Buffalo NY - a lost GN race?
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Sounds like a good race for CBS Radio to have broadcast: 
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Racing History Minute - June 18, 1950
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11th place finisher, Pappy Hough, a noted midget and "big car" driver was already 46 years old at the time of the Vernon race.
The following month, he and son, Lee, became the first father and son to start a NASCAR GN race.
Below is "Pappy" Hough's writeup in the Eastern Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame:
Roscoe Pappy Hough
A talented driver, innovative mechanic and noted car owner who subscribed to the idea that more was often better, Roscoe Pappy Hough (November 22, 1903 June 17, 1996) made his living in automobile racing and his professionalism in all aspects of his illustrious career set a high standard for those in motorpsorts everywhere.
Although best remembered for his busy race shop in the Gasoline Alley section of Paterson, New Jersey, the Fort Wayne, Indiana-based Hough started driving Big Cars (Sprint Cars) in the 1920s in the Midwest and then switched to Midgets in the middle 1930s.
One of the finest pre-World War II Midget drivers, Hough also raced in Buenos Aries, Argentina, in the winter of 1938 and eventually moved to the East. The winner of 44 victories alone in 1941, he was able to make a pretty good living wherever he raced as his individual efforts and initiative allowed him to outperform his competition.
Hough who got his nickname from his take-charge leadership of 10 Eastern Midget racers who raced throughout the West one winter assembled a formidable squad of five top-flight Midgets in the 1940s that were numbered from 78-82 and known as the Five Little Pigs.
With Hough also driving, his team barnstormed throughout the East and into the Midwest often racing seven days a week and twice on Sunday. To keep everything moving along in an orderly fashion, Houghs machines all traveled on one double-deck trailer but he would sometimes send a couple of his cars and drivers to different tracks so that they did not compete against themselves. And occasionally he sent his cars and drivers by air freight to distant tracks.
As a team owner, Hough employed 40 of the top Midget drivers such as fellow EMPA Hall of Famers Bill Schindler, Fred Jiggs Peters and Nick Fonoro Sr. and whether racing outdoors or indoors his rides were always considered as some of the best in the business.
He was also a rather skilled craftsman who built dozens of cars over a 30-year period that included the first tube-chassis Midgets in the East. He also created one of the first quick-change rear ends known as Hough rears that were in great demand and his Ford V-8-powered Midgets stood up well against the Offy-powered cars.
When Midget racing began to fall off in popularity, Hough took a brief fling into Stock Car racing with his two-toned No. 81 1937 Ford coupe and as he did as a Midget racer he was more than capable of finding the checkered flag. He also raced in NASCARs Grand National (Cup Series) with his 1950-1952 Fords and when NASCAR began what it called its Short Track Division basically a Sportsman series he became its first-ever champion in 1951.
On July 2, 1950, Hough and his son Lee set a record at the 100-mile NASCAR Grand National race at the half-mile dirt Monroe County Fairgrounds in Rochester, New York, with their 18th- and 25th-place finishes, respectively, behind winner Curtis Turner as they became the first father-and-son duo to compete together in a NASCAR race.
In all, Pappy made 21 starts in NASCARs Grand National Division (1950-1952 & 1955) with his best finish a fifth in his No. 81 Ford behind winner and fellow EMPA Hall of Fame member Lee Petty in a 200-lap race at Rochester on July 31, 1951.
Roscoe Pappy Hough reportedly raced at some 560 tracks and is said to have won over 1,000 races as a driver and car owner, and after he retired from racing he continued to work on racing cars for the rest of his life in his Wayne, New Jersey, garage. One of racings true characters and the first president of the Atlantic Coast Old Timers Racing Club who served in that capacity from 1983 until his death he claimed that he continued to keep spy and active due to the fact that he gave his joints a rubdown with WD-40 each night before he went to sleep.
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Member, Paul Woody posted the photo below of Glen McDuffie taking a 1969 feature win at Wilson County (NC) Speedway in his #70 late model Ford:
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GLEN LESTER MCDUFFIE
SANFORD Glen Lester McDuffie, 78, of Sanford, passed away on June 17, 2015, at FirstHealth Hospice House in Pinehurst.
Born on April 6, 1937, in Moore County, he was a son of the late John and Ruby McDuffie.
Glen owned and operated MacDuff's Cleaners for over 20 years. He also worked for Lee Paving Company for 15 years. Glen was a faithful member of Turner's Chapel and served as Past Deacon, Trustee, and on the Cemetery Committee. He was the Class President for 42 years of the Ed Wicker Bible Class and a teacher of that Sunday school class. He was also a race car driver from 1962-1983. He enjoyed many things in life, including dancing and playing cards every Wednesday night, but most of all being a devoted Duke fan for over 50 years. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends.
In addition to his parents, Glen was predeceased by one brother, Nascar Driver J.D. McDuffie Jr.
He is survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Helen Sineath McDuffie; four daughters, Kay M. Patterson, Freda M. Fulk and her husband Keith, Anita M. Napier and her husband Stephen, and Glenda M. Lassen and her husband Jerry; four grandchildren, Justin Glen Patterson and his wife Nikki, Joey Morrill, Ethan Fulk and Ashlyn Morrill; bonus grandchildren, Jessica Napier, Stephany Champy and Emma Lassen; one great-grandchild, Marly J. Patterson; and one bonus great-grandchild, Olive Champy.
A visitation will be held on Friday, June 19th from 6 until 8 p.m. at Miller-Boles Funeral Home in Sanford.
A funeral service will be held on Saturday, June 20th at 11 a.m. at Turner's Chapel with burial following in the church cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Glen's memory to FirstHealth Hospice Foundation, 150 Applecross Road, Pinehurst, NC 28374.
Online condolences may be made at www.bolesfuneralhome.com .
Miller-Boles Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Sanford is serving the family.
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Thoughts and prayers to family. Used to watch Glenn clean house in the late 60s on Friday nights in Sanford with that big Ford late model and occasionally had him visit with us in Wilson for a big event.
Racing History Minute - June 17, 1961
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Appropriate that "The Commonwealth Trophy" left the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the Commonwealth of Virginia, two of the 4 states recognized as Commonwealths, the other two being Pennsylvania and Kentucky.
Racing History Minute - June 17, 1961
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Here's a 1961 season photo when he captured his 2 Grand National wins of Richmond's "Golden Greek" - Emanuel Zervakis - in his Monroe Shook Grand National Chevy:
Zervakis suffered life threatening injuries in a terrible modified crash and fire at Southside Speedway that ended his driving career.
He later promoted Richmond's Southside Speedway and built winning NASCAR Late Model Sportsman cars at his Southside Glass Shop in Richmond for Sonny Hutchins, Geoff Bodine and Butch Lindley.
During Harry Gant's memorable winning Winston Cup run as "Mr. September" - Zervakis was hired as chassis consultant for the Skoal team.
Prior to his death, Zervakis and son, Butch (a member here at RR) purchased and operated the famed Stock Car Products - SCP.
Racing History Minute - June 17, 1961
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12th place finisher "Steady Eddie" Flemke, arguably the most revered NASCAR Modified driver to ever come out of the northeast, was the leader of a group called the "Eastern Bandits" - including Rene Charland, Denny Zimmerman and Red Foote - who came south with their modifieds to Maryland, Virginia and the Carolinas in the 60s and took the Southern $$$ back to the northeast.
Flemke was the mentor of Indy 500 Rookie of the Year Denny Zimmerman and NASCAR Daytona/Talladega winner Pete Hamilton, who started his first race ever, a Hobby event, at the fabled Norwood Arena. When Pete won the Daytona 500, in his press box interview he gave all the credit to his mentor, Eddie Flemke. Hamilton also had this to say:
Eddie Flemke took me to my first Daytona race and it was a lot easier back then to get to the drivers. Fans today dont get to have that pleasure mainly due to all the sponsorship promotions that they must do for their sponsors. But it was the fans who put us on that track and it is the fans who miss out today. Hopefully the racers someday will be more accessible to the fans but it is definitely not like it use to be for us drivers.
Interestingly, Flemke beat Richmond's Zervakis on numerous occasions at his hometown Southside Speedway in Richmond in the mods during his forays south.
Zervakis had a penchant for protests, losing the winner's trophy at a Wilson, NC Grand National race over a gas tank capacity protest.
Racing History Minute - June 16, 1962
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I especially enjoyed seeing the photo you found Chase of the Myers' sons as youngsters.