Filename | Description | Size |
beechler | Donnie Beechler, the two-time defending champion of the Cal Expo USAC Silver Crown race, qualifies the Zarounian Gaerte #67 at Cal Expo 10-11-97. | 19K |
bk1011 | Brent Kaeding hot laps the #4 Jim Wellington owned car at Cal Expo 10-11-97. | 17K |
cline101 | Troy Cline made his first start in a champ car, driving the Robinson Motorsports #42 car at Cal Expo 10-11-97. | 17K |
darland1 | Dave Darland of Walton, Indiana qualifies the Foxco #56. Darland dominated the event to extend his point lead in the USAC Silver Crown series at Cal Expo 10-11-97 | 19K |
darlandm | Dave Darland at Cal Expo 10-11-97. | 10K |
elliotmu | Tony Elliott at Cal Expo 10-11-97. | 12K |
gamester | Russ Gamester drives the beautiful #51 Gamester Racing car during qualifying at Cal Expo 10-11-97 | 20K |
griffin1 | Richard "The Gas Man" Griffin puts the Clare Pattee/Sander Engineering #53 through turn one at Cal Expo 10-11-97 | 17K |
gregg101 | Vancouver, Washington's Mike Gregg qualifies the John Gregg #65 at Cal Expo 10-11-97 | 18K |
hermansa | Jordan Hermansader, a regular on the USAC Western States Midget series at Cal Expo 10-11-97 | 10K |
hewitt10 | The always exciting Jack Hewitt from Troy, Ohio, qualifies the #63 car at Cal Expo 10-11-97 | 17K |
hewittmu | Jack Hewitt at Cal Expo 10-11-97 | 9K |
hines101 | Tracy Hines qualifies the Potter #6 at Cal Expo 10-11-97 | 17K |
hinesmug | Tracy Hines at Cal Expo 10-11-97 | 9K |
keekermu | Jim Keeker at Cal Expo 10-11-97 | 12K |
meli1011 | Bob Meli qualifies the #84 car at Cal Expo 10-11-97 | 16K |
newmanmu | Ryan Newman at Cal Expo 10-11-97 | 11K |
pankratz | Wally Pankratz at Cal Expo 10-11-97 | 13K |
parsons1 | Johnny Parsons qualifies the Gary Howard #61 at Cal Expo 10-11-97 | 16K |
parsonsm | Johnny Parsons at Cal Expo 10-11-97 | 10K |
shuman10 | Ron Shuman qualifies the #37 car at Cal Expo 10-11-97 | 18K |
sills101 | Jimmy Sills hot laps the Mopar/Stanton #75 at Cal Expo 10-11-97 | 19K |
sillsmug | Jimmy Sills at Cal Expo 10-11-97 | 10K |
statler2 | Jason Statler took his first ride in a champ car at Cal Expo, driving the Keith Espandola #121 at Cal Expo 10-11-97 | 18K |
snidermu | George "Ziggy" Snider at Cal Expo 10-11-97 | 11K |
thomas10 | Kevin Thomas of Danville, Indiana, drives the 5D Racing #27 at Cal Expo 10-11-97 | 17K |
thomasmu | Kevin Thomas at Cal Expo 10-11-97 | 12K |
bk-dec97 | Brent Kaeding, one of NARC's most winning drivers gets on the hammer at Chico. This photo is featured on the December 1997 Sprint Car Calendar. | 38K |
swindell | Sammy Swindell with his Silver Anniversary Channellock Car at Lernerville 1997 | 50K |
silver | Sammy Swindell's Silver Anniversary Channellock Car at Lernerville 1997 | 59K |
mccarltc | Iowa's Terry McCarl, a regular at Knoxville Raceway, competed in the Taco Bravo entry out of San Jose, shown here hot-lapping at San Jose Speedway 11-7-97. | 26k |
blaneytc | Another long haul traveller was All Star champion and frequent WoO racer Dale Blaney, driving the #40 car of unknown origin. Blaney didn't make the top 60 cut in qualifying after the first night, relegating him to a series of last chance races for little money and little chance to advance, so he opted to not return Saturday night. (The same fate befell Jimmy Sills, as well!) San Jose Speedway 11-7-97. | 24k |
tinertc | Rio Linda's Randy Tiner, in a 360 version of Rod Tiner's car, coming through turn four at San Jose Speedway - Trophy Cup Nov. 7-8 1997. | 28k |
lasoskit | Danny Lasoski made the trip, making the fairly impressive list of big-money drivers for a 360 show (Kinser, Lasoski, Blaney, McCarl, Burrow, Maier). Lasoski hotlaps the #88 Country Builders, the same car Ronnie Day won the innaguaral Trophy Cup in in 1994. San Jose Speedway Nov. 7-8 1997. | 28k |
hannatro | Randy Hannagan simply goes fast at San Jose, as he's been able to win there a good percentage of the time! Here, "Hurricane" accepts his huge winner's trophy by the 1997 Trophy Cup Trophy Girls: Jene Bryant (L) and Concetta Rebardo (R). 11/8/97. | 25k |
hannalos | #88 Danny Lasoski led a good portion of the race before #1X Randy Hannagan tracked him down and made his pass going through turn two to win Saturday nights feature. And just the night before, Hannagan flipped in turn two to end his night! San Jose Speedway 11-8-97. | 29k |
burrowtc | Washington's Bobby Burrow also made the trip to run for the $70,000 purse. Unfortunately, he was involved in one of many prangs in turn two on opening night during heat race action, and took a tire to the cockpit, injuring his arm and chest. He walked to the ambulance, and was in obvious pain in his left arm, shoulder and chest area, as the impact was large. They wrapped him up at the track. San Jose Speedway 11-7-97. | 28k |
bullardt | Bryan Bullard is the latest driver for Ted Finkenbinder in the #3F car that has seen the likes of Garry Brazier, and more recently, Jamie Cobby behind the wheel at the 1997 Trophy Cup at San Jose Speedway 11-7-97. | 29k |
kinserfa | #5M Mark Kinser moves around #4 Mike Faria on his way to a convincing win of Friday's preliminary feature at San Jose Speedway 11-7-97. | 33k |
scottbur | #7D Shane Scott runs with #1B Bobby Burrow, as #2M Brent Kaeding looks for a place to go during heat race action at San Jose Speedway 11-7-97. | 29k |
kinsertr | I guess I'd be smiling too! Mark Kinser celebrates his opening night win with the '97 Trophy Cup Trophy Girls. San Jose Speedway 11-7-97. | 28k |
daytc | Ronnie Day, driving the Roger Henderson #7N car, is a former winner of the Trophy Cup. San Jose Speedway 11-7-97. | 26k |
maiertc | Gary Lee Maier, a regular in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and other mid-south-west area tracks, qualifies the #11X. His car took a beating over the course of the opening night, and he ran out of parts, so he went home! He was fast when others weren't crashing into him at San Jose Speedway 11-7-97. | 26k |
461pr | Lance Dewease came from 22nd to 3rd in the feature at Port Royal 9-1-97. | 56k |
8pr | Danny Jones in Jeff Creasy's #8 at Port Royal 9-1-97 | 62k |
75pr | Randy Wolfe in his really cool looking 75W at Port Royal 9-1-97. | 64k |
heatpr | Here's a shot of 1st heat race about to stand on the throttle heading down the back stretch at Port Royal 9-1-97. | 67k |
1zpr | Billy "The Kid" Pauch at speed winning the 1st heat at Port Royal 9-1-97. | 66k |
7753pr | Fred Rahmer & Shawn Keen running 1st & 2nd in the 3rd heat at Port Royal 9-1-97. | 58k |
19pr | Popular URC regular Rick Koenig in his immaculate #19 at Port Royal 9-1-97. | 67k |
77pr | The winner of the race, "Fast" Freddy Rahmer in Al Hamilton's #77 at Port Royal 9-1-97. | 55k |
wpe4101 | Williams Precision Engines, 765 HP Sprint Car Motor | 109k |
pabel | Pete Abel at Lawrenceburg | 81k |
miller1 | Joe Miller at Lawrenceburg | 76k |
29wolf | Doug Wolfgang at Williams Grove | 34k |
wolf2 | Doug Wolfgang at Hagerstown | 33k |
aberryh | Aaron Berryhill, 1992 WoO Rookie of the year at Tulsa Speedway | 31k |
aberryh1 | Aaron Berryhill at Tulsa Speedway | 49k |
kirby201 | Mike Kirby, hot lapping the #5 Stinger/Tracy/Donovan at Manzanita Speedway 1-31-98. | 42k |
faas0130 | Cary Faas slides the #96 Jack Gardner owned Shrike/Shaver into turn three at Manzanita Speedway 1-31-98. | 38k |
gaunt013 | Rickie Gaunt broke the one-lap mark on Manzy's super-fast clay in the #4G Drake-Okie/Shaver at Manzanita Speedway 1-31-98. | 40k |
smith013 | Cal Smith hot laps the #39 Bill Pratt-owned Drake at Manzanita Speedway 1-31-98. | 38k |
ball013 | Tom Ball backs the Mach 2 Racing #16 Drake/Picks car into turn three at Manzanita Speedway 1-31-98. | 34k |
hinrichs | Rick Hinrichsen steers the #22 Henchcraft/Picks during hot laps at Manzanita Speedway 1-31-98. | 37k |
rutherfo | 1997 SCRA Rookie of the Year Troy Rutherford hot laps the #9 Jordan Racing Ellis/Jordan at Manzanita Speedway 1-31-98. | 41k |
ent013 | Danny Ent runs the #81 Ent Racing Stinger chassis RC Performance powered car hard into turn three at Manzanita Speedway 1-31-98. | 41k |
darland0 | Visiting USAC star Dave Darland pilots the second Harlan Willis owned Drake #4 at Manzanita Speedway 1-31-98. | 40k |
jones013 | Tony Jones backs the #48 Cowherd Racing Maxim/Picks into turn three at Manzanita Speedway 1-31-98. | 38k |
sherman0 | Jeremy Sherman in the Lloyd Racing #34 Ellis chassis car at Manzanita Speedway 1-31-98. | 39k |
rose0131 | Bill Rose, another of the visiting Indiana racers, pilots the #6R car during hot laps at Manzanita Speedway 1-31-98. | 35k |
yeley201 | This will be my most lasting memory of the weekend: J.J. Yeley fully testing the flexibility of his new Extreme chassis lap after unbelievable lap out of turn four in his dominating effort! at Manzanita Speedway 2-1-98. | 42k |
yeley401 | After sweeping both 30-lap SCRA events on Manzanita Speedway's half-mile, J.J. Yeley had something to be excited about at Manzanita Speedway 2-1-98. | 28k |
top30131 | The top three finishers in Saturday's 30-lap feature: winner J.J. Yeley - center; second place Richard Griffin - right; and third place Mike Boat - left at Manzanita Speedway 2-1-98. | 37k |
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