The famous Golden Gate Speedway arch at the main entrance (Larry Glendenning Photo)
Date: 03/18/2007
Frank Riddle worked on the railroad during the week and raced on weekends (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Gary Gay (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 03/05/2010
Sonny Kocsis at the 1975 Governor's Cup...
Date: 05/14/2009
Dave Scarbrough sometimes ran four classes a week... (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Hardy Maddox takes a checker (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 03/05/2010
Leroy Porter wins the final Governor's Cup to be held at The Gate (Porter Collection)
Date: 06/18/2010
Emil, Buzzie and Dale Reutimann (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Jim Gray spins his Chevy as Ray Bontrager and Aaron Coller avoid - 1968 (Al Major Photo)
Date: 06/18/2008
Jim Fenton takes a Tornado Win in 1971...
Date: 05/28/2009
1977 Winternationals - Doug Wolfgang tries the asphalt (Westerman Photo)
Date: 04/29/2009
NASCAR raced just once, in November 1962 - Buzzie Reutimann is in the #22 Chevrolet... Richard Petty won the race...
Date: 07/28/2010
Pop Butler poses with grandson Stan's Florida Modified (Courtesy Danny Brower)
Date: 01/31/2011
Rick Ferkel confers with his crew at the Feb. '77 Winternationals (Westerman Photo)
Date: 04/29/2009
Benny Moore (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
New Englander Ollie Silva wintered in Florida and won a bunch of races at The Gate (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Dave Scarbrough - 1978 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Wayne Reutimann after his win in the first Governor's Cup - 1965 (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/29/2011
Donnie Tanner - 1981 (Gene Marderness photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
1966 - Billy Hancock
Date: 08/25/2008
Ray Bontrager - 1973 Governor's Cup (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 01/12/2009
Frank Riddle with the Harry Crouse Sprint Car - 1975 (Bob Patten photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Dave McInnis - winner of the first Florida State LM Championship 200 in 1963 (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Dick Pratt in the Diamond 4 mixes it up with Bernard McElwain and the #98 of Rudy Brinson..
Date: 08/03/2011
Bill Roynon (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Billy Gill in the early 70s (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Pat Hutcheson after a little Bomber bashing in April 1967 (Hutcheson Collection)
Date: 05/16/2011
Aaron Coller (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
1968 Late Model Champion Jim Alvis
Date: 03/17/2008
Larry Brazil on the gas in 1964....
Date: 08/25/2008
Speedy Reeves' Nova at the '74 Governor's Cup (Reeves Collection)
Date: 05/21/2009
Frank Riddle takes another Sprint Car win in Harry Campbell's car (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Randy Tissot's car lines up before the 1973 Governor's Cup race (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 01/12/2009
Bill Roynon - Feb. 1978 (Gene Marderness Photo)
Date: 06/21/2009
1965 shot of Dick Pratt's 1957 Chevy Late Model...
Date: 08/25/2008
A view of the main entrance from the mid '70s (Larry Glendenning Photo)
Date: 03/17/2007
Dave Scarbrough (Chad Freeman Collection)
Date: 10/20/2010
A late 60s Bomber feature trophy for Wild Bill Breeden (Hutcheson Collection)
Date: 05/16/2011
Jack Arnold ready to race in 1969 (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Richard Petty passes his brother Maurice on his way to winning the only NASCAR GN race held at the track in 1962...
Date: 06/26/2008
Bentley Warren in Bob Seelman's car - Feb. '77 Winternationals (Westerman Photo)
Date: 04/29/2009
Billy Gill at the 1973 Governor's Cup (Bobby 5X5 Day Photo)
Date: 03/10/2009
Bobby Johns in the #21 Sprint Car - Bobby was from Lakeland and no relation to the Bobby Johns from Miami who ran NASCAR...
Date: 10/17/2007
Gordon Lee takes at Late Model win in 1968
Date: 03/17/2008
Hardy Maddox - 1973 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
1966 - Al Ordway's car after clobbering an infield light pole...
Date: 06/30/2008
J. D. Deas circa 1965
Date: 04/13/2012
Jimmy Dodd gets the Pete Crocker 3X a bit high during a Feb. Sunday show around '76-'77 (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 01/28/2009
Billy Campbell in victory lane with Starter Johnny Hicks after an Early Model win (Harry Campbell collection)
Date: 03/26/2008
Sonny Hartley after taking his very first Sprint Car win in 1974..
Date: 06/24/2008
Jim Childers driving in his first race in the Bomber class accompanied by the Esso Tiger (Courtesy Mean Gene)
Date: 09/30/2008
Frank Riddle - 2-2-77 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 09/28/2007
1967 Governors Cup race photos - #30 Billy Collins had a big crash in Saturday practice.
Date: 03/17/2008
The #97 LM loses a wheel.
Date: 03/17/2008
Gene Winn would bring his Roadster up from Miami in the mid-70s (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Promoter Frank Dery in front of the turn four grandstands just after they were installed.. (Joslin Collection)
Date: 04/16/2008
1976-77 Dave Scarbrough leads Kenny Weld and Rich Leavell during a Sunday afternoon show in Feb. (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 01/28/2009
Billy Gill - 1975
Date: 03/17/2008
Bob Kinser set for a rare race on asphalt (2-2-77) (Westerman Photo)
Date: 10/17/2007
Billy Hancock
Date: 06/18/2010
Bob Luscomb - 1966
Date: 03/17/2008
Sonny Hartley - 1981 (Gener Marderness Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Larry Brazil - 1979 (Bob Patten Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Johnny Williams around 1965-66
Date: 06/18/2010
Safety crews rush to aid Don Rehm after he rolled his sprint into the catch fence.
Date: 03/17/2008
Pat Hutcheson's "Old Yaller" Bomber Chevy - this car won a ton of races in the late 60s (Hutcheson Collection)
Date: 05/16/2011
Bill Roynon circa 1970 (Chad Freeman Collection)
Date: 10/20/2010
Donnie Tanner - 1975
Date: 03/17/2008
Frank Riddle hard on the gas (Westerman Photo)
Date: 09/28/2007
Jim Grace after a 1971 Tornado feature win (Al Major Photo)
Date: 07/25/2008
Jim Childers - 1975... This was Jim's first Sprint Car ride (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Jim Carson and Wimpy Viele sail over the back stretch railing as Don Brothers passes - 1967
Date: 03/17/2008
Mike Bare - 1st win - 1973.
Date: 03/17/2008
Start of the '66 Governor's Cup - Dale Creech #23, Dave McInnis #32, Dale Alderman #27, Billy Gill #24, Dan Raulerson #98
Date: 07/30/2010
1974 LM action with Walt Carver leading Jack Caffee and Robbie Crouch (Al Major Photo)
Date: 07/25/2008
1977 Winternationals - West Virginia's Billy Cassella (Westerman Photo)
Date: 04/29/2009
1968 Bomber action as Billy Marshall leads Pat Hutcheson (Hutcheson Collection)
Date: 05/16/2011
Billy and Frank Riddle - 1981 (Gene Marderness photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
1964 Dave McInnis battles the "Chevy Killer" Jack Arnold...
Date: 09/27/2008
Hardy Maddox
Date: 06/18/2010
Pete Folse Modified crash - 1968.
Date: 03/17/2008
Jimmy Riddle (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Willard Dailey (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Parade lap for the only NASCAR Grand National race run at the track in November 1962
Date: 07/28/2010
A very young Sammy Swindell and Terry Gray pepare for the first "Florida 500." (Westerman Photo)
Date: 10/17/2007
Sonny Koscis - 1973
Date: 03/17/2008
Milton Burysek's Bomber car circa the late '60s
Date: 01/06/2012
Wayne Reutimann - 1967
Date: 03/17/2008
Bob Luscomb Sprint Car - 1972
Date: 03/17/2008
Dan Raulerson with his 1957 Ford around 1965 or 66...
Date: 08/25/2008
Harry Pullen #19 and Billy Myers #M2 at the 1968 Governors Cup (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/17/2008
Gordon Lee around 1965-66
Date: 06/18/2010
Bobby Allen - Feb 1977 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/19/2008
Mike Black's 1954 Ford Bomber (Smallwood Collection)
Date: 06/02/2009
Frank Riddle and Car Owner Willard "Round Daddy" Smith after a Modified win - 1968.
Date: 03/17/2008
Modified from the early 60s - driver unknown
Date: 06/18/2010
Don Mack of Fargo, ND and crew - Feb 1978. Mack won both Florida 500's held at Golden Gate (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/19/2008
Buzzie Reutimann's car rests on top of Dale Alderman's machine - 1965 (Oscar Norton Photo)
Date: 07/01/2008
Jim Childers waits for his crew to make adjustments before Florida 500 qualifying - Feb 1978 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/19/2008
Frank Riddle leads Frank Herlong and Dick Pratt in 1965 Modified
Date: 07/01/2008
It looks like Gordon Lee is just a bit stuck... (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
A crew member warms up the Crocker 3X - No suit - no helmet (Westerman Photo)
Date: 11/12/2004
Don Biederman (Westerman Photo)
Date: 11/11/2004
Harvey Breakey's Modified sits on top of J.C. Weaver's car after they tangled at hit the wall - 1965 (Oscar Norton Photo)
Date: 07/01/2008
Bill Roynon after a Modified win probably late 60s
Date: 06/18/2010
Wayne Reutimann - 1965
Date: 12/03/2008
Bob Luscomb - 1970 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/17/2008
Larry Brazil - Feb. 1978 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/19/2008
Six Cylinders - 1978 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/19/2008
Dave McIinnis - 1963
Date: 11/11/2007
Dale Reutimann
Date: 06/18/2010
Steve Kinser - Feb. 1978 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/19/2008
Dave Scarbrough takes a qualifier win before the 1967 Governor's Cup race (Westerman Photo)
Date: 11/11/2004
Rudy Brinson of Lakeland hops over the wheel of Don Land who hailed from Plant City (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Jerry Hartzog (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Bobby Fields' Chevelle - Early 70s
Date: 06/18/2010
Bobby Johns poses with his crew after a Sprint Car feature win in 1973 (Al Major Photo)
Date: 07/31/2008
The Arrow Plumbing #15 Super driven primarily by Jim Alvis and Frank Riddle - 1965 or 66.
Date: 03/19/2008
1968 Governor's Cup - Don Gregory and Guy Mesito, Jr. await a restart (Westerman Photo)
Date: 11/11/2004
LM circa 1967 - Benny Moore in a '62 Ford #99 & Jim Alvis in the #21 Chevelle. Outside are Billy Hancock and Ken Faircloth
Date: 08/03/2011
Jim Childers leads Ron Henderson - Feb 1977 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/19/2008
Aerial view of Golden Gate Speedway.
Date: 11/12/2004
Don Abney (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Jim Riddle takes a mid '60s Modified win in the Tony Lewis Special...
Date: 01/06/2012
Bill Yuma - Feb 1978 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 11/11/2004
Bobby Alexander (Westerman Photo)
Date: 11/11/2004
This one is ready for the junk yard (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Hardy Maddox in the Jernigan Trucking Bobtail Sprinter
Date: 06/18/2010
Start of the 1973 Governor's Cup race (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 01/12/2009
Bombers - Carl Butt #4 and Billy Marshall #57 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 11/12/2004
Dave Scarbrough in Bob Luscomb's car - Feb. 1978 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/19/2008
Dick Trickle is all smiles after winning the 1978 Governor's Cup (Westerman Photo)
Date: 11/12/2004
Don Heckman's Sprint Car in the pits - 1977 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 11/11/2004
Early Models - Fred Weiss spins in front of George Hill and Vernon Hart.
Date: 11/12/2004
Gary Balough and Bobby Brack talk strategy before the 1978 Governor's Cup (Westerman Photo)
Date: 11/12/2004
Larry Brazil won two Sprint Car titles wheeling George Rudolph's Bob Luscomb-built car (Westerman Photo)
Date: 11/11/2004
Ray Bontrager's car gets a double tow after a crash during 1968 Governor's Cup action (Westerman Photo)
Date: 11/12/2004
Ted Pulsifer - 1981 (Gene Marderness Photo)
Date: 03/24/2008
Russell Scranton's Early Model after a bout with an infield light pole.
Date: 11/12/2004
Bob Luscomb and Frank Riddle after they finished a 1973 Sprint Car feature in a dead heat...
Date: 06/24/2008
Sam Rodgers and Pat Hutcheson meet up in Bomber action.
Date: 11/12/2004
The final Governor's Cup run on a Sunday afternoon - Dick Trickle takes the checker - 1978 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 11/12/2004
The Lee Parker Crown 7 with Jimmy Riddle at the wheel (Westerman Photo)
Date: 11/11/2004
Many-time Bomber champion Pat Hutcheson (Al Major Photo)
Date: 07/25/2008
Kevin Crooks' car smokes as he heads into turn one during the 1968 Governor's Cup race (Westerman Photo)
Date: 11/12/2004
1970 - Dave Scarbrough #11 and Jim Alvis #15 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 06/04/2008
Dave McInnis' 1955 Chevy - 1964 (Kathy Ray Collection)
Date: 11/11/2007
Three Bombers - all with whitewall tires... (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
1969 - Bob-tail Sprints of Rob Fuller #7 and Bob Luscomb #8 - Luscomb built both cars (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Donnie Tanner poses with his Cougar in 1973 that replaced his trusty '57 Ford (Oscar Norton Photo)
Date: 07/31/2008
Governor's Cup - possibly 1975 (Vance Murray (4), Jim Fenton (FOUR) and Billy Gill (24) (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 01/22/2009
Mid '70s shot of the Pete Crocker 3X driven at the time by Jimmy Riddle (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 12/08/2008
1968 Governors Cup - Will Cagle #97 and Billy Gill #24 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
1977 - Sammy Swindell - Check out his crew members t-shirt (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Track Personnel (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Jim McGuirk - 1968 Governor's Cup (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Ray Bolin relaxes before practice in 1976 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 06/04/2008
Pat Hutcheson takes one of many wins in "Old Yaller" - 1968 (Hutcheson Collection)
Date: 05/16/2011
Wayne Reutimann - 1969 (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Red Kleinatland in his Bomber car in 1973 (Oscar Norton Photo)
Date: 07/31/2008
Jim Alvis in Harry Crouse's Sprint Car (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Dave Scarbrough behind the wheel of the Campell 11jr. Plymouth (Harry Campbell collection)
Date: 03/26/2008
Otis Brayton
Date: 04/13/2012
1981 - Don Heckman (Gene Marderness photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Johnny Mills with his LM Chevelle in 1973 (Oscar Norton Photo)
Date: 07/31/2008
1981 - Jim Childers (Gene Marderness photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Aden Erb - 1969 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Bill Roynon - 1978 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Frank Fyfe hard at it in his Plymouth Valiant Early Model (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Bob Luscomb - 1969 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Butch Hirst - 1964
Date: 08/25/2008
Bobby Allen - 1977 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Gary Stalvey (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Bobby Johns - 1973 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Carl Butt - 1970 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Robert Smith - Feb. 1978 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/19/2008
Dave Scarbrough with his Early Model - 1968 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
David Smith - 1978 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Lakeland's Rudy Brinson takes a Modified win...
Date: 04/13/2012
Jim Hoard leads Wayne Cliburn during a Toranado race (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Denis Hood - 1981 (Gene Marderness photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Jim Alvis with Frank Dery (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Dennis Langston #73 - 1969 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Don Mack (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Jack Arnold driving for Morris Davis (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Donnie Tanner - 1978 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Harry Wingate on his side as Jim Hoard passes during a Bomber race (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Frank Riddle - 1977 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Early Figure Eight action (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Gordon Lee - 1968 Governors Cup (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Greg Leffler - 1977 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Don Brothers and Wayne Moree after a big LM crash in 1965 (Oscar Norton Photo)
Date: 07/01/2008
Ed Howe in victory lane after winning the 1975 Governor's Cup (Larry Martin Photo)
Date: 06/26/2009
Danny Paris drove the Phantom 309... (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Hardy Maddox - 1981 (Gene Marderness photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Hudson-mounted Al Ordway was the 1969 Bomber champion (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Jan Opperman - 1978 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Dave McInnis in 1966 or 67 (Kathy Ray collection)
Date: 04/16/2008
Bill Roynon in 1970 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 06/04/2008
Dennis Langston #73 Early Model (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Billy Marshall after a Bomber win in 1966..
Date: 06/30/2008
Jim Childers - 1981 (Gene Marderness photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Jim Gray - 1968 Governor's Cup (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
A 1968 Tornado win for Jim Fenton (Jim Fenton Collection)
Date: 06/13/2011
Dick Pratt's car is a bit worse for wear after a tangle with Rudy Brinson... but no spilled milk (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Jimmy Dodd - 1973 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Jim Gulley around 1973 (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 12/03/2008
Donnie Tanner and his trusty 57 Ford won plenty of Early Model features (Al Major Photo)
Date: 06/04/2008
Jimmy Haynes - 1981 (Gene Marderness photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Jim Gray takes a preliminary win before the 1972 Governor's Cup race (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 01/07/2009
Larry Brazil - 1968
Date: 03/25/2008
Early Model Ford six of Red Kleinatland (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 12/03/2008
1969 - Bob Luscomb spins in front of Jimmy Dodd as Dave Scarbrough goes high (Al Major Photo)
Date: 04/22/2009
Jim Childers with a 1961 Ford Early Model - around 1969-70 (Courtesy Mean Gene)
Date: 09/30/2008
Larry Rogero - 1968 Governor's Cup (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Floyd Killingworth (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
John "Sugar Bear" Berg - 1973 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
'75 Governor's Cup - Jim Fenton leads Bobby Alexander, Buddy Griffin and Ernie Bass. Bud Steinhoff's #87 Olds is in the infield
Date: 05/14/2009
Billy Myers' Ford after a roll-over in 1966
Date: 06/30/2008
Mike Bare - 1981 (Gene Marderness photo)
Date: 03/24/2008
Milton Burysek - 1970 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
The F1 Monte Carlo LM on the trailer outside the track. At the time it was driven by Bo Hammond...
Date: 04/10/2009
Robert Smith in the "Lead Sled" - 1973 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Dale Alderman in the mid '60s...
Date: 08/25/2008
Ronnie Smith - 1981 (Gene Marderness)
Date: 03/25/2008
Wayne Reutimann after a LM win in 1964 (Dexter Walker Photo)
Date: 06/26/2008
Bob Luscomb's neat Modified around 1967 (Luscomb Collection)
Date: 03/30/2009
Buck Simmons at the 1976 Governor's Cup (Larry Glendenning Photo)
Date: 09/18/2007
Vernon Clark (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Sprints coming off turn two - 1978 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Billy Gill takes a win in 1973 (Al Major Photo)
Date: 07/31/2008
Dave Scarbrough after a LM win in Harry Padgett's Mustang (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Steve Moore - 1981 (Gene Marderness Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
1956 Plymouth Early Model of Billy Campbell (Harry Campbell collection)
Date: 03/26/2008
Bobby Newton with his 427 C.I. Camaro in the mid 70s (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
1965 - Wayne Reutimann
Date: 04/10/2008
Stan Butler leads Jimmy Riddle...
Date: 04/10/2008
Emil Reutimann with a B-Class 1955 Chevy (Courtesy Mean Gene)
Date: 08/25/2008
Harvey Breakey's Flying 8 Modified
Date: 04/13/2012
Bob Luscomb side by side with Jerry Carman - Feb 1977 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/19/2008
Ray Snograss' 57 Chevy outside a motel ready to head to the 1966 Governor's Cup race (Marty Little Photo)
Date: 04/16/2008
A thrill show in front of a packed house (Joslin Collection)
Date: 04/16/2008
The George Rudolph Diamond 7 driven by Bernard McElwain and Pete Folse
Date: 04/13/2012
Bernard McElwaine - 1975 (Al Major Photo)
Date: 06/26/2009
Henry Batman's car in the pits - mid '70s (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 01/28/2009
Legendary announcer Gordon Solie before a Governor's Cup race.. He was recently inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame..
Date: 05/06/2008
1970 - Wayne Reutimann (Westerman Photo)
Date: 06/04/2008
Early Model action from 1966 - Tom Gillis on his roof after tangling with Gene Tharpe #67 as Donnie Tanner #88 goes by..
Date: 06/30/2008
Wayne Reutimann's Sprinter from the mid '70s (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 12/08/2008
Andy Cappechi after another Mini Stock win in his Mini Cooper (Al Major Photo)
Date: 06/04/2008
Don Heckman hard at it in 1975...
Date: 06/04/2008
Joe Lee Johnson racing Bobby Allison in 1964 (Dexter Walker Photo)
Date: 06/26/2008
Jimmy Dodd circa 1963
Date: 04/13/2012
Jimmy Tingler in 1973 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 06/04/2008
Leroy Porter win a LM win (Al Major Photo)
Date: 06/04/2008
Dave Scarbrough has a little problem seeing the track in 1964 (Courtesy Mean Gene)
Date: 08/25/2008
Cush Revette - Early '60s...
Date: 09/24/2008
Bobby Alexander's LM circa 1974-75 (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 12/03/2008
Nice looking Ford Early Model from around 1967 (Hutcheson Collection)
Date: 05/16/2011
Lee Osborne at the 1975 IMCA Preview (Bob Patten Photo)
Date: 06/04/2008
Ron Radley with Starter Johnny Hicks after a LM win (Al Major Photo)
Date: 06/04/2008
Speedy Reeves of West Palm at the 1974 Governor's Cup race (Reeves Collection)
Date: 05/21/2009
Walt Sizemore clowns around before the races in 1976 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 06/04/2008
Jimmy Riddle leads Dick Pratt 1963 or 64 (Courtesy Mean Gene)
Date: 09/27/2008
Big Jim Fenton in 1973 before the FOUR (Oscar Norton Photo)
Date: 07/31/2008
1974 - Bomber driver Jack Brady (Oscar Norton Photo)
Date: 06/26/2009
1970 - Bob Luscomb spins as Dave Scarbrough and Jimmy Dodd avoid him..
Date: 06/24/2008
Pat Hutcheson started off in the Bomber class then moved up to Early Models in the early 1970s (Hutcheson Collection)
Date: 05/16/2011
Action during the 1975 Governor's Cup...
Date: 05/14/2009
Early '60s - Bernard McElwain
Date: 04/13/2012
Jim Gray in his Chevelle in the mid 70s. (Rick Battle photo from the Marty Little collection)
Date: 06/09/2008
Pancho Alvarez in his Supermodified - 1963 (Dexter Walker Photo)
Date: 06/26/2008
Kenny Faircloth - 1966 (Marty Little)
Date: 06/12/2008
Bob Luscomb ready to go in 1972 (Al Major Photo)
Date: 04/22/2009
Dave McInnis crash from 1963 (Dexter Walker Photo)
Date: 06/26/2008
Robert Smith's "Lead Sled" - mid '70s (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 12/08/2008
James Bronson with a Bomber checker in 1973 (Al Major Photo)
Date: 07/31/2008
Jim Roder gets in a bit of trouble during practice - 1968 (Al Major Photos)
Date: 06/18/2008
Modified coupe of Don Land from Plant City
Date: 04/13/2012
Butch Hall - 1975 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Gerald Rogers after a bad wreck in 1966...
Date: 06/30/2008
Ray Lemon's Bomber in 1974 (Oscar Norton Photo)
Date: 06/26/2009
1973 - Wayne Reutimann in the Mar-Har Sprinter (Oscar Norton Photo)
Date: 07/31/2008
Dick Pratt around 1964...
Date: 08/25/2008
Early Models in 1965 - Buddy Sherk leads Red Rhodes and Terry Hahn (Oscar Norton Photo)
Date: 07/01/2008
Kramer Williamson - Feb. 1977 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/19/2008
Kip Pierce spins after a bump from Dave Scarbrough - 1965 (Oscar Norton Photo)
Date: 07/01/2008
Mike Bare around 1975 (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 12/08/2008
Wayne Reutimann in Lewis Green's Chevelle out of Orlando (Larry Glendenning Photo)
Date: 03/18/2007
Jim Fenton after taking his first-ever win in the Tornado Class.. (Fenton Collection)
Date: 07/19/2008
1967 - Bobby Fields and Gene Tharpe get tangled up..
Date: 07/25/2008
Aden Erb receives his trophy from Frank Dery after a 1967 Early Model win (Al Major Photo)
Date: 07/25/2008
Jim Roder takes a Tornado win in 1971 (Al Major Photo)
Date: 07/25/2008
1975 Sprints - Colin Mattson leads Don Rehm and Robert Smith (Al Major Photo)
Date: 06/26/2009
Dave McInnis takes a win in 1966 (Courtesy Mean Gene)
Date: 09/30/2008
Bobby Brack in the ZERO before the start of the 1973 Governor's Cup (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 01/12/2009
Chet Rutledge gets loose in front of Steve Campbell - 1967
Date: 07/25/2008
Getting upside down in turn one... (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Leroy Porter - 1973 (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 12/03/2008
"Captain America" Rick Giles in 1974 (Oscar Norton Photo)
Date: 06/26/2009
Frank Riddle in the Harry Crouse Sprinter - 1971 (Al Major Photo)
Date: 07/25/2008
Milton Burysek after an Early Model win with trophy girl Charmaine Riddle Childers...
Date: 01/06/2012
Kip Pierce's Toonerville Trolley II
Date: 04/13/2012
Jimmy Alvis with a LM ride early in his career - 1973 (Oscar Norton Photo)
Date: 07/31/2008
USAC star Greg Leffler in action - 2-2-77 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 10/17/2007
Gary Gay #39 charging hard in the Bombers (Al Major Photo)
Date: 07/25/2008
Dennis Hood's bobtail Sprinter driven at the time by Billy Yuma (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 04/09/2009
1973 - An early-career LM win for Bobby Alexander driving for Harry Crouse (Oscar Norton Photo)
Date: 07/31/2008
Awards banquet - 1982 (Coffin Family Collection)
Date: 07/10/2008
Bob Luscomb in 1969...
Date: 04/22/2009
Kenny Kuhn '74 or '75 Governor's Cup...
Date: 05/21/2009
Carl Butt - 1974 (Oscar Norton Photo)
Date: 06/26/2009
Jan Opperman after winning an IMCA race at Golden Gate in Harry Campell's Sprinter (Campbell Collection)
Date: 07/30/2008
Sharp looking Chevelle - driver and date unknown (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 12/03/2008
Will Cagle in the early '60s
Date: 07/25/2008
Early Model driver Vernon Clark (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 03/05/2010
1972 Governor's Cup - Gordon Lee (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 01/07/2009
Donnie Tanner with his six cylinder Ford in the mid '60s (Courtesy Mean Gene)
Date: 08/25/2008
Jim McCormack after a Tornado win (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Mid '70s action in February - USAC veteran Bill Puterbaugh is in the yellow 6 (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 01/28/2009
Dick Pratt ran this Supermod at Golden Gate in the early 60s (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Ray Bontrager takes a LM win in 1973 (Al Major Photo)
Date: 07/31/2008
Wayne Reutimann '32 Ford 5-window coupe
Date: 04/13/2012
Jim Fenton goes under Gary Gay in Tornado action from 1971 (Fenton Collection)
Date: 05/28/2009
Don Heckman - 1975 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Vernon Hart (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
A very early win for Jim Childers (Childers Collection)
Date: 11/18/2011
Jim Fenton relaxes before the 1976 Governor's Cup race (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 01/22/2009
Early Models of Jim Childers (48) and Milton Burysek (25) (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 04/09/2009
Bob Luscomb with a bit of a push in his Modified - 1967 (Al Major Photo)
Date: 04/22/2009
1973 Bomber Champion Butch Davis (Al Major Photo)
Date: 07/31/2008
February '77 Winternationals - Troy Ohio's Don Hewitt (Westerman Photo)
Date: 04/29/2009
Freddy Fryar brought this '56 Chevy to the Governor's Cup 200 in 1966. (Marty Little Photo)
Date: 08/06/2008
Buzzie Reutimann in 1964 - before the glasses (Courtesy Mean Gene)
Date: 09/29/2008
Jimmy Dodd leads Frank Riddle in 1969 Sprint Car action (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Perry Lovelady in 1983...
Date: 08/06/2008
Kokomo IN's Ron Fischer at the Feb. '77 Winternationals (Westerman Photo)
Date: 04/29/2009
Golden Gate Speedway patch from the 70s (Marty Little Collection)
Date: 09/02/2008
Bobby Brack at the 1975 Governor's Cup (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 12/03/2008
Carlton Calfee in 1976...
Date: 04/29/2009
Wayne Hammond after a Bomber win in 1966..
Date: 11/20/2008
Dick Pratt (Courtesy Buddy Bielarski)
Date: 12/03/2008
Wade Simpson (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 03/05/2010
J. D. Deas
Date: 04/13/2012
Dick Gaines in Karl Kinser's #11 - Feb. '77 Winternationals (Westerman Photo)
Date: 04/29/2009
From a 1974 program (Fenton Collection)
Date: 05/28/2009
Early Model Chevy of Bob Layton - mid '70s (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 12/03/2008
Jan Opperman leads Bob Luscomb - February 1973...
Date: 04/22/2009
1965 - Kip Pierce and the Toonerville Trolley....
Date: 08/25/2008
Dennis Hood of Avon Park (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Milton Burysek's Pink Panther Barracuda - mid '70s (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 12/08/2008
1963 - Dave McInnis leads Jim Gulley, Jack Arnold and Dave Scarbrough...
Date: 09/24/2008
Steve Moore takes a LM win in 1974...
Date: 06/25/2009
1977 Winternationals - Tiffin, OH driver Darl Harrison (Westerman Photo)
Date: 04/29/2009
1967 Action Racing Magazine montage (Al Major Photos)
Date: 12/18/2008
Bernard McElwain takes a "B" Class win in the early '60s...
Date: 12/03/2008
Speedy Reeves and family after he won a qualifying race for the 1975 Governor's Cup (Reeves Collection)
Date: 05/21/2009
Buzzie Reutimann in 1963....
Date: 08/25/2008
Feb. '77 Winternationals - Roger Rager of Mound, MN (Westerman Photo)
Date: 04/29/2009
1973 Governor's Cup - not sure who was driving the 0jr. at the time (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 01/12/2009
Damage to the fence following the Hamke-Malcuit crash during the 1976 Governor's Cup race (Pop's Racing Site)
Date: 12/03/2008
Some of Frank Riddle's race cars from the mid '60s...
Date: 12/03/2008
Hardy Maddox - mid '70s (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 12/08/2008
Milton Burysek - mid '70s
Date: 01/06/2012
Steve Campbell in the mid '60s....
Date: 08/25/2008
Ray Bontrager - mid '70s (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 12/03/2008
Front row for the '78 Florida 500 - Jerry Carman, Robert Smith and Larry Brazil with Rocky Fisher (Gene Marderness Photo)
Date: 06/21/2009
A very early career win for Jim Childers (Courtesy Mean Gene)
Date: 09/30/2008
Charley Mincey #116 leads Speedy Reeves #121, Harold Smith #144, Sonny Kocsis #Zero and Billy Gill - ''75 Governor's Cup...
Date: 05/04/2009
Bob Luscomb #8 leads Ollie Silva #0 and Wayne Reutimann #00 in March 1970 (Al Major Photo)
Date: 04/22/2009
1967 Governor's Cup winner Dumont Smith...
Date: 12/18/2008
Feb. '77 Winternationals - Lil' Joe Saldana (Westerman Photo)
Date: 04/29/2009
1966 - Bobby Fields (Courtesy Mean Gene)
Date: 09/30/2008
Pat Hutcheson - 1967 (Hutcheson Collection)
Date: 05/16/2011
1977 Winternationals - OK driver Shane Carson in the Nance 1N (Westerman Photo)
Date: 04/29/2009
Gary Gay takes one of many wins over the years (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 03/05/2010
Dan Daughtry Ford Torino around 1970 (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 12/26/2008
Aerial view of the track in 1962 (Courtesy Mean Gene)
Date: 12/31/2008
Lee Parker and the Crown 7 Sprinter (Larry Harrel Photo)
Date: 04/09/2009
1975 - Bobby Bush (Oscar Norton Photo)
Date: 06/26/2009
1973 Governor's Cup - Ronnie Burkhart (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 01/12/2009
Jan Opperman in Doc Miller's Sprinter - February 1978 (Gene Marderness Photo)
Date: 06/21/2009
Billy Myers in his 1958 Ford (Courtesy Mean Gene)
Date: 08/25/2008
Dave Pletcher's car at possibly the 1975 Governor's Cup (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 01/22/2009
Jimmy Alvis in V. T. Clark's Early Model (Courtesy Danny Brower)
Date: 01/31/2011
Don Heckman's Sprint Car in the pits - 1975 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 04/23/2008
Jimmy Tingler
Date: 12/18/2009
Two-time Florida 500 winner Don Mack - Feb. 1978 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/19/2008
Gene Tharpe (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 01/07/2009
Wayne Cliburn (Courtesy Mean Gene)
Date: 09/29/2008
1977 Winternationals - Chillicothe, Ohio's Bud Frazier (Westerman Photo)
Date: 04/29/2009
Billy Gill at the 1972 Governor's Cup (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 01/07/2009
Feb. '77 Winternationals - New Mexico driver Roy Hicks (Westerman Photo)
Date: 04/29/2009
Gary Balough with wife Karen after winning the 1968 Governor's Cup (Mike Howell Collection)
Date: 10/21/2011
Red Kleinatland after a Bomber win (Al Major Photo)
Date: 01/07/2009
Armond Holley in the Cal Krusen Sprinter - February 1977 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 04/29/2009
Will Cagle poses with his Bob Luscomb-built Modified before towing up North for the 1977 Season...
Date: 04/22/2009
David Rogers before the 1976 Governor's cup race...
Date: 01/07/2009
Ron Fischer #3 - Rick Ferkel #0 - Larry Brazil #77 - Feb 1977 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/19/2008
Paul Connors loops his car at the 1973 Governor's Cup race (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 01/12/2009
Frank Riddle in the Harry Crouse Special around '76 or '77 (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 01/28/2009
Scoring for the Governor's Cup was always done by the Girl's Racing Association from the infield...
Date: 03/10/2009
Larry Brazil - 1978 - with George Rudolph's ex-Bob Luscomb Sprinter (Gene Marderness Photo)
Date: 06/21/2009
Neat looking 1961 Ford Starliner Bomber - driver unknown (Larry Harrell Photo)
Date: 04/09/2009
Frank Riddle in the Harry Crouse Sprint inside of his brother Jimmy driving for Pete Crocker (Chad Freeman Collection)
Date: 10/20/2010
Ed Howe takes the checkered flag to win the 1975 Governor's Cup race (Larry Martin Photo)
Date: 06/26/2009
Dave Breakfield (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Bob Luscomb with a feature win in 1969 (Luscomb Collection)
Date: 03/27/2009
Bob Burcham's 1959 Plymouth LM outside a Tampa motel before the 1966 Governor's Cup race (Marty Little Photo)
Date: 04/14/2009
Donnie Tanner after a Feb. win with Ric Folse and Rocky Fisher (Westerman Photo)
Date: 04/28/2009
Bill McCormick #91 gets loose racing Jim Fenton in Tornado action from 1967...
Date: 04/28/2009
Will Cagle in Andy Anderson's Chevelle - 1975 Governor's Cup...
Date: 04/30/2009
Gary Gay (Courtesy Danny Brower)
Date: 01/31/2011
1977 Winternationals - Cliff Cockrum of Benton, IL (Westerman Photo)
Date: 04/29/2009
Charles Walters' Bomber - with no dents...
Date: 06/04/2010
Larry Thomas in a Dodge leads the Chevy of Rex White during the NASCAR GN race held in November 1962...
Date: 07/29/2010
The famous Zero of the "Watermelon Farmer," Sonny Kocsis...
Date: 05/14/2009
West Palm Driver Speedy Reeves brought two cars to the 1974 Governor's Cup (Reeves Collection)
Date: 05/21/2009
February 1978 - Indiana's Danny Smith (Westerman Photo)
Date: 04/28/2009
Jim Fenton takes a Tornado win in 1969 - He later was badly burned in this car (Fenton Collection)
Date: 05/26/2009
Mike Black's Bomber after a roll-over (Smallwood Collection)
Date: 06/02/2009
Dave Scarbrough in Bob Luscomb's Sprint Car at the 1978 Florida 500 (Gene Marderness Photo)
Date: 06/21/2009
Wayne Reutimann around 1966
Date: 06/18/2010
Wayne Reutimann leads Will Cagle - March 1976 (Al Major Photo)
Date: 06/26/2009
Billy McElveen in 1974
Date: 06/25/2009
Carlton Calfee - 1976 (Calfee Collection)
Date: 08/07/2008
Billy McElveen leads Donnie Tanner in Early Model action circa 1970 (Courtesy Danny Brower)
Date: 01/31/2011
Pat Hutcheson - 1974 (Smallwood Collection)
Date: 06/12/2009
Sprints early '70s - Ronnie Smith #24, John Scalise #4, David Smith #80, Dave Scarbrough #7, Larry Brazil #68 and Sonny Hartley
Date: 08/03/2011
Vernon Hart (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 03/05/2010
Donnie Tanner readies for Sprint Car action...
Date: 06/04/2010
Jim Alvis outside of Dan Raulerson in mid 1960s LM acation (Courtesy Danny Brower)
Date: 03/09/2011
Early '80s - Kenny Kuhn...
Date: 05/21/2009
Billy Riddle - 1981 (Gene Marderness photo)
Date: 03/24/2008
Bomber driver Wade Simpson (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 03/05/2010
Mid 70's shot of Robert Smith on the front straight waiting for the start of the Sprint feature (Courtesy Danny Brower)
Date: 01/31/2011
Ray Bontrager
Date: 06/18/2010
Sonny Hartley's first Sprint Car (Courtesy Danny Brower)
Date: 03/09/2011
Speedy Reeves uncorks an engine on lap 18 of the 1975 Governor's Cup race (Larry Martin Photo)
Date: 06/26/2009
Donnie Tanner in the 1960 Ford Starliner that would later become Jack Arnold's Seafood Special (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Charles Hill with his Thunder Car in 1974...
Date: 07/02/2009
The results of Jimmy Riddle's crash while driving Lee Parker's Sprint Car (Chad Freeman Collection)
Date: 10/20/2010
Emil Reutimann
Date: 07/14/2009
Promo photo for the Ladies' Hurricane class with LuAnne McKee, Caroline Hickey, Betty Armacost and Joy Weaver
Date: 08/05/2011
1978 Winternationals - Bob Frey (Gene Marderness Photo)
Date: 06/21/2009
Tommy Swindal
Date: 07/22/2009
Ed Howe after his first Governor's Cup win in 1972 (Mike Howell Collection)
Date: 01/11/2009
John Grubbs (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 03/05/2010
John Scalise (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 03/05/2010
Precision Automotive '57 Plymouth which was owned by the late Al Stageburg and driven by Kenny Faircloth & Billy Hancock..
Date: 02/10/2009
Butch Davis
Date: 06/04/2010
Wayne Reutimann around 1964-65 (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 05/07/2009
Jimmy Riddle races inside of Jim Childers - 1976 (Chad Freeman Collection)
Date: 10/20/2010
Leroy Porter in the early 80s (Porter Collection)
Date: 06/18/2010
Donnie Tanner and crew with his Sprint Car - early '70s (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 12/30/2009
Mid '70s Bomber action (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 05/07/2009
Carl Butt leads Dave Pletcher - 1977 (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 05/06/2009
Curtis Letchworth - 1976 (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 05/21/2009
Anybody know who this is? (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 01/13/2010
1960s Bomber action - Terry Hahn #71 leads.. (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 01/28/2010
Danny Smith - Feb. 1978 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/19/2008
Anybody know what Bob's last name is? (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 01/28/2010
The Parker Crown 7 with Dave Scarbrough at the helm (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Paul Reschar
Date: 06/04/2010
Ray Bontrager #0jr races Billy Hancock (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/29/2011
Beverly Gonsalve (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 01/28/2010
Kip Pierce wearing his Casper The Friendly Ghost shirt (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
John Armacost's Tornado car (Courtesy Danny Brower)
Date: 03/09/2011
More wild action from the early 60s (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/29/2011
Robert Smith (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 01/28/2010
Ready to go racing in 1966 (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Bob Parker - 1976 (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 05/12/2009
Jim Riddle in the Pete Crocker #3X (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Mid '70s - Bobby Alexander (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 05/07/2009
Assistant Starter Red Gray (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Pat Hutcheson's Bomber - 1967 (Hutcheson Collection)
Date: 05/16/2011
Bobby Bush (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 01/28/2010
George Hill (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 01/28/2010
Jimmy Cope
Date: 06/04/2010
Rough night here...
Date: 04/13/2012
Not sure who or what year - Do you know? (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 01/28/2010
Mike Bare leads Jimmy Alvis (Chad Freeman Collection)
Date: 10/20/2010
Who is it?? (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 01/28/2010
Don Abney (Courtesy Danny Brower)
Date: 03/09/2011
Terry DeCaire #5D and Buzzie Reutimann #00 (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 03/05/2010
Photographer Oscar Norton getting up close and personal with a '57 Ford... (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
David Smith (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 03/05/2010
This driver gets a little different view of the action... (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
The Pink Panther Barracuda of Pat Hutcheson takes another win (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 03/05/2010
Sprint Cars from 1975 - Don Heckman inside of Ronnie Smith (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Jim Rogers (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 03/05/2010
Kenny Faircloth (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Jim Riddle in Pete Crocker's #3X (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 03/05/2010
One of the last LM rides for Dave McInnis (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Chet Rutledge Modified from around 1967
Date: 09/12/2011
Johnny Williams (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 05/07/2009
Mid 70s Early Models - Milton Burysek inside Bobby Alexander (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Hardy Maddox in victory lane (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 03/05/2010
Mid 60s Late Models (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
James Albritton (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 05/13/2009
Ray Vanselous (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Johnny Hicks displays yet another checkered flag to a race winner (Courtesy Danny Brower)
Date: 09/13/2011
Donnie Tanner's sharp Mercury Cougar
Date: 06/04/2010
Wayne Reutiman - early 60s
Date: 06/18/2010
Jim Childers after an Early Model win (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 03/05/2010
Sam Surratt #11 goes around in front of George Hill #9 during an Early Model race circa 1968-69 (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
David Smith in the mid 70s (Courtesy Danny Brower)
Date: 03/09/2011
Billy Gill in a Ford... He also drove the #0jr Fairlane a few times (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/29/2011
Nice looking '56 Ford of Gary Gay (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 03/05/2010
Dick Pratt in 1965 (Walt Wimer Collection)
Date: 03/22/2010
Jimmy Alvis at the wheel of Lee Parker's Crown-7 Sprint Car (Chad Freeman Collection)
Date: 10/20/2010
Jim who??... Can you ID?? (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 03/05/2010
Late 60s - Pete Crocker confers with his driver Jimmy Dodd (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
A really big mess... (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 03/05/2010
Scramble in turn one - possibly during the 1964 LM championship race (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Donnie Tanner after a win in the late '60s (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 03/05/2010
Late Models from the early 60s (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Frank Riddle at speed (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 03/05/2010
Donnie Tanner's Mercury Capri Six-Cylinder..
Date: 06/04/2010
Aden Erb having fun in victory lane... (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Nice Mustang of Don Abney (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 03/05/2010
Bob Rammacher
Date: 04/13/2012
Mike Laws
Date: 06/04/2010
Lee Parker races inside of Sonny Hartley (Chad Freeman Collection)
Date: 10/20/2010
Butch Davis (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 03/05/2010
Late 60s Sprint win for Dave Scarbrough in the Campbell #11 (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Buzzie Reutimann in the early '60s pre-glasses (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 03/05/2010
New Englander Bob Cloutier in the wall around 1970 - This was a twin car to Ollie Silvas (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Bobby Alexander edges by Frank Fyfe in Early Model action (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 03/06/2010
Ric Folse with his Tornado car on a Friday night (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Donnie Tanner with a wild-looking Sprint Car ride (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 03/06/2010
Dave McInnis #66 tangles with Kenny Faircloth #4 as Billy Hancock #6 passes (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
NASCAR GN race in Nov. '62 - Darel Dieringer #82 leads Joe Weatherly #8, Stan Parker #23 and Maurice Petty...
Date: 07/29/2010
Carl Butts with his updated Falcon (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 05/06/2009
Frank Riddle - 1965 (Walt Wimer Collection)
Date: 03/22/2010
Red Kleinatland after a Bomber win (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Charles Walter was one of the top Bomber drivers in the late '60s - early '70s (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 03/06/2010
Billy Marshall leads... (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Donnie Tanner gets it on in Sprint Car action (Courtesy Ricky Smallwood)
Date: 03/06/2010
1961 - Buzzie Reutimann
Date: 03/12/2010
Randy Tissot at Golden Gate circa 1972
Date: 01/06/2012
1963 - Dick Pratt (Walt Wimer Collection)
Date: 03/22/2010
1967 Governor's Cup qualifying race pile-up...
Date: 04/03/2008
Billy Gill picks up another win (Mike Howell Collection)
Date: 01/27/2009
1968 - Pat Hutcheson (Hutcheson Collection)
Date: 05/16/2011
Jim Childers takes some hot laps (Chad Freeman Collection)
Date: 10/20/2010
Jim Gray's '57 Chevy in the pits (Courtesy Danny Brower)
Date: 04/20/2011
Smokey Yunick, Jr.
Date: 04/13/2012
1970 Governor's Cup winner Don Gregory of Columbus, OH (Mike Howell Collection)
Date: 01/27/2009
Colin Mattson - mid 70s (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Dave Scarborough's Inter-Bay Marine Special..
Date: 02/18/2008
Johnny Williams in Pop Butler's car circa 1964
Date: 04/13/2012
Early 60s Bomber action - check out the wide variety of cars that were used (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/29/2011
1970 Governor's Cup - Jim Gray #02, BillyGill #24 and Bobby Brack #Zero(Mike Howell Collection)
Date: 01/27/2009
Bill Roynon off turn four (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Gary Gay
Date: 06/04/2010
Bill Knox who was badly injured in a crash at New Smyrna Speedway (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Dave McInnis ran one of the first Chevelle Late Models at the Gate...
Date: 04/03/2008
1972 Governor's Cup - Dan Daughtry #98, Larry Rogero #17, Buddy Griffin #7 and Ed Howe #67...
Date: 01/11/2009
Wild 'n wacky Bomber racing... (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Leroy Porter - 1977
Date: 04/07/2010
1975 - Carlton Calfee (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Governor's Cup action - Speedy Reeves spins in front of Pete Leufkins (Mike Howell Collection)
Date: 01/11/2009
A Ford Fairlane off the track on the backstretch (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Robert Hamke's car after his big crash in the '76 Governor's Cup (Billy Barnwell Collection)
Date: 03/05/2008
Gary Balough after his Governor's Cup win in 1968 (Mike Howell Collection)
Date: 02/03/2009
Hardy Maddox - Feb. 1978 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/19/2008
Tim Miller
Date: 01/13/2010
1975 - Ray Bolin (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
1968 Governor's Cup - Marion Edwards, Jr. leads Dave McInnis and Bobby Fields (Edwards Family Collection)
Date: 12/11/2009
Ernie Bass in 1965 (Buzzy Berry Collection)
Date: 04/15/2010
Frank Riddle scored Many wins in the Campbell Sprinter (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Bomber car of Buster Davis
Date: 06/04/2010
Gordon Lee's car not looking too good after a bout with the guard rail in 1967 (Berry Collection)
Date: 04/19/2010
Canadian driver Don Biederman (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
1968 Bomber action (Hutcheson Collection)
Date: 05/16/2011
Jimmy Riddle (Chad Freeman Collection)
Date: 10/20/2010
Charlie Savage
Date: 06/04/2010
1969 - Jim Alvis on top of Frank Riddle (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Dave Scarbrough and Hap Perry
Date: 06/04/2010
Huie Harrison ran this car at The Gate and other tracks in the early 1960s
Date: 04/13/2012
Three LM Fords go 1-2-3 in 1964 with Butch Hirst leading Dan Raulerson and Jack Arnold (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/29/2011
Donnie Tanner - Early Model '57 Ford...
Date: 06/04/2010
Kenny Faircloth's Plymouth Duster on the trailer outside the pit Gate - mid 70s (Courtesy Danny Brower)
Date: 01/31/2011
Some bad news for the Phantom 309 of Danny Paris...
Date: 06/04/2010
Wayne Reutimann after a win in the Cash n' Carry Sprinter...
Date: 06/07/2010
1964 - Gordon Lee
Date: 06/18/2010
Frank Riddle #11 leads brother Jimmy #3x in 1975 Sprint Car action (Al Major Photo)
Date: 07/29/2010
Dave Scarborough with a win circa 1965 (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/29/2011
Emil Reutimann
Date: 06/18/2010
Sonny Kocis (Courtesy Danny Brower)
Date: 01/31/2011
Bill Roynon Sprint Car - early 1970s
Date: 06/18/2010
Bobby Alexander in Harry Crouse's '65 Chevelle LM (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Mark Malcuit (Bill MacLeod Collection)
Date: 03/22/2009
Rastus Kimbrell
Date: 08/03/2011
1969 Sprint Car checker for Wayne Reutimann (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Aden Erb takes an Early Model win in the late 1960s (Hutcheson Collection)
Date: 05/16/2011
Hardy Maddox - early 70's
Date: 06/18/2010
Don'l Burkhalter
Date: 01/13/2010
Lester Slone
Date: 06/18/2010
Modified mayhem in 1967
Date: 04/13/2012
David Smith (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Nice Dodge LM - late 60s - driver unknown
Date: 06/18/2010
Les Goudy Modified
Date: 04/13/2012
February '77 Winternationals - Rich Leavell of Elwood, IN (Westerman Photo)
Date: 04/29/2009
Leroy Porter - 1983 (Porter Collection)
Date: 06/18/2010
Dave Scarbrough in an offset roadster circa 1970
Date: 09/12/2011
Wayne Reutimann around 1965
Date: 06/18/2010
Jimmy Alvis - mid 60s (Courtesy Danny Brower)
Date: 03/09/2011
Joe Saldana - Feb. 1977 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/19/2008
Buzzie Reutimann drives away from some Supermod spinners circa 1963
Date: 04/13/2012
Donald De Wolf was the Assistant Pit Steward for many seasons (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Jack Arnold's Bobtail Sprinter circa 1970
Date: 07/09/2010
NASACAR GN race in November '62 - Reb Wickersham #67, Sherman Utsman #61 and Tommy Irwin #21..
Date: 07/28/2010
John Sugar Bear Berg
Date: 07/09/2010
A Harry Crouse-built LM ride for Jim Childers (Childers Collection)
Date: 11/18/2011
Bill Breeden hard at it in his Bomber - 1966 or 67 (Hutcheson Collection)
Date: 05/16/2011
Jimmy Riddle - 1967 or '68
Date: 09/12/2011
Bobby Bush (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Roger Rager leads Larry Brazil - Feb. 1978 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/19/2008
Rich Vogler - 1983
Date: 07/22/2010
Goin' over in early 60s Sportsman action (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/29/2011
Dick Darlington's Holler Chevy-sponsored car (Courtesy Danny Brower)
Date: 01/31/2011
Aaron Coller 1965 Chevelle Late Model (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
1975 - Shorty Stuart (Al Major Photo)
Date: 07/29/2010
Early Models - Jim Childers #48 racing Joe Melnick #44 and Milton Burysek #25 (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/29/2011
Ed Howe on his way to winning the 1974 Governor's Cup race (Bobby 5X5 Day Photo)
Date: 07/29/2010
Jan Opperman wheeling Doc Miller's car - Feb. 1978 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/19/2008
Opening night article from 1962 (Courtesy John Grimm)
Date: 07/28/2010
Dale Lynch
Date: 12/18/2009
Governor's Cup action as Bobby Alexander leads Ray Bontrager and Jim Crowe (Dick Crowe Collection)
Date: 06/22/2008
The always awesome Lee Parker Sprint Car and driver Dave Scarbrough (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Jimmy Tingler in the No. 1 Tornado Car...
Date: 12/18/2009
Frank Riddle (Chad Freeman Collection)
Date: 10/20/2010
Early Model win for Joe Melnick (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Grover Dauphin
Date: 04/13/2012
Jimmy Lariez (Hutcheson Collection)
Date: 05/16/2011
Turn one action during an early Governor's Cup race.
Date: 10/21/2011
Dave Scarbrough in the Bob Luscomb Sprint Car (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Billy Gill's '57 Chevy (Courtesy Danny Brower)
Date: 04/20/2011
Charles Walter after a Bomber win (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/29/2011
Sammy Swindell - Feb. 1978 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/19/2008
Dumont Smith leading Phil Kessler (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Jimmy Riddle leading Hardy Maddox (Chad Freeman Collection)
Date: 05/16/2011
"Captain Sizzle" Mark Malcuit ran most of the Governor's Cup races during the mid-late '70s (Courtesy Danny Brower)
Date: 04/20/2011
Don Rehm and his bobtail Sprint Car around 1969 (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Frank Fyfe with a Bomber win (Hutcheson Collection)
Date: 05/16/2011
Modifieds from 1967 - Jimmy Riddle is Nr. 75 and Steve Moore in Nr. 96 (Chad Freeman Collection)
Date: 05/16/2011
Orlando's Mike Laws
Date: 05/16/2011
Larry Brazil with a Modified win around 1967
Date: 09/12/2011
1966 Late Models - Dave McInnis leads Wayne Reutimann and Billy Gill (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Pat Hutcheson and "Old Yaller" take another Bomber win in the late 60s (Hutcheson Collection)
Date: 05/16/2011
Bill Roynon in 1969 (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Jim Fenton after a Tornado feature win in 1968 (Jim Fenton Collection)
Date: 06/13/2011
Gene Winn (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Jim Gulley - 1961
Date: 05/16/2011
Dave McInnis (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/29/2011
Tornados creating some wind...
Date: 08/03/2011
Shane Carson in the Nance 1N races with Billy Cassella #39 - Feb 1977 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/19/2008
Tim Chitwood (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/03/2011
Marilyn Blackwelder
Date: 08/04/2011
Don Abney (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/29/2011
Gary Balough in Johnny Merendino's No. 84 at the 1969 Governor's Cup. (Mike Howell Collection)
Date: 10/21/2011
Bill McCormick #91 and Rastus Kimbrell avoid a spinning car during a Tornado race (Courtesy Danny Brower)
Date: 08/19/2011
August 1970 Bomber action with Jim Marshall leading Billy Marshall (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/29/2011
1965 - Starter Johnny Hicks with Gordon Solie and Frank Dery presenting a cup commemorating 25 years of service to racing.
Date: 08/29/2011
Jim Childers in the Diamond 4 (Childers Collection)
Date: 08/19/2011
Benny Moore, driving Andy Anderson's Chevelle, very lucky to get out of this one (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/29/2011
Armond Holley - Feb. 1978 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/19/2008
Gary Balough and Bobby Brack at the Governor's Cup LM race in the early 70s (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/29/2011
Don Rehm - BSC - Before Sprint Cars...
Date: 04/13/2012
Jimmy Riddle - 1978 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/25/2008
Intermission meant long lines at the concession stands in the 1960s (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/29/2011
Early '60s checker for the Lil' Rebel, Jim Burdette of Sarasota
Date: 04/13/2012
Ohio's Don Gregory shakes hands with Frank Dery after winning the Governor's Cup race (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/29/2011
Billy Cassella - Feb. 1977 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 03/19/2008
Sportsman action could get pretty hairy in the early 60s (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/29/2011
The track held model car contests every year - this one is of the Kip Pierce "Toonerville Trolley"
Date: 08/29/2011
Dale Lynch after a Late Model win.
Date: 08/30/2011
Jack Arnold around 1970
Date: 09/12/2011
Track announcer-PR man Gordon Solie with the Governor's Cup trophy and an Olds Toronado pace car (Courtesy Chad Freeman)
Date: 08/29/2011
Jim Alvis circa 1969 with the Harry Crouse Sprint Car.
Date: 09/12/2011
Mid 60s - Chet Rutledge
Date: 09/12/2011
Start of action during a Governors Cup weekend.
Date: 09/12/2011
Even a little front end damage didn't keep Donnie Tanner out of Early Model victory lane (Courtesy Danny Brower)
Date: 09/13/2011
Dick Pratt in Jack Lamphier's 1957 Ford convertible Late Model (Lamphier Collection)
Date: 09/29/2011
Aden Erb ENJOYING and Early Model feature win...
Date: 09/29/2011
1968 Governor's Cup - Winner Gary Balough and car owner Marty Handshaw (Mike Howell Collection)
Date: 10/21/2011
Jimmy Alvis takes a win in the V. T. Clark Ford Early Model.
Date: 11/18/2011
A Sprint win for Bill Roynon -May 1973
Date: 11/18/2011
Late Model win for Jim Childers in the mid 70s (Childers Collection)
Date: 11/18/2011
Early Model action from '71-'72... Dennis Langston #73 vs. Don Hutto #92
Date: 11/18/2011
Bobby Brack (Courtesy Jimmy Taylor)
Date: 11/18/2011
Miss Golden Gate Charmaine Riddle with the Governor's Cup - She would later become Mrs. Jim Childers
Date: 11/18/2011
A pair of Fords go at it in Bomber action...
Date: 01/06/2012
An early Early Model ride for Milton Burysek... pre-"Pink Panther"...
Date: 01/06/2012
Benny Moore driving for Gordon Lee in 1965
Date: 01/06/2012
Jack Arnold in 1969-70
Date: 04/13/2012
Bomber action with Randy Gay in the #100
Date: 01/06/2012
Dave Scarbrough in the early '60s
Date: 01/06/2012
David Smith with a Sprint Car win.
Date: 01/06/2012
Mid '60s Late Models with Glen Hazzard leading Gordon Lee #123 and Aaron Coller #9
Date: 01/06/2012
Dick Pratt's car after a big crash...
Date: 01/06/2012
Don Lyons
Date: 01/06/2012
Dumont Smith leading Phil Kessler - Early '70s
Date: 01/06/2012
J. D. Deas in the Clarence Rice X Jr.
Date: 04/13/2012
Feb 1973 - IMCA Golden Gate
Date: 01/06/2012
Early Models - Billy Marshall in the #U2
Date: 01/06/2012
Frank Riddle in the Harry Crouse Sprinter which still competes in the DAARA today with driver Josh Rynd
Date: 01/06/2012
Mike Van Ochten
Date: 01/06/2012
Mid '60s Modified win for Jimmy Riddle with his daughters in victory lane...
Date: 01/06/2012
Jan Opperman just before the start of the IMCA pavement race in 1973 (Courtesy Harry Campbell)
Date: 01/06/2012
Kenny Faircloth leading Dale Alderman
Date: 01/06/2012
Jack Arnold
Date: 01/06/2012
Stan Butler inside of Dennis Hood circa 1970...
Date: 01/06/2012
Early '70s - Milton Burysek's first "Pink Panther" six-cylinder Camaro..
Date: 01/06/2012
Modifieds circa 1966 - Jim Riddle #75 races Les Goudy as #96 Dave Scarbrough watches...
Date: 01/06/2012
Pat Hutcheson ran this '58 Plymouth as his first Early Model before switching to a Barracuda...
Date: 01/06/2012
Early '70s - Dave Scarbrough in Bud Josey's offset roadster...
Date: 01/06/2012
Tornado action with Jerry DeLong leading Jim Grace #64 and Rastus Kimbrell #45
Date: 01/06/2012
Jim Alvis in the 1960s - He won a bunch of races and track championships...
Date: 04/13/2012
Johnny Jackson LM circa 1963-64
Date: 04/13/2012
The field gets set for the start of the 1964 Florida 200.
Date: 04/13/2012
1962-63 Supermods were clean and simple
Date: 04/13/2012
Tiger Tom Pistone at the Governor's Cup with one of the Performer Team cars.. (McKenzie Photo)
Date: 04/13/2012
1968 - Wayne Rohn #33 races Jack Arnold
Date: 04/13/2012
B-Mod of Harvey Breakey
Date: 04/13/2012
Aden Erb's rig in the mid 1960s
Date: 04/13/2012
Larry Brazil gets under the guard rail in 1962....
Date: 04/13/2012
Brazil gets out of the car...
Date: 04/13/2012
OK... How do we get this thing outta here...
Date: 04/13/2012
Clarence Rice
Date: 04/13/2012
Bobby Coyle
Date: 05/15/2012
Dave McInnis went over the guard rail on opening night in '62
Date: 04/13/2012
Wade Simpson
Date: 11/18/2011
Dick Darlington from Orlando
Date: 04/13/2012
Bobby Fields (Courtesy Danny Brower)
Date: 08/03/2011
Early 1960s - Dick Pratt driving track owner Frank Dery's Plymouth-powered Super
Date: 04/13/2012
Randy Tissot and crew pose with their car at a Governor's Cup race.
Date: 04/13/2012
Not pretty.. But Wayne Reutimann won with it...
Date: 04/13/2012
Jim Alvis won a LM track championship with this 1966 Chevelle...
Date: 05/15/2012
Palmer's Garage Mod of Dave McInnis circa 1962
Date: 05/01/2012
Jimmy Prater in 1973 (Prater Collection)
Date: 05/15/2012
