Frank Riddle Memorial

[ancrdave]

Wish I could be there this weekend... Here are a few shots of Frank from my collection... The b/w pic of Frank in Harry Campbell's #11 was taken on 2/2/77 at Golden Gate Speedway... The two color shots at The Gate in 1978 plus a great shot of Frank after winning the feature at Orlando Raceway on 3/14/69 in Willard Smith's #3 with a bolt-on cage... I'm sure the memories will be flowing tomorrow night...

[Jim Fenton]

Some archived (sounded better than "from Jim's stuff") programs with Frank.

4th. of July, 1975. Winning the "Firecracker 75" on his first appearance at Sunshine Speedway. (Upper left photo).



Article of same race (left side) back on page 5.



Frank & Jimmy at GGS. August, 1970.



Frank again at GGS. September, 1970.

[Gary J]

Frank Riddle at Sunshine

Sometime in the 70's they had a Feb. super mod race at Sunshine.they had sprnt cars to fill out the field.Riddle was competitive in his sprint car but dnf ed.I think Hevoron won it.WOW IMPRESSIVE PHOTOS YOU HAVE!

[Opp fan]

That is good stuff that Dave and Jim posted. The race at DeSoto Speedway last night was excellent. The TBARA, past and present, put on awesome races!

[AB195]

Man, that Ancrdave guy sure loves those Sprint Cars, past and present, in one form or another, on and on!
And that's pretty cool, as there is alot of history to be brought forth.
Myself, never really thought of them a whole lot, but from Midgets to Sprints, and onward to all open wheel racing, this is the racing-type machine that brought all of racing from back then to what it is today, (save Carolina back-woods running stock cars).
Just take a look at the Sprint Car Racing Hall Of Fame Inductees, and there you will get a sample of what Ancrdave, and history, has to offer.

[oneoff]

Thankx Dave and JIM

Thank you for sharing. Ya'll have great "stuff". A small part of my collection is on history section on fla racing home page. my self and Tommy Vincent of the Sanford Hearld use to go to Orlando Raceway on friday nights, Deland raceway on saturday nights, NSS on sunday afternoons, and Barberville Raceway on sunday nights. I really miss those days. your friend in racing Fred Coxon

[JackTripper]

So it looks like Dave Steele won, as I would expect in a long distance race, and Wendy came home fifth. Good for her! That might be her best finish of the season.

[Gary J]

Desoto

Glad Wendy did good too,Gary Gimmler had a quik car and led early laps,19 Butler had big lead till he broke on lap 43 I think .Steele didn't realize he dropped out of race.