Leon Sheffield's Pontiac which was driven by Billy Taylor, John Wigham, Jim McGuirk and Dick Crowe (Noel Sheffield Collection)
Date: 06/16/09
Ft. Pierce Speedway Program (Taylor Collection)
Date: 06/22/09
Stan Stepp in Dencil Chapman's #00 at Treasure Coast around 1966 (Allison Collection)
Date: 04/08/08
Gene Johnson takes a win driving for Bill Wheat... (Courtesy DonnaGail McNamara)
Date: 07/19/13
Dick Crowe - 1966 (Dick Crowe Collection)
Date: 06/22/08
Vero Beach - Bob Sweet #21, Ron McCreary #57 and Ray Snodgrass #22...
Date: 04/08/09
Ft. Pierce Speedway 1965 - Jim Crowe heads into turn one (Westerman Photo)
Date: 10/24/07
Jimmy Crowe takes a win in his Olds (Dick Crowe Collection)
Date: 06/22/08
Gene Johnson's early-'60s Super... (Courtesy DonnaGail McNamara)
Date: 07/19/13
Billy Taylor was always a fan favorite especially with the Ford lovers. Shown here at Ft Pierce about '65 (Bobby Day Photo)
Date: 09/02/08
Pete Willoughby leads Tom Texiera during practice at Treasure Coast...
Date: 07/10/13
7-26-66 - Pat Herndon in victory lane (Chet Overton photo from the Allison collection)
Date: 04/08/08
Red Begtrup with a 1966 checker at Gold Coast Speedway...
Date: 08/05/15
Jimmy Crowe gets the checker after a win at Vero Beach...
Date: 07/29/14
Corky Fox takes a win...
Date: 05/19/16
John Whigham - 1964 (Noel Sheffield Collection)
Date: 06/16/09
Paul Connors takes a win at Ft. Pierce Speedway on a Sunday afternoon - 1965 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 10/24/07
Gene Johnson both drove at and promoted Treasure Coast Raceway...
Date: 07/15/13
1967 - Treasure Coast Speedway - Dick Crowe (63), Guy Mesito, Jr. (64) (Chet Overton Photo)
Date: 12/18/08
Vero Beach Speedway win for Billy Collins...
Date: 07/29/14
Buddy Pearce
Date: 12/26/17
Late Models - 1966 Treasure Coast (Chet Overton photo from the Allison collection)
Date: 04/08/08
1965 - Ft. Pierce Speedway - Dan Raulerson and Bill Enters tangle (Westerman Photo)
Date: 04/08/08
Pat Herndon- Treasure Coast Speedway - 1964 (Chet Overton photo from the Allison Collection)
Date: 04/08/08
Figure-8 cars line up to start in the early-1960s with a pair of Buicks on row one...
Date: 07/20/16
Bunny Miller won first time out with this car...
Date: 09/20/13
Ron McCreary with his first race car at Vero Beach Speedway...
Date: 04/08/09
Dick Crowe - Late 60s (Dick Crowe Collection)
Date: 06/22/08
Gene Storey
Date: 12/19/17
Treasure Coast Raceway Ad - 1968
Date: 04/08/08
Billy Taylor - October 1965 (Noel Sheffield Collection)
Date: 06/16/09
Action at Vero Beach Speedway in the 1970s (Courtesy Boo Sims)
Date: 07/15/13
No... it's neither Gary or Vic... it's Buddy Pearce - this guy won races in nearly everything he drove...
Date: 12/26/17
Bob Eggert takes a win at Treasure Coast Speedway in 1970 (Kenyon Photo)
Date: 12/05/17
Jim Crowe - 1961
Date: 12/05/17
A bit of trouble for the 3C car in 1965 (Noel Sheffield Collection)
Date: 06/16/09
Ron McCreary takes a win a Vero Beach in Midge Garland's Dodge Dart...
Date: 04/08/08
Treasure Coast Speedway - 1967 - Trying to knock down a light pole.. (Chet Overton Photo)
Date: 12/18/08
A small altercation in 1965 (Noel Sheffield Collection)
Date: 06/16/09
Oldsmobile vs. Pontiac (Noel Sheffield Collection)
Date: 06/16/09
Dick Crowe Modified - Late 50's (Marty Little Collection)
Date: 04/16/08
1967 - Treasure Coast - Pat Herndon #16 and Dencil Chapman's #00.. (Allison Collection)
Date: 04/08/08
A close finish in 1965 (Noel Sheffield Collection)
Date: 06/16/09
Pat Herndon takes a win in 1967 (Chet Overton photo from the Allison Collection)
Date: 04/08/08
Gold Coast Speedway LM racing action (Dick Crowe Collection)
Date: 06/22/08
Kenny Faircloth at Treasure Coast Speedway in 1967 (Jim Fenton Collection)
Date: 09/29/07
Royce Barton following a feature win at Gold Coast Speedway in Ft Pierce, 1957. (Barton Collection)
Date: 04/25/08
Bill Yarrington at Ft. Pierce Speedway in 1963 (Marty Little Collection)
Date: 06/12/08
Dick Crowe takes a win in August of 1966 at Gold Coast Speedway (Dick Crowe Collection)
Date: 06/22/08
Gene Johnson as, or for, Jimmy Diamond... (Courtesy DonnaGail McNamara)
Date: 12/05/17
Burning off a fuel fire at Gold Coast Speedway in 1965 (Noel Sheffield Collection)
Date: 12/05/17
Jimmy Crowe slips under a spinning Billy Taylor circa 1962 (Dick Crowe Collection)
Date: 06/22/08
Dick Crowe takes a win at Gold Coast in 1953 (Dick Crowe Collection)
Date: 06/22/08
1966 - Billy Taylor leading Jim McGuirk and Dick Crowe (Dick Crowe Collection)
Date: 06/22/08
Ft. Pierce Speedway ad from the early '60s (Taylor Collection)
Date: 06/22/09
1965 Ft. Pierce Times article (Taylor Collection)
Date: 06/22/09
1966 Gold Coast Speedway program (Dick Crowe Collection)
Date: 06/22/08
Final race reports from Fort Pierce Speedway (Buzzy Berry Collection)
Date: 04/15/10
Treasure Coast Raceway practice session...
Date: 07/10/13
Billy Taylor in the Falstaff:Dixie Cream Donuts Ford at Ft. Pierce in 1964 (Taylor Collection)
Date: 09/23/11
Vero Beach Six-Cylinder action with Tom Warning up against the wall (Courtesy Boo Sims)
Date: 12/05/17
Paul Connors gets crossed up at Ft. Pierce Speedway in the mid-1960s...
Date: 12/05/17
Treasure Coast Raceway flagman Penny Pender...
Date: 07/10/13
Dick Crowe at Treasure Coast Speedway - 1967 (Chet Overton Photo)
Date: 12/18/08
Cars line up at Vero Beach Speedway - Ernie Bass in the #35 usually driven by LeRoy Porter and Jim McGuirk in the Amick #7...
Date: 10/24/17
Randy Tissot running a bit hot at Ft. Pierce Speedway in 1965 - Dave Scarborough entering turn three...
Date: 09/02/17
The name over the door says Chuck Padrick but it's Jimmy Crowe driving this Chevy LM at Ft Pierce in the mid '60s (Bobby Day)
Date: 12/05/17
Early-60s Supermod action with Gene Johnson leading Billy Taylor. (Courtesy DonnaGail McNamara)
Date: 07/19/13
Buddy Pearce - 1949 Ford...
Date: 07/10/13
Pete Willoughby at Tresure Coast...
Date: 07/10/13
Fort Pierce driver Wayne Ashton...
Date: 07/10/13
Early '60s Mod win for Dick Crowe...
Date: 07/10/13
Charlie Ragan wins with his Dodge at Vero Beach...
Date: 07/29/14
Billy Collins slaps the wall at Vero Beach as Billy Gill #24 passes (Courtesy Boo Sims)
Date: 07/15/13
A Vero Beach win for the battered Chevy of Ron McCreary...
Date: 12/05/17
Gene Johnson and wife show of a really nice trophy... (Courtesy DonnaGail McNamara)
Date: 07/19/13
Vero Beach win for Guy Mesito, Jr.
Date: 07/29/14
Early Models in action at Treasure Coast (Courtesy Laurie Sparks Begtrup)
Date: 08/09/16
Billy Taylor takes a win in 1963 with his Falstaff Beer '56 Ford... (Courtesy DonnaGail McNamara)
Date: 07/19/13
Billy Collins at Vero Beach Speedway...
Date: 07/25/13
1966-67 - Dick Crowe leading Guy Mesito, Jr. who is driving with one arm...
Date: 07/27/13
Jim Crowe wins...
Date: 08/02/13
Corky Fox gets an early-1960s win at Ft. Pierce...
Date: 08/16/13
Wayne Ashton with a checker...
Date: 08/30/13
Dumont Smith after winning the 1967 Plantation Coast 100 at Vero Beach...
Date: 07/29/14
Guy Mesito, Jr. was a regular winner at Treasure Coast...
Date: 08/16/13
Speedy Reeves
Date: 09/20/13
Hooking up Corky Fox's Studebaker after a big crash at Ft. Pierce...
Date: 10/11/13
Corky Fox in a Buick...
Date: 05/19/16
Gene Melchiori
Date: 10/30/13
Doug Hampton takes a Mini Stock win driving a Ford Anglia...
Date: 10/30/13
Corky Fox #22 and others ready to go when Ft. Pierce was known as Gold Coast Speedway...
Date: 11/04/13
Ford meets Chevy...
Date: 12/10/13
Dave Martin with a win at Ft. Pierce - 1964 Chevy Chevelle...
Date: 12/10/13
Paul Connors grabs a win at Vero Beach...
Date: 07/29/14
Early-1970s - Doug Hampton's Ford Anglia Mini Stock at Ft. Pierce Speedway...
Date: 12/13/13
Billy Taylor on the gas in 1966 (Noel Sheffield Collection)
Date: 06/16/09
Typical Stock Car action at Gold Coast...
Date: 05/08/15
Jay George at Ft. Pierce Speedway...
Date: 01/03/14
Chuck Wooten #25 inside Red Begtrup during a Gold Coast Speedway Figure-8 race...
Date: 03/31/15
Dick Crowe leading at Gold Coast Speedway in May of 1966...
Date: 01/17/14
Late-1950s action from the old Ft. Pierce track...
Date: 03/11/14
Billy Taylor gives a youngster a ride... check out the white sidewall tire...
Date: 04/26/14
Bud Jenkins poses with his LM driven around this time by Jim McGuirk...
Date: 07/29/14
Dick Crowe circa 1966...
Date: 06/10/14
Stan Stepp - 1966
Date: 07/29/14
Jim McGuirk's sponsor may move the earth, but the car didn't move a light pole on this night in 1968...
Date: 08/04/14
Jim Crowe wins with just three tires...
Date: 08/04/14
Start of a race at Vero Beach Speedway...
Date: 08/04/14
Dick Crowe chases brother Jimmy at Treasure Coast...
Date: 08/04/14
Red Begtrup getting hit in the driver's door at Gold Coast....
Date: 05/08/15
Jeff Dufresne takes a heat race win at Vero Beach Speedway...
Date: 08/04/14
1967 Late Model action featuring Bob Eggert #93, Billy Myers #2 and Gene Johnson #41...
Date: 12/16/14
Bud Jenkins - 1965
Date: 08/04/14
Vero Beach Speedway action...
Date: 08/04/14
Dick Crowe dragging a front bumper...
Date: 08/04/14
1966 - Stan Stepp takes a win at Gold Coast Speedway...
Date: 11/12/14
1963 race action at Gold Coast Speedway...
Date: 10/14/14
More action from 1963 - Red Begtrup in #R-20 and Bill Pierce #S-39 - #112 and #2 are unknown...
Date: 10/22/14
Phil Finney at Vero Beach Speedway - 1971
Date: 11/12/14
1969 Mid-season point champions at Treasure Coast - Dave Millspaugh (Stocks), Red Begtrup (Bombers) and Jim McGuirk (Late Model)
Date: 01/27/15
Gold Coast Speedway 1967 - Woody Wodside after a win with promoter Jim Honeycutt...
Date: 01/27/15
Dorlis Roberts
Date: 12/16/14
Arnold Bovat takes a win at Tresure Coast - 1973...
Date: 12/10/14
Cocoa Begtrup leading David Seeright...
Date: 12/17/15
Lee Allard takes a win at Vero Beach Speedway...
Date: 01/13/15
1968 - Jim Cowe in the #11 Bob Boyd '62 Ford leads Gene Johnson and Billy Myers...
Date: 02/11/15
Jim Crowe hard at it... not sure where this was taken...
Date: 05/08/15
Red Begtrup gets up on the turn four dirt bank at Gold Coast Speedway as Sam Waters passes...
Date: 04/23/15
...Begtrup exits his car...
Date: 04/23/15
...then heads for higher ground...
Date: 04/23/15
Wally Weeks after a win in July 1967 with promoter Jim Honeycutt...
Date: 08/07/17
Early Model feature win for Lou Haines at Gold Coast 8-27-1966...
Date: 08/30/16
1966 - Dick Crowe leading Guy Junior...
Date: 09/01/15
June 1965 - Lou Haines (Courtesy Laurie Sparks Begtrup)
Date: 08/10/16
Paul Connors takes a win at Vero Beach...
Date: 05/08/15
1966 - Jim McGuirk takes a win...
Date: 05/19/15
Red Begtrup after a win at Gold Coast Speedway...
Date: 11/03/15
Checkered flag for Gene Johnson in the early-1970s - Not sure what track this was...
Date: 12/23/15
Wayne Ashton with wife Linda after a win in 1970 - Crewmen Rusty Perdue (L) and Toby Green (R)...
Date: 08/10/16
Dave Martin Pontiac LM at Ft. Pierce Speedway (Courtesy Dexter Bullington)
Date: 12/08/15
Gene Storey nabs a win at Gold Coast Speedway...
Date: 12/19/17
Jud Deakins tries to hold off Dick Crowe...
Date: 12/08/15
Dorothy Carroll in her Pontiac Tempest at Ft. Pierce Speedway (Courtesy Dexter Bullington)
Date: 12/08/15
Ray Martin #5 gets drilled by Bruce Maynard at Ft. Pierce Speedway (Harry Workman Photo)
Date: 12/08/15
Cocoa Begtrup with a win at Ft. Pierce Speedway in July 1973...
Date: 08/05/15
1966 Gold Coast Speedway win for Dorless Roberts...
Date: 12/09/15
Kenny Faircloth shakes hands with promoter Jim Honeycutt after winning the 100-lap LM Championship at Treasure Coast in '67...
Date: 12/10/15
Late Models line up for a heat race at Vero Beach Speedway - Buddy Griffin #7 on the pole...
Date: 12/30/15
Bombers Line up to go racing at Vero Beach Speedway...
Date: 10/24/17
Billy Myers takes a win in his 1958 Ford Late Model at Treasure Coast Raceway circa 1966-67...
Date: 12/10/15
John Cannon takes a win at Vero Beach Speedway...
Date: 01/21/16
Leon Sheffield with his race car at Ft. Pierce in 1965 (Noel Sheffield Collection)
Date: 12/05/17
Jimmy Crowe at Ft. Pierce Speedway in 1967 driving Bob Boyd's "Yellow Bird" 1962 Ford...
Date: 02/23/16
Vance Murray leading Nokie Mallory and Larry Rogero circa 1972 at Vero Beach Speedway...
Date: 03/19/16
Track crews get set to get Ken Atkins' car back on all fours after a roll-over during Gold Coast Speedway Figure-8 action...
Date: 04/12/16
Dick Darlington of Orlando at Gold Coast Speedway circa 1964-65...
Date: 05/10/16
Wayne Ashton with a checker circa 1970...
Date: 08/10/16
Billy Taylor of Ft. Pierce takes a win in 1965 - Sponsors were Dixie Cream Donuts and Falstaff Beer...
Date: 05/10/16
Red Begtrup driving the car called "Bad Cat"...
Date: 05/12/16
Sportsman win for Dick Crowe at Treasure Coast Raceway in the early-1960s...
Date: 10/12/16
Jim Honeycutt takes a win in the mid-1960s at Gold Coast Speedway... He was the promoter there in 1967...
Date: 05/10/16
Chuck Wooten driving the "Alley Cat Special" at Ft. Pierce Speedway...
Date: 05/11/16
Wild-looking machine for Corky Fox...
Date: 05/19/16
Figure-8 action at Treasure Coast...
Date: 07/09/16
Buddy Pearce with a win at Gold Coast Speedway around 1963...
Date: 07/05/16
Big hit in the X between Calvin Carter and Red Begtrup during a Figure-8 race at Treasure Coast Speedway...
Date: 08/10/16
1973 - Lou Haines takes a win in his Mustang at Treasure Coast Speedway (Courtesy Laurie Sparks Begtrup)
Date: 08/10/16
Dan Hunt's Early Model six-cylinder Ford at Gold Coast Speedway (Courtesy Laurie Sparks Begtrup)
Date: 08/09/16
Buddy Pearce takes a win driving for Lewis Whitehead...
Date: 12/26/17
Wayne Ashton takes a win in his Chevy II at Vero Beach Speedway in 1973 (Wayne Ashton Collection)
Date: 08/10/16
Billy Taylor (Noel Sheffield Collection)
Date: 06/16/09
Unknown driver from November, 1957 (Wayne Ashton Collection)
Date: 08/11/16
Wally Weeks after a July 1967 Treasure Coast win with car owner Bud Sloan (Wayne Ashton Collection)
Date: 08/17/16
Early Model action in March 1966 at Gold Coast Speedway plays to an SRO crowd as Lou Haines leads Portus Mellette...
Date: 09/07/16
Nicky Hobbs
Date: 09/14/16
Cecil McCall #77 battles Dan Hunt #16 - Early-1960s...
Date: 09/27/16
Dick Crowe after a Treasure Coast Speedway LM win in March, 1964...
Date: 10/12/16
Bunny Miller takes a win...
Date: 07/08/17
Buddy Griffin takes a win at Vero Beach Speedway...
Date: 07/15/17
Treasure Coast ad with many driver's names misspelled...
Date: 08/05/17
May 21, 1969
Date: 08/19/17
Bomber winner at Vero Beach Speedway...
Date: 10/24/17
John Whigham - 1965 (Noel Sheffield Collection)
Date: 12/05/17
Wayne Ashton was 21 years old when he won this race...
Date: 08/05/17
Late Model stocker of Wally Weeks...
Date: 08/07/17
Billy Collins Chevelle at Vero Beach Speedway...
Date: 09/02/17
Billy Taylor around 1964 (Taylor Collection)
Date: 12/05/17
George Dalton at Vero Beach Speedway...
Date: 10/24/17
Cocoa Begtrup ran his first heat race at Treasure Coast Speedway in 1969 but Buddy Pearce raced the car in the feature...
Date: 10/19/17
Action at Gold Coast Speedway...
Date: 11/09/17
Gene Johnson's own cars always carried No. 41 and this clean '57 Chevy is shown at Ft. Pierce in the mid 60s (Bobby Day Photo)
Date: 12/05/17
Paul Connors at Vero Beach Speedway in 1974 (McKinley Photo)
Date: 12/05/17
Billy Taylor takes a win in 1966 at Gold Coast (Noel Sheffield Collection)
Date: 12/05/17
Jim Crowe in a rare '56 Olds LM in the mid 60s - Shown here at Ft Pierce (Bobby Day Photo from Marty Little Collection)
Date: 12/05/17
A win for Buddy Pearce driving Jud Deakins' car...
Date: 12/26/17
Gene Storey using the really low line at Gold Coast Speedway - October 2, 1965...
Date: 12/19/17
Dumont Smith takes a win circa 1966...
Date: 03/09/18
