Racing Wrecks

Bob Cloutier was pretty banged up – but not as badly as his conduit cage – in this incident at The Pines Speedway in May of 1961. (Cloutier Collection)

Man, did the winds of change ever blow in the sixties. No part of American life was untouched.

In short track racing the times were especially colorful and dynamic. There were race tracks everywhere, and everyone was monkeying with the rules. Countrywide, the sport was transitioning from the clunky jalopies of the fifties towards the more permanent shape the cars took in the seventies.

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A big “thank you” goes out to Mr. Boyd for sharing his photo/article with our website visitors.

Brad Eitniear crashes while attempting to qualify for the 2006 World 100 at Eldora Speedway in 2006.

We liked this photo primarily because of the photographer catching the coil spring in mid-air during this late model’s tumble.

This picture was taken by Paul Oyler of Oyler Action Photos and was found here. There’s some other photos in the sequence there.

This picture was found on the SweetHomeTennessee website.