Author Archives: Ron Hedger

Author Archives: Ron Hedger
Ron Hedger

HEDGER: 1951 Indy 500 Winner Lee Wallard

HEDGER: 1951 Indy 500 Winner Lee Wallard

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. — New Yorker Lee Wallard rose from the rough-and-tumble, dusty fairgrounds speedways of the Northeast to the pinnacle of auto racing — victory lane at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.   He won the 1951 Indianapolis 500 in the Belanger No. 99 with a time of 3 hours, 57…
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Ron Hedger

Williamson Is Oswego Rough Rider

Williamson Is Oswego Rough Rider

Mat Williamson was disappointed when he ran second to Stewart Friesen in Saturday night’s 358 modified race after winning everything else all week
Author Archives: Ron Hedger
Ron Hedger

Sobotka Survives For Sportsman DIRT Week Score

Sobotka Survives For Sportsman DIRT Week Score

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. — New Yorker Lee Wallard rose from the rough-and-tumble, dusty fairgrounds speedways of the Northeast to the pinnacle of auto racing — victory lane at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.   He won the 1951 Indianapolis 500 in the Belanger No. 99 with a time of 3 hours, 57…
Author Archives: Ron Hedger
Ron Hedger

Jeseo Is The Oswego Pro Stock King

Jeseo Is The Oswego Pro Stock King

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. — New Yorker Lee Wallard rose from the rough-and-tumble, dusty fairgrounds speedways of the Northeast to the pinnacle of auto racing — victory lane at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.   He won the 1951 Indianapolis 500 in the Belanger No. 99 with a time of 3 hours, 57…
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Ron Hedger

Super DIRT Week Notes: Track Is Talk Of Town

Super DIRT Week Notes: Track Is Talk Of Town

While the track crew worked full tilt with a pair of rollers and other track prep equipment in an effort to restore Saturday night’s bomb field of a racing surface to respectability, Sunday’s driver’s meeting for the big block Billy Whittaker Cars 200 was unusually combative
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Ron Hedger

Friesen Tops Late-Night Oswego Run

Friesen Tops Late-Night Oswego Run

After a six-car “midnight melee” on a lap-129 restart that left early contender Billy Dunn’s car on top of Anthony Perrego’s mount brought a hush to the Oswego Speedway Super DIRT Week crowd, 16 cars were left to battle it out for the $20,000 winner’s share of the Salute to the Troops 150 purse.
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Ron Hedger

Last Chance Races Set Super DIRT Week Fields

Last Chance Races Set Super DIRT Week Fields

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. — New Yorker Lee Wallard rose from the rough-and-tumble, dusty fairgrounds speedways of the Northeast to the pinnacle of auto racing — victory lane at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.   He won the 1951 Indianapolis 500 in the Belanger No. 99 with a time of 3 hours, 57…
Author Archives: Ron Hedger
Ron Hedger

Mike Emhof: One Busy New Yorker

Mike Emhof: One Busy New Yorker

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. — New Yorker Lee Wallard rose from the rough-and-tumble, dusty fairgrounds speedways of the Northeast to the pinnacle of auto racing — victory lane at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.   He won the 1951 Indianapolis 500 in the Belanger No. 99 with a time of 3 hours, 57…
Author Archives: Ron Hedger
Ron Hedger

Friesen Banks $53,000 Fonda 200

Friesen Banks $53,000 Fonda 200

It was, as Yogi Berra supposedly proclaimed many years ago, “déjà vu all over again” Saturday night at the Fonda Speedway
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Ron Hedger

Marc Johnson Hangs Tough At Albany-Saratoga

Marc Johnson Hangs Tough At Albany-Saratoga

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. — New Yorker Lee Wallard rose from the rough-and-tumble, dusty fairgrounds speedways of the Northeast to the pinnacle of auto racing — victory lane at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.   He won the 1951 Indianapolis 500 in the Belanger No. 99 with a time of 3 hours, 57…