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04-06-13 Halfway through converting the website to be more tablet friendly (I've made the pictures much larger). Hope to finish by end of the summer.

04-24-12 Created a brand new section. The SnapShot section.  here

02-18-12 New Bill Webster photo from Larry Jendras of Wally at Reading. here

01-30-12 New photo from Paul Weisel of Wally and Joe Wolf. here  ASCRA program from the boys of Tri-State vintage. Thanks Wyatt!! here 

01-03-12 Many new photos from the EMMR/NOTARC Collection. here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here 

12-13-11 Awesome new program from Dover July 20, 1947 here

11-27-11 One more from 1953 at Williams Grove here. Sweet Pepper Cunningham photo from Langhorne. here Start of the feature at Dover 1947. here Action at Langhorne in 1939. here

05-18-11 New ASCRA banquet program from 1949 here. Now we have all three!!! Also new Williams Grove program here

05-17-11 New Langhorne program from 1952 here. Thanks to Russ Dodge!

05-11-11 Front stretch photo around 1947/1948 from Chic Dinatale Jr. Thanks Chic!  here

02-16-11 Two new photos from Snyder video.  here  here

02-11-11 Eleven new photos of the Frank Curtis Offy in the 1953 section. Two new photos in the 1954 section.  here  here

02-01-11 Two new AAA big car programs.  (here)  (here)  and a new Speedway Division picture.  here

12-18-10 Three new photos from the Larry Jendras collection.  (here)  (here)  here

11-21-10 Two new photos. Uncle Tommy from Ebay  (here)  and Chick Dinatale from Russ Dodge. (here)

05-20-10 New color photo of the Frank Curtis Offy at Flemington from Butch Pletcher. Thanks  Butch!!.   (here) 

02-23-10 Here is the rest of the Tom Alfrey Collection.   (here) 

02-11-10 Russ Dodge sent photos of Sam Cannizzaro and Eddie Ader.   (here)   (here)

01-27-10 Larry Jendras Jr sent me a great Bill Webster photo of Wally at Willams Grove on April 25, 1954.   (here) 

01-08-10 I have added the Tom Alfrey collection to the website. Tom's father, the late Emmett Alfrey, a long time owner and mechanic, was involved with the Grbac's since the 1940's. Thanks so much Tom!!   (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here) (here)

10-29-09 Two new programs from the John Lengenfelder Collection  (here)  (here) 

07-20-09 Two new sprint car photos from Ebay.  (here)  (here) 

7-08-09 Three new photos from the George Koyt Collection  (here)  (here)  (here)

04-28-09 Dave Burt from Western Pennsylvania provided the program from the ASCRA visit to Uniontown PA on April 25, 1948. Thanks Dave!!!. (here)

03-09-09 Ray Neary provided the program from the 1950 ASCRA banquet. (here)

11-06-08 New picture of Fonty Flock in the competitors section. (here)

10-22-08 New pages in the 1949 section including a picture of Wally's restored 1949 ASCRA Championship trophy. (here)

08-25-08 Ray Neary provided the new drawing on the home page. He also suggested a new section for Wally Marks. Great idea Ray!!. Thanks. (here)

07-07-08 New pictures from Daytona in 1953. Thanks to Joel Naprstek. (here)  (here 2) (here3)

07-04-08 New program in the Programs Section from Langhorne in 1947. Red Byron was the winner. (here)

06-12-08 Gil Hearne sent me two 1947 photos of Uncle Tommy (here) and Leon McBride (here).

03-27-08 New program in the Programs Section from Williams Grove in 1949. Thanks to Larry Jendras Jr.

03-13-08 New photo of Wally's second #29 in the 1947 section. Thanks to Charlie Donnell.

03-11-08 New program in the Programs Section from Yellow Jacket Speedway in 1949. An unbelievable find on Ebay.

03-01-08 Two new  photos  in the Competitors/Other section of Paul Barbiche and Rocky DiNatale. Thanks to Russ Dodge.

02-01-08 Three new Frank Smith photos of Uncle Tommy's win at Flemington in 1948 in the Competitors/Tommy Coates section. Thanks to Russ Dodge.

12-01-07 Three new photos of the Frank Curtis Offy in the 1953 section.

03-27-07 Posted new program in the Programs Section from Hatfield AAA big car race on July 10, 1954. This is Wally's last race.

03-04-07 Went to visit Bill Tanner Jr. He let me borrow his scrapbook. There is a new section for him under competitors. There are also new photos and updated information in the 1949 and 1950 sections.

02-26-2007  New photos from the Walter Imlay collection in the 1953 and 1954 sections. Contact Richard Imlay if you wish to have copies at imlaypic@aol.com

11-20-2006  New photos of Wally's restored Nascar Speedway Division car in the 1952 section. New photo of Wally Mark's car in 1950 section. Thanks to Allan Wiltse.

10-10-2006  New photo of the #29 in the 1948 section. Thanks to Paul Weisel.

06-27-2006  New link to Bob Lawrence's pages on Wally's AAA Sprint Car in the 1953 section. Also new photo at Wally's gravesite in the July 17, 1954 section. 

04-01-2006   I received an email from John Kuhn. His father Jack was the owner of the Jack's Garage #29 driven by Lou Johnson , Eddie Chester and later by Pete Harris. He lent me his pictures for posting on the site. There are 40 new pictures throughout the site and 1 new program. There is also a new section of the "Boys in Action".

03-23-2006   Driver Pat McBride whose father was ASCRA president/driver/owner Leon McBride sent me his pictures. Thanks to Jim G. 

03-07-2006   Went to visit Pepper Cunningham's daughter. She let me borrow her scrapbook! Plenty of new pictures throughout the site. Also there is a new section for scans of original racing programs.

02-26-2006   Went to visit Frankie Schneider at his farm.