Billy osmun race car driver

Lists of yearbyyear track champions in all divisions at orange county fair speedway in middletown, n. Bob weikert in victory lane with bobby davis 1983 youtube. Billy drew wade february 28, 1930 january 5, 1965 was an american stock car racing driver career. He was 74 and hadnt driven a race car in many years but was on hand to race with many of the old timers. New jersey sammy beavers and billy osmun were also there. Sprint car racing auto racing vintage auto vintage cars warren. Empa hall of fame eastern motorsport press association. Billy was the 1963 nascar rookie of the year for car owner cotton owens. Brett hearns incredible march to 900 career feature event. Empa hall of famebilly osmun eastern motorsport press. Incredibly, soon after his accident, billy resolved to get back to racing, in the hope of becoming. Two of johnsons longtime rivals from his soirees into new jersey sammy beavers and billy osmun were also there.

Driver introductions at georgia international speedway. Mcdonald also built a mustang modified for steve mal. Several modified championships were won in gremlins, including one won by driver billy osmun in 1978. Billy osmun 1977 wayne reutimann 2 1976 jim horton jr. Teenage british f4 racing driver billy monger has lost both of his lower legs after a horrific crash, it has emerged the gifted 17yearold was involved in the highspeed smash while racing at. Following the remarkable story of 18yearold billy monger, one of britains most exciting young racing drivers, who in april 2017 was involved in a devastating crash, resulting in the amputation of his legs. Rossell began racing on the paved new egypt speedway. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover bills connections. This list, while extensive, does not include all drivers who raced at the track, and not all of the drivers car numbers were available. Reading fairgrounds speedway 19241979 was a one half mile dirtclay modified race track located in muhlenburg township, berks county, pennsylvania. Ferillo grant king car either billy osmun or gary baloughs ride, they both wore the same number. Using a car previously wheeled by modified driver ryan godown.

He was the winning car owner at super dirt week in syracuse, ny three times in the 1970s with driver gary balough, won the eastern states 200 at middletown, ny in 1977 with balough. View bill osmuns profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. He resides in frenchtown, new jersey where he runs the bill pauch driving school. Your modified dream 100 bob hilbert sportswear dirt. Single season starts single season wins single season top 5s single season top 10s. Stan ploski retired from weekly dirttrack modified stock car competition when the squareshaped 58mile flemington fair speedway was paved after the 1990 season. Then as bill was about to begin his formation lap before the start of the afternoon race, the skies opened up and the autohaus crew switche. Bill osmun cadpad program engineer nammo talley, inc. Flemington speedway historical society, flemington, new jersey. To research, compile and preserve racing statistics of drivers, tracks and organizations. Dirt car racing nascar racing ridge runner old race cars sprint cars sports sedan vintage race. He finished the season with 14 top 10 finishes in 31 races. It featured a regular weekly series of modified, sportsman modified, and late model stock car racing. Pioneer driver and builder bob rossell to enter modified.

In his first midget race in 1938, he flipped and suffered broken ribs and a broken collarbone. Frankie schnieder sprint car racing, dirt car racing. Osmun, from bloomsbury, nj, has been involved in racing from birth. He resides in frenchtown, new jersey where he runs the bill pauch driving school pauch attended hunterdon central regional high school, which was located near the flemington speedway.

Bill lester racing the official website for sports car. Kenny brightbill is the reading fairgrounds speedway alltime wins record. Grant king racing grant king modified king modified flemington speedway ken brenn sr. Sicklerville, nj november 15, 2015 willie osmun, an accomplished and winning driver, is set to wheel mike bent racing s modified in high profile events in 2016. Racer billy pauch of kingwood, winner of his 100th feature. When we went to the 12 mile meyer we did use a 38 chev coupe body shortened down with the rear deck swiss cheesed, holes drilled by me.

The combination of chevrolet power with the surprisingly aerodynamic amc gremlin was a popular and racewinning setup. Billy osmun, gary balough, and bills first racing hero sammy beavers. At races where the payout is strong, osmun is always a contender for the top prize. Promoter of some 40 different race tracks in the u. Orange county fair speedway track champions through the. Seasons spanning over two years for example 2014 championships have their race results accounted for in the year the championship ends.

Although billy osmun was primarily known a firstclass dirttrack modified stockcar driver and continued to race through 1993, his name is also in the united racing companys alltime record book as the winner of one urc sprint car race at flemington. Billy pauch born march 1, 1957 in doylestown, pennsylvania, u. Folks in all sports like to talk about breakout yearsseasons when young competitors begin their charge towards stardom. But he was also a much soughtafter car builder and fabricator, with top drivers like will cagle, billy osmun, tommy corellis, bob pickell, pee wee griffin, leon manchester and. We did run the fisher 6 for a short while, but we couldnt keep a bottom end in it so johnny bought the old. Billy is a test driver for multimatic motorsports and the ford motor company during the development of the shelby gt350r, 2016 ford gt, ford gt gtegtlm race car, mustang gt4 race car, mustang performance pack 2, 2019 gt350r, and the 2020 shelby gt500. Joey lawrence men are men dirt track racing old race cars vintage race car car and driver nascar my eyes lost. Tony was also a champion car owner at orange county. Will cagle 12, rags carter 9, billy osmun 9, rich eurich 8, kevin collins 7. One of the things on past race car driver ric lucias bucket list was to run the auto racing program at. He won four consecutive races the following year for bud moore engineering between july 10 and july 19, 1964. Charlie castles first modified at the port in 1979. But he was a much soughtafter car builder and fabricator, with top drivers like will cagle, billy osmun, tommy corellis, bob pickell, pee wee griffin. Everyone wanted to pay tribute to johnson, the winningest driver in the.

At the last race of the 1972 season, sputter ragan drove wade murphys car in the feature because his primary car was scratched, ronnie said. Car makes, car and driver, nascar, race cars, antique cars, monster trucks, coaches. Billy osmun, dirt racing modified star with more than 70 feature races and winner of the 1974 syracuse dirt week classic, inducted in january 2005 ed otto, one of the founding fathers of nascar. Flemington speedway historical society home facebook.

Empa hall of famestan ploski eastern motorsport press. The following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the career details further below on the page. Osmun, joe severage, and nascar legend chargin charlie glotzbach are all said to have driven this very car. Bill qualified the autohaus motorsports camaro in the 8th position for the debut grandam rolex series race at the brickyard on friday morning. Billy osmun was dominant in that race, easily winning it. After doing a few practice laps, he can in the pits, parked the car and suffered a. Weld racing east located in loganville, pa approx date. Billy o s first time driving was at the the end of the 1977 season at the daniel boone event after gary balough had returned to florida after he had won the eastern states 200. Teenage british f4 racing driver billy monger loses both. Tragedy at metrolina, the death of preston humphries.

As a sign of things to come at orange county, the rookie modified driver finished third in seasonlong points, behind champion osmun, and runnerup reutimann. Drivers who have participated in past years include sam beavers, billy and willy osmun, tom and gary hager, and carl and david van horn. On thanksgiving day, 1977, preston humphries was killed on lap 33 of the turkey 100it was a bitingly cold, windy day, i was only 30 at the time and attending the race by myself to get some good photos. In 1971 a group of modified drivers and car owners started their own group. This car, and possibly other versions of this car are pictured. The hammer sportsman feature was taken by billy osmun. This was the first time sputter had driven the car and it was fast. I could be the best driver in the world, but if my car is junk it aint gonna. As of saturday, august 5, 2017 hearns documented racing record includes 901 race victories896 in feature races and five in allstar races. And it was at these two tracks where he had a great competitiverivalry with fellow empa hall of fame driver billy osmun. One of the alltime top drivers on new jerseys tough old flemingtoneast windsor. Car owner mike bent has been involved in dirt racing for twenty years as crewman, driver and owner.

Racer billy pauch of kingwood, winner of his 100th feature at new egypt, talks about his career. The racersreunion held in conjunction with the 34th annual piedmont racing expo this weekend is expected to draw notable drivers and family members of drivers who raced at the raleigh fairgrounds speedway between 1955 and 1970. After the original start was marred by a multicar tangle in turn one, the 30lap modified feature began with polesitter rich rutski grabbing the lead and steve davis running in second. Bill liedtka won the street stock main event while joe garey sr. All but two of the 901 wins have been in northeast type modifieds smallblock modifieds sportsman cars. It has since grown to be the premier end of season racing event for north east dirt. Billy osmun and cale ross were the hammer sportsman heat race victors. The track opened september 24, 1924 and ran until june 29, 1979. Hearn has two urc sprint car trophies to round out his career victory totals.