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The late Johnny Hubbard poses
on the tire of the Avolio Ford-powered sprinter. The Johnstown
driver got his start driving for Piney Lasky and advanced to the
USAC ranks, before losing his life in a modified accident at the
Reading Fairgrounds. |
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Tommy Serokman, son of famed driver Mike ‘Little’ Serokman
drove this modified on the quarter-mile Jennerstown track. |
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Tommy Serokman stands beside his 30 x 90 supermodified in a late
1960’s photo. |
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Another Serokman
shot, this time with his Edmunds super sprint. Serokman’s cars
were always painted cream, and carried the ‘Mighty Mouse’
cartoon logo. Serokman competed in modifieds, supers, sprint
cars and late models at Jennerstown. |
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Milt Miller was a crowd favorite and a track champion driving
Orville Conner’s unique 426 Chrysler ‘Hemi-Hummer’ sprint car. |
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Elmer Ruby of
Artemus was always a threat for the checkered driving his
fathers Old German Beer sponsored Trevis sprinter. |
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Rollie Smith drove
this Ford-powered ’37 Chevrolet modified for Latrobe car owner
George Kittey. Kittey later became the last promoter of the old
quarter-mile Jennerstown oval. |
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Pittsburgh driver Joe Viglione raced this 1934 Chevrolet coupe
to many wins. |
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Windber’s Bobby
Marhefka flat tows one of his early modified rides. No fancy
enclosed haulers in the 1960’s! ‘Robert John’ went on to become
a big winner in the supers and late models on the half-mile. |
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Blackie Watt was always fast in Joe Pitkavich’s Chrysler-powered
’37 Ford. Watt set fast time at the 1962 Langhorne National Open
driving this car, besting over 150 other drivers. |
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Pit scene fro the
1930’s at Jenners Fairgrounds. |
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Hartford, Ohio’s
Lou Blaney was the driver to beat on the half-mile Jennerstown
oval when super sprints were the featured attraction. |
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Bud Cryster
traveled from Morgantown, WV to compete weekly in the
Jennerstown sprint car ranks. |
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Johnstown’s Jimmy Burns, a professional florist, was a front
runner in the early sixties driving this Pontiac-powered
modified. |
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Jim Burns gets
directions in one of his early modified entries. |
