I have also visited an awesome Web Site. However, visiting the site came AFTER I had toured the facility....
Let me explain:
Justlast week I had the opportunity to visit a racing museum here in Las Vegas. I was overwhelmed. Totally. (Didnt even know the place existed !)
One of my wifes suppliers (for her work) is a machine shop here in Vegas named Micar .
The owner is a great guy named Brian Caruso, whom I found out is a grandson to the famous Mike Caruso racing enterprise from New York. The Carusos fielded midgets, sprints, go carts, and modifieds beginning just after WW II, and had many great, well known drivers working for them through the years. I met Brians father, Mike Caruso, Jr. who is still quite active and very knowledgeable about early racing history. Me being from Ohio, the Carusostold me they ran at Dayton several times and also at New Bremen and Salem. (They lost a driver at Salem and it still haunts them). These people were traveling long distancesbefore the days of interstate highways and basically traveled all over the country to race. Mike Jr. has a never ending supply of tales to tell.
The Carusos have converted the second story of their machine shop into a racing museum and Brian has created a web site. You might want to check out: www.carusomidgetracing.com
Explore through this site, and have fun doing it. Look at ALL the photos. When you get to the Comments tab and the Family, Friends, and Visitors page opens up, the last five photos at the bottom of that page are of myself and the wife, plus our eight year old grandson. I think he had as much fun touring the place, as I did.
Mike Caruso, Jr. might be a good source of information hes a real character ! Hes a blast to sit down with and talk to but youd better be prepared to spend awhile doing so.
Let me know what you think about this web site. I realize it's open wheel, and this is mainly a Stock Car site, but Racing Historyis what we're all interested in. Thanks.
Steve
HELP - CAN'T GET THE BOTTOM PARAGRAPHS TO CHANGE TO WHITE LETTERS !!!
updated by @steve-struve: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM