NY Street Racing - Back in the Day - Page 3

Motion Camaro · #21 03-08-2009, 06:43 PM

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[b] Mike - Great shots of some wild cars!!

...You must know Charlie & Freddie Bauer, their shop was on 3rd Ave right at the border. I used to run into Mike Ragusa there all the time. They did the cage & tin work on my Camaro and a bunch on some other cars for me. They were the best!

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<font color="blue">Speaking of the Bauer Bros...

... this was at Palm Beach International Raceway a couple of weeks ago.

I am pretty sure C&F did the back half on Vinny Collins "Enflamed" Chevelle.
He was the first one in Westchester to get the 'new' M/T Sportsman 21x33's.
That slowed down the

... slightly.

BTW: I was on the phone with Vinny during the burnout picture.
He was pissed because it was snowing in NY & I was at the track, but we had a few laughs.</font>

cammer427 · #22 03-10-2009, 06:37 AM

Here's some photos from the street racing chapter in Joe Oldham's book "Muscle Car Confidential":

"The big street meets actually used flyers to get the word out."

"This is Union Turnpike, the 'pits' at Clearview Expressway. The races took place on the road above."

"Even though Cross Bay Blvd. had long ago been shut down by the cops, it was still interesting to park a test car in the 'pits' and gauge crowd reaction."

cammer427 · #23 03-12-2009, 04:25 AM

Has no one any more photos, stories or comments on this fascinating topic?

Dog427435 · #24 03-14-2009, 02:12 AM

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jannes_z-28 · #26 03-18-2009, 04:43 PM

When I saw the first post in this thread i remembered that I have some old magazines with NY street racing articles. Today I found one of them, but I know I have others.

This one is from the Feb 1974 issue of Chevy Power Magazine.

Enjoy

Jan

cammer427 · #27 03-18-2009, 09:33 PM

Awesome scans!

Motion Camaro · #28 03-20-2009, 06:41 AM

Very Cool

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cammer427 · #29 03-22-2009, 10:23 PM

How about some California street racing back in the day? This gallery has many photos of "Big Willie" Robinson and the Brotherhood of Street Racers: http://community.webshots.com/user/ethelkilledfred

cammer427 · #30 04-08-2009, 08:45 AM

Article by Joe Oldham in the May, 2009 issue of Hemmings Muscle Machines

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