Before Jim Jones, it was Beverly Grybosh who roamed the infield at OSW. This album is dedicated in her memory..
Date: 04/09/2008
Opening day in 1974 - Leroy Porter leads Dan Daughtry (Buzzy Berry Collection)
Date: 04/19/2010
Orlando Speedworld ad from 1979
Date: 10/09/2007
Flyer promoting the upcoming Permatex 100 held in November 1974
Date: 06/04/2008
Eddie King in victory lane - 1987
Date: 04/14/2008
2004 TBARA champion Dude Teate takes a TQ Midget tumble early in his racing career...
Date: 04/09/2008
Allen Rhodes #03 races Ricky Marshall - 1990
Date: 04/09/2008
Gary Balough #12 and Bruce Lawrence battle during an All pro LM event...
Date: 04/09/2008
Barbara Pierce, the First Lady of Florida short track racing, after one of her many wins...
Date: 04/09/2008
Billy Pratt in his big Ford LTD "B" Bomber around 1989...
Date: 11/12/2004
Bob Luscomb - 1977
Date: 04/09/2008
Wayne Detwiler leads a pack of A-Bombers...
Date: 06/02/2009
Bobby Gill #4 races with David Rogers...
Date: 04/09/2008
Bobby Sears won well over 200 Mini Stock features... He is now a successful LM car owner with Rich Clouser as his driver...
Date: 04/09/2008
Opening day 1974 - Don Hatcher and Wayne Heckle crash head-on (Buzzy Berry Collection)
Date: 04/15/2010
Interesting column by Ed Hinton in the Orlando Sentinel - July 1976 (Buzzy Berry Collection)
Date: 04/19/2010
Cocoa's Cindy Clifton in 1989... She raced both Bombers and Sportsman...
Date: 04/09/2008
Crunch time in 1986
Date: 11/12/2004
Darren Gould - 1991
Date: 04/09/2008
Darryl Shelnut (www.bdpphotography.com Photo)
Date: 04/09/2008
Dave Waddell - 1990
Date: 04/09/2008
David Rogers during an All Pro race in the mid '80s.. (www.bdpphotography.com Photo)
Date: 04/09/2008
Pete Orr leads Jimmy Dotson in Late Model action from 1991...
Date: 04/15/2008
David King picks up a LM win in 1986 in his 6 cylinder Camaro...
Date: 04/09/2008
Jared Allison takes a Mini Stock win early in his career... He's now a two-time OSW Super Late Model champion...
Date: 12/26/2007
David Russell - 1989
Date: 04/09/2008
Derrick Kelley (www.bdpphotography.com Photo)
Date: 04/09/2008
Dick Anderson won races everywhere including Speedworld...
Date: 04/09/2008
Eddie King won tons of races in the "Run Watcha Brung" LM class of the late '80s in his six cylinder Ford Pinto...
Date: 11/11/2004
Pete Keller (L) and track owner Billy Herndon (R) with the lease and sanctioning agreement in late 1974...
Date: 07/30/2010
Daniel Keene #5 Leads Gary "Hot Shoe" Balough... (www.bdpphotography.com Photo)
Date: 04/09/2008
David Rogers and Leroy Porter - 1978
Date: 04/09/2008
Mike Bare got knocked out in this 1977 Sprint Car crash where Stan Butler's tire came in the cockpit... He was OK..
Date: 11/12/2004
Donnie Strickland #42 and Buzzy Berry #83 tangle in front of Eddie Parrett #18 (Berry Collection)
Date: 04/19/2010
Bruce Maynard of Lakeland takes a Mini Stock win in 1986...
Date: 04/09/2008
Eddie King - 1991 (www.bdpphotography.com Photo)
Date: 04/09/2008
Mike Fitch in 1990 after one of many Modified wins...
Date: 04/09/2008
Ronnie Burkett #33 side by side with Ricky Marshall - 1990
Date: 04/09/2008
Scott Bramlett takes a Limited LM win early in his career...
Date: 04/09/2008
Jimmy Dotson and John Josey in January 1991...
Date: 06/02/2009
Richard Newton takes a Mini stock win in 1990 driving his "Sweet Pea Capri."
Date: 04/09/2008
Yankee Bob Hiner gets loose in a big pack of Bombers...
Date: 06/02/2009
Shane Russ - 1990
Date: 04/09/2008
Late Model action with Steve Latham #34 Ronnie Roach #14 and Bob Ackerbloom #1... Only Roach is still active today...
Date: 04/09/2008
Dr. Carl Doughty #3 Doug Craig #55 and Jim Crabtree #5 three wide in TQ Midget action...
Date: 04/09/2008
Steve Lathem with his LM sponsored by his dad's business, Doug's hell out of Cocoa...
Date: 11/11/2004
Ted Hodgdon in the early '90s... He's now a corporate pilot... (www.bdpphotography.com Photo)
Date: 04/09/2008
Sebring's Robert King after a 1996 Classic Car victory...
Date: 04/23/2008
The late Bruce Everett takes a Late Model win in 1995...
Date: 04/09/2008
David Rogers - early '90's (www.bdpphotography.com Photo)
Date: 04/09/2008
Wally and the late Tommy Patterson after one of Wally's Modified wins... We lost Tommy to Lou Gehrig's Disease about a year late
Date: 11/11/2004
All Pro wreck... and they still try to knock down the wall to this very day!! (www.bdpphotography.com Photo)
Date: 04/09/2008
Burke Hammond
Date: 04/14/2008
Dave Cleveland - Late '70s (Cara Wells collection)
Date: 04/14/2008
Don Fenn - 1991
Date: 04/14/2008
Don Heckman #0 races Frank Riddle #11 - 1977
Date: 04/14/2008
Melbourne's Donnie Narmore won several Speedworld point titles over the years...
Date: 04/14/2008
Dwayne Waddell takes a Bomber win..
Date: 04/14/2008
The late Ed Meridith in victory lane after a 1990 LM win...
Date: 04/14/2008
Tom Funk takes a win - late 70s (Don Bok Photo - Buzzy Berry Collection)
Date: 04/19/2010
Eddie King does it again... Happened alot in 1986-87...
Date: 04/14/2008
Gary Schlichter - 1992
Date: 04/14/2008
Late 70's - Buzzy Berry #83 battles Dave Cleveland ahead of Pat Briggs #47 (Berry Collection)
Date: 04/19/2010
Gary Salvatore - 1990
Date: 04/14/2008
Guy McRoberts spins in front of Jimmy Johns as Dave Savicki #70 gets by on the inside..
Date: 04/14/2008
Jack Cook - 1978 (Cara Wells collection)
Date: 04/14/2008
Jeff Moyer slams the wall in his Sportsman...
Date: 04/14/2008
Jeff Quinette #19 spins in front of Ray Smith as Jim Groff #3 passes underneath..
Date: 04/14/2008
Jim Sills of Ocoee after one of many Sportsman & LLM wins he had over the years...
Date: 11/11/2004
John Potts poses with his Bomber car in 1990 - A year later he would become OSW's only stock car racing fatality...
Date: 04/14/2008
The "Run Watcha Brung" Late Models go at it in 1985...
Date: 11/11/2004
Leroy Porter takes a 1990 LM win in the Randy C. Allen owned car...
Date: 04/14/2008
Matt Hruby
Date: 04/14/2008
Maryellen Indiveri
Date: 06/02/2009
Long before winning a pair of Governors Cup races, Mike Fritts honed his skills in the Bomber class...
Date: 04/14/2008
Mike Todd
Date: 04/14/2008
Mini Stocks go three wide
Date: 04/14/2008
Modified action as Scott McDade spins in front of Ray Smith #57 with David Indiveri #72 and Ed Meredith #10 trying to get away..
Date: 04/14/2008
Late Models - Perry Lovelady #65 and Homer Williams #99 (Cara Wells collection)
Date: 04/14/2008
"A" Bombers Pushrod Grainger #112, Ray Smith# 27, Jack "The Munchkin" Teagle #40 and Leon Williams #32
Date: 04/14/2008
Ray Bolin - 1977
Date: 04/14/2008
Rick Arnold - 1987
Date: 04/14/2008
Bombers - Tom Waring #84, John Hodge #17 and John Ripley #8 Ball
Date: 06/12/2009
Sid Stites and family celebrate a Late Model win...
Date: 04/14/2008
Steve Lathem takes a Sportsman win - 1988
Date: 04/14/2008
Terry Johns #10 and Eddie Parrot #81 in the late '70s (Cara Wells collection)
Date: 04/14/2008
Leroy Porter (Porter Collection)
Date: 06/18/2010
Karl Permann raced a Nissan in the Mini Stocks against a host of Ford Pintos...
Date: 04/15/2008
The late Dave McCabe #41 with nowhere to go here!!
Date: 04/14/2008
Former boat racer Bob Ackerbloom only ran LM for a couple of years but he won a championship and several features..
Date: 04/15/2008
Butch Armstrong on his roof in 1979 (Al Quellette Photo)
Date: 06/19/2008
Leon Harriman #34 and Mike Branco #5...
Date: 04/15/2008
Limited Late Models of Claude Collignon #50 and Mark Miller #78...
Date: 04/15/2008
Paul Colgan takes a checker..
Date: 04/15/2008
Mini Stocks - Craig Reynolds #2, Karl Permann #37 and Bill Martin #31
Date: 04/15/2008
Don Heckman - 1977
Date: 11/11/2004
Mini Stock action with Ron Wissman #4, Ray Bolin #75 and Bobby Sears #9...
Date: 06/12/2009
Doug Gould - 1991
Date: 04/15/2008
George McKissick with his car that really did look like a Bomber!!
Date: 04/15/2008
Late Models - Jimmy Dotson #86D tangles with Bob Ackerbloom
Date: 04/15/2008
"A" Bomber action with Dave Waddell sandwiched between the father/son team of Jimmy Johns and Rick Johns #11..
Date: 04/15/2008
Lee Davis takes another Spectator Race win in his hot-rod Ford Pinto...
Date: 04/15/2008
Chevy Lumina bodied Late Models of Sid Stites #18 and now State Senator Bill Posey #51...
Date: 04/15/2008
Donnie Narmore tries to find a little extra "banking."
Date: 04/15/2008
Not all of Dick Anderson's trips to Speedworld ended up in victory lane...
Date: 04/15/2008
Pete Orr with car owner David Russell and crew after one of many wins for the Horsen-Around team...
Date: 04/15/2008
Barbara Pierce battles Dave Waddell in "A" Bomber action...
Date: 04/15/2008
John Potts and crew in victory lane...
Date: 04/15/2008
Ray Hoey
Date: 04/15/2008
Ricky Marshall - 1990
Date: 04/15/2008
Robert Simmons #90 and Jim Lockwood #14 among others in Bomber action...
Date: 04/15/2008
Lawrence Usher after a Mini Stock win...
Date: 06/02/2009
Ronnie Burkett spins his Limted Late Model as Timmy Todd gets by...
Date: 04/15/2008
A very young Ted Head... He still races his Sportsman car on occasion..
Date: 04/15/2008
This night didn't end up too good for many-time FASCAR LM champion David Russell...
Date: 04/15/2008
Limited Late action - Jeff Moyer spins as Allen Rhodes, Mike Todd and Gary Schlichter slip by..
Date: 04/15/2008
Bomber driver Randy Johnson in 1991 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 06/12/2009
Tank Tucker #15X races with Allen Rhodes...
Date: 04/15/2008
Ray Smith
Date: 04/15/2008
Bombers - Ted Hoey #29, Bob "Dam Yankee" Hiner #71 and John Ripley #8 Ball...
Date: 04/15/2008
If Bobby Sears #9 didn't win the Mini Stock feature Gene VanAlstine #46 usually did...
Date: 04/15/2008
Allen Rhodes
Date: 04/15/2008
Bob Hiner, The Dam Yankee...
Date: 04/15/2008
Leroy Porter - 1978 (Cara Wells collection)
Date: 04/09/2008
Bobby Sears #9 leads Carl "Peanut" Green #15 and Dink Sullivan in Mini Stock action...
Date: 04/15/2008
Bomber Bill Loomis in his younger days...
Date: 04/15/2008
Bruce Lawrence pointing the wrong direction...
Date: 04/15/2008
Dave Massotti
Date: 04/15/2008
Don Benevento
Date: 04/15/2008
Billy Pratt takes an "A" Bomber win... He would move on to race Super Late Models...
Date: 04/09/2008
Jimmy Sills #58 tangles with Ralph "Caveman" Jones...
Date: 04/15/2008
Doug Lathem
Date: 04/15/2008
When Dave Savicki's Plymouth stayed together, he was hard to beat...
Date: 04/15/2008
Dr. Carl Doughty
Date: 04/15/2008
Ernie Mueller
Date: 04/15/2008
George "The Animal" McKissick
Date: 04/15/2008
Glen Carter
Date: 04/15/2008
Greg Bruce
Date: 04/15/2008
1996 - Classic Cars go at it!!
Date: 04/23/2008
Guy Lingo
Date: 04/15/2008
Mike Fitch #41 and Gary Salvatore #20 race for a Modified win...
Date: 04/15/2008
James Carter
Date: 04/15/2008
Bombers - Randy Whiting #3S, Jeff Barnes #28 and Ted Head #11...
Date: 06/12/2009
Jeff Moyer
Date: 04/15/2008
Paul Colgan tries to hold off Donnie Narmore
Date: 04/15/2008
Jess Taylor spins his LM in traffic...
Date: 04/15/2008
Jimbo Bjorkland
Date: 04/15/2008
Jimmy Johns
Date: 04/15/2008
Early shot of Ed Meredith who won the very first feature held at SpeedWorld in 1974 (Berry Collection)
Date: 04/19/2010
David Russell #36 battles with Daniel Keene...
Date: 06/02/2009
Bonnie Wright with one of her race cars from the mid 70's (Buzzy Berry Collection)
Date: 04/19/2010
Street Stock of Frank Dickerson in 1979...
Date: 08/04/2008
Krystal Loescher
Date: 04/15/2008
Gary Schlichter spins in front of Wayne Marshall..
Date: 04/15/2008
Lawrence Usher
Date: 04/15/2008
A Street Stock after trying to knock down the wall in 1979 (Al Quellette Photo)
Date: 06/19/2008
LLM crash with Ronnie Burkett on top of Ray Smith's car... Jeff Burkett #32 and Von Crews were also involved...
Date: 04/15/2008
A win for Lee Faulk in 1978 (Buzzy Berry Collection)
Date: 04/19/2010
Dave Lecklitner also ran the Mini Stock Racing School and worked for the IRL at Disney World Speedway...
Date: 04/15/2008
Modifieds - Ed Meredith #25, Gary Salvatore #20, Butch Yoakam #47 and Mike Fitch #41...
Date: 04/15/2008
Mike Branco
Date: 04/15/2008
Ray Hoey #29 races three wide with Ted Head #11 and Guy McRoberts...
Date: 04/15/2008
Ray Smith and Jim Groff - "No guts, no glory"...
Date: 04/15/2008
Wayne Heckle and Gary English go at it in 1980...
Date: 06/19/2008
Rick "Fireball" Maguire
Date: 04/15/2008
John "Believe It Or Not" Ripley takes a Bomber win...
Date: 04/15/2008
Eddie King races Richard Brinson - 1986
Date: 04/09/2008
Steve Redditt - He went on to run the Hooters Pro Cup Series...
Date: 04/15/2008
1978 - Leroy Porter leads Bob Eggert (Porter Collection)
Date: 06/18/2010
Von Crews of Ocoee was another consistent winner in the late 80's and early '90s...
Date: 04/15/2008
Dave Waddell takes a checker...
Date: 04/15/2008
Mini Stock Driver Rob Matteson - Sept. '90 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 06/12/2009
John Martin takes a Classic Car win in 1997...
Date: 04/23/2008
Rick Bristol
Date: 04/23/2008
Street Stocks in 1979
Date: 04/23/2008
Teams prepare for the ill-fated Florida 500 in 1979... after rain on Saturday, it was ultimately never run..
Date: 04/23/2008
Bill Martin Spins in front of Richard Newton and Guy Lingo...
Date: 04/29/2008
Debbie Santo is the only lady racer to win a Super Late Model feature...
Date: 06/12/2008
Ron McCreary stands on top of Eddie Parrett's hood as he climbs from his overturned car (Berry Collection)
Date: 04/19/2010
3-29-87 USA Miller American 100 - Rick Arnold and Ken Vandermeir in the wall as Wes Johnson and Granny Tatroe avoid..
Date: 07/16/2008
1978 - Buzzy Berry spins in front of the pack (Berry Collection)
Date: 04/19/2010
Dwayne Waddell poses early in 1991...
Date: 06/02/2009
The late Ed Meredith won the very first feature held at Speedworld in 1974 in a Limited Sportsman car...
Date: 08/06/2008
Jeff Quinette with his Sportsman car in 1991..
Date: 06/02/2009
A pair of Bombers pass under the perch of Captn' Video...
Date: 06/02/2009
USA LM race in 1988 - Jim Briley spins in front of Frank Wood #28, Dave McCabe #34 and Ed Howell #96...
Date: 05/28/2009
Bomber driver James Vaughn in 1991...
Date: 06/02/2009
Dave McCabe gets loose between Jimmy Dotson and Shane Russ..
Date: 06/02/2009
Jeff "Jinx" Moyer after a Sportsman victory...
Date: 06/02/2009
Jim Groff in 1990
Date: 06/02/2009
Bombers ready to go at it...
Date: 06/02/2009
Lawrence Usher in 1991...
Date: 06/02/2009
Butch Armstrong's CAM-2 Mustang after a roll-over in 1979 (Al Quellette Photo)
Date: 06/19/2008
Leon Harrimann
Date: 06/02/2009
A bit of oops from 1979 (Al Quellette Photo)
Date: 06/19/2008
Ray Bolin in 1990
Date: 06/02/2009
Melbourne's Glen Carter after a win in the Modifieds...
Date: 06/02/2009
Sportsman action from the early '90s...
Date: 06/02/2009
Ray Hoey after a Bomber feature win...
Date: 06/02/2009
Hal Perry's trusty LM with many of his trophies including one for an OSW Late Model Championship...
Date: 08/06/2008
Late 70's article on an Oct. 20th race night (Buzzy Berry Collection)
Date: 04/19/2010
The Top Cops visited the track several times over the years...
Date: 06/02/2009
Three-wide Bomber action...
Date: 06/02/2009
Fred Treadway - 1991 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 06/12/2009
Wild LM action with Ed Meredith #83, Jimmy Dotson and Bob Ackerbloom #1...
Date: 06/02/2009
Bonnie Wright takes a win circa 1978 (Buzzy Berry Collection)
Date: 04/19/2010
Doug Lathem's Chevelle in 1979...
Date: 08/04/2008
Mike Todd takes a Sportsman win...
Date: 06/02/2009
Some action from 1976 (Buzzy Berry Collection)
Date: 04/15/2010
Bomber driver Michael Wright in 1991 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 06/12/2009
Bombers - Doug Gould #P38, Kerry Belflower #21 and Ted Hoey #29
Date: 06/12/2009
Leroy Porter after a LM win in Randy Allen's car (Porter Collection)
Date: 06/18/2010
November 1986 - Buzzy Berry #75 races with Jack Cook (Jim Jones Photo - Berry Collection)
Date: 04/19/2010
Mini Stock driver Ron Wissman in 1991 (Westerman Photo)
Date: 06/12/2009
Sportsman win for Ricky Marshall in 1991...
Date: 06/12/2009
1977 - David Rogers (Buzzy Berry Collection)
Date: 04/15/2010
1977 Pepsi 100 program cover (Buzzy Berry Collection)
Date: 04/15/2010
Charlie Ragan, Jr.
Date: 04/03/2008
1977 - Lee Faulk after a win (Buzzy Berry Collection)
Date: 04/19/2010
1979 - Buzzy Berry leads Dave McCabe (Berry Collection)
Date: 04/19/2010
1991 Late Model Champion Bob Ackerbloom and crew (Buzzy Berry Collection)
Date: 04/19/2010
A 1977 win for Bobby Newton (Buzzy Berry Collection)
Date: 04/19/2010
Mike Branco leadng John Potts...
Date: 06/02/2009
Ed Meredith in 1977 (Buzzy Berry Collection)
Date: 04/15/2010
Duane Burrows
Date: 06/12/2009
Mid 80s - Leroy Porter doing all he can to hold off David Rogers (Porter Collection)
Date: 06/18/2010
Lee Faulk - Late 90s
Date: 04/20/2012
Mid 1980s - Johnny Walker (Courtesy Bobby Owens)
Date: 05/15/2012
