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[CruzinBob]

Pics of a USRA race from '91, I think.

L-R: Beuf getting his 1st place goodies from Doug Shepherd, ?, Bonnie Ohren.



L-R: Gary Cleverley, Chuck Vaughn (I think), Micky Johnston, Month Ohren.



The pits of Pete Chavez.



Here's Mel (You are missed my friend, RIP). Next to him is Jamie Nicely...he still here in AZ? Haven't seen him for many years. Hasse had just finished resurfacing this Engleman.

[CruzinBob]

Different date, race on the Hillclimb that eventually went to Cruzin, Tarzana.

[The Bugman]

Chuck Vaughn was my sponsor with his V-tech products,for my USRA Box Stock 15 racing in the 90's,,and ol Gary Cleverly Vista tracks,Foamy,Mark Brown and myself were a team that used to race Flexi Nascars 16D's and Nascar Parma Brasscar chassis w/12 motors,i drove us(as i had the only car of us 3) all the time,we had a blast there,,,Cleverly also raced SCHOR HO ,like you too Bob with us for awhile,in the 90's
ahhhhhhhh the good ol days'eh,,,,,,,,

[Mopar Rob]

Love the spatter paint on the purple track. It's so 1990-1992

[Pablo]

I used to race (the weekly races) there ! We ran GP 20's and 15's, always had a full field.....until they started glueing the lanes......and as I recall, that was the end of it. Several people said if glue was allowed, they would quit. And they did. End of raceway shortly thereafter.

What ever happened to Gary C, he was a very cool guy ! ?

[Victor Poulin]

Bob,
You looked slightly different in these pics
I guess I should say the same for Monty, bet he,d like to have all that hair now

Great pics Bob, Thanks for posting them. Its always fun to look back at the good ol days !!!


Vic/Joe+Jennie

[The Bugman]

I used to race (the weekly races) there ! We ran GP 20's and 15's, always had a full field.....until they started glueing the lanes......and as I recall, that was the end of it. Several people said if glue was allowed, they would quit. And they did. End of raceway shortly thereafter.

What ever happened to Gary C, he was a very cool guy ! ?

pablo,,from what i know he moved back to Indiana,maybe in the late 90's,i beleive he was from there originally,his father owned a very big New Car Dealership,in the 60's (dont remember what type of cars they were tho)
and yep ol Cleverly was a very cool guy,,,always had great times when we raced in Vista

[Mark H]

how are the Ohrens i havent seen them since i was a little kid at Uncle Kals

[Pablo]

Hey Bugman, are you in any of those photos ?

[The Bugman]

pablo,not even 1 of them,,,lol

[Pablo]

The guy holding the yellow and white car in his left hand, him and his buddy were my friends. I forgot their names. His buddy owned the old YMCA raceway in San Diego in the late 60's.

[HarV Wallbanger III]

Hey Paul,
I remember the YMCA track.... only a little, as we moved to the High Desert in 63' and after I got into slots about 64-65 I would bring cars down when we went to visit. I went there only a couple of times because I would go to the track in the old Safeway shopping center behind the Jack in the Box off Morena Bvld. I could walk there from our old neighborhood.

I heard Gary was back in California about 2 months ago but have not heard from him. He has some friends close to where we live now so maybe he will stop by. Always was fun at Gary's track and racing HO's at his house.

[Pablo]

Hi Barney
I remember Morena Blvd.

[HarV Wallbanger III]

Hey Paul! We used to live up on Lloyd street (out by Baker) and I used to walk down to the track carrying my big box because my Dad thought it was a waste of time to play with slot cars. Well after I walked back up hill it felt like I had walked up hill "both directions"

[deslot27]

Different date, race on the Hillclimb that eventually went to Cruzin, Tarzana.

whose the dude in the aqua cap, way in the back?

[CruzinBob]

whose the dude in the aqua cap, way in the back?

HaHa, another of those "Sometime Racers"

[Tim Neja]

HOHOH--I LOVE a bunch of Mulletts in those pics!!! Quite the fashion among slot car geeks!!!