G. (rgilberg@san.rr.com) as the President of the SoCal Chapter of FODS, and his brother Rich G. (fgilberg@woh.rr.com) as the Piqua resident who has archive responsibility for the Gilberg family's collection of racing photos.

     These photos were taken sometime in the '60s at Dayton Speedway by a young Rich G. with his Argus C3 viewfinder 35 MM camera.

     The Gilberg brothers have been able to provide captions for many of their photos.  Where they have provided the caption informaton I've put that info in quotes.  If you have information that will add to the information we have, please contact me here.

     Mickey

     July 31, 2009 

     (Above)   "The white #93 is the Iddings car of Sonny Ates fame (and also sadly the car in which Allen Crowe lost his life at New Bremen)." 

 -- Rich Gilberg

     (Above) This is the roadster that Greg Weld drove to such sprint car success. You can see Steve Stapp [white pants, peach colored shirt] walking behind the #92 Greg Weld roadster; that's probably Stapp's car on the trailer. 

     (Above)   "No. 26 is the Vivian Buick car driven by Al Smith on whatever day that shot was taken. Supposedly this car was owned by Dale Doty, which begs the obvious question: any relationship to Brad Doty? Bob Pratt also drove the car frequently, and is the person who mentioned Doty's ownership to my brother, Richard at an old-timer's event at Winchester." --Bob Gilberg 

     (Above)  "The No. 18 sprinter is the Klincher Locknut Spcl. driven by Aldo Andretti ( believe it or not ) in the photo! We believe this is the car

Aldo was seriously injured in at a later date."  -- Bob Gilberg 

     (Above)  This photo shows (we think) one of the legendary Johnny Parsons/Bruce Walkup battles at the Dayton track.

     (Above) Bob Pratt heads into the first corner at Dayton Speedway.  (Below)  Rollie Beale leads Wib Spaulding and Bob Pratt through the Dayton banking.