Chicago whispers by stan kalwasinski short track news. Tonys father, dean roper, died in a crash just a year later, on august 19, 2001. Paul russo straps into herb porters supercharged offy prior to the 1955 indianapolis 500. Apr 21, 2017 showing paved track racers the short way around, izzo was the winner of the annual tony bettenhausen memorial 100 at illiana motor speedway in schererville, ind. On august 9, 2014, there was a serious crash at canandaigua, new york motorsports park, a dirt track. Short track news chicago whispers by stan kalwasinski. Chicago whispers racing column by stan kalwasinski. The chicago, illinois pilot was mostly famous for his prowess at santa fe speedway, where he racked up hundreds of wins and was a. When tony lanfranchi lost his battle against cancer aged 69. Izzo, who began wheeling late model cars in the mid 1960s at the dirt track near willow springs. Anthony tony izzo, of chicago, entered into life on feb. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover tonys connections. Four people were killed in a plane crash near lake hartwell on friday. Joining weaver into the 2019 ceremony will also be streators john provenzano.
Tony lee died at age 48 when he and his wife were killed in a plane wreck. A bunch of drivers won feature races at santa fe in 1954, including clemans, happy dan. Jeffrey feinman, jim latson, tony izzo sr meadowlands november 2018 qualifier. After his racing career was over, he promoted tracks at both kankakee and lasalle and supported the racing efforts of his two sons, tony jr. By michael despain the 24th edition of carl shorts dirt track world championship is being held at for the third consecutive season at bluegrass speedway in bardstown, ky on thursday, friday, and saturday, october 14, 15, and 16.
Tony izzo, roger long and john knaus were among repeat track champions. See more ideas about dirt track racing, racing team and dirt track. Upon retrieval, the car was transported to bechelli motosports where mike installed the missing rotors and. Lasalle speedway dirtcar story told by tony izzo jr the. Luigi fagioli, italy grand prix driver the ace ed mcculloch, u. Won four consecutive races on twomile ovals from august 2016 to august 2017. The mid america racing mars has been sold to tony izzo, jr. Bob gates photo collection paul russo was one tough race car driver. Tony izzo sr shares race memories at the hall of fame day in roscoe illinois. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. The 1977 racing season saw tony izzo claim the first of his nine santa fe track championships. An agreement between the two parties was reached on october 18, 2019. Tony irace learning business consultant niit linkedin.
Lasalle speedway dirtcar story told by tony izzo jr. He offered a significant amount of his time, just hours ahead of one of his biggest races of the year at his facility. When qualifying took place on may 5, izzo earned the pole position for the 11car field. Tony lee would one day compete in 11 indy 500s and also own a cart team. Arca menards series statistics 1979present only click on the year to see the standings for that year. Lasalle, il may 23, 2018 lasalle speedway promoter, tony izzo jr. Sprint car champion tony elliott killed in plane crash. Sprint car driver tony elliott, 54, along with charles smith, 71, his son scott smith, 44, and scott bibler, 51, were on. Sprint car champion tony elliott killed in plane crash fox. But his interest soon turned to cars and he competed in autotests before making his race debut at brands hatch on boxing day 1957 in a healey silverstone. Lanfranchi began racing motorbikes after several road tumbles.
By the early 1960s he was carving a reputation in club racing and in 64 won the autosport championship in an elva bmw. He struck the inside wall on the front stretch three times before driving through an open. Miscellaneous all races for a year all races on a specific date random page chase races road course stats restrictor plate races all star race. Tony bonadies racing career profile driver database. Active drivers career stats nascar cup series xfinity series gander outdoor truck series pintys series ntt indycar series arca menards series.
Weaver will join illini drivers like roger long fithian, bob pierce oakwood, tony izzo sr. Santa fe, making him easily the winningest driver in the tracks history. Aug 11, 2014 on august 9, 2014, there was a serious crash at canandaigua, new york motorsports park, a dirt track. Illinois stock car hall of fame, 825 metric dr, roscoe. Get the latest race results driver tony stewart on. Teaming up with car ownermechanic and former driver bob pohlman, ken finley notched another santa fe title in 1965.
Discretion advised nascar driver tony stewart hits kevin. Izzo would win four straight from 1977 through 1980 and then would put a string of an incredible five consecutive titles together between 1984 and 1988. Discretion advised nascar driver tony stewart hits kevin ward. Suffering from cancer, van allen passed away at the age of 46 on january 26, 1973. Dalton, ga driver marshall green would nurse home a smoking mount in 1997 to take his firstever dtwc win and what is still the biggest win in the career of the driver known. Jun 29, 2017 tony izzo jr is the promoter of lasalle speedway. Johnson al johnson conrad johnson davey johnson gene johnson jay johnson j. S he competed in the grandam series from 2000 until 2002, in formula atlantic from 1996 until 2001, and in the transam in 2002. The chicago, illinois pilot was mostly famous for his prowess at santa fe speedway, where he racked up hundreds of wins and was a ninetime champion.
S he competed in the grandam series from 2000 until 2002, in formula. He was nicknamed tunney after heavyweight boxing champion gene tunney. He was the first driver to do so, that was in november 2016. Showing paved track racers the short way around, izzo was the winner of the annual tony bettenhausen memorial 100 at illiana motor speedway in schererville, ind. Tony izzo captured the late model title at santa fe speedway near willow springs for the second time in his career. Motorsports park, the ontario county sheriffs department. Oct 21, 2019 the mid america racing mars has been sold to tony izzo, jr. It is believed that tommy kroll and jim oconnor are the winningest drivers in the history of the kankakee speedplant. This inductee, who is also voted on by the voting board is an individual who supports the dirt late model sport by working closely with promoters. Tony ave born november 10, 1968 is a championship race car driver born in hurley, wisconsin, u. It turned out be needed an umbrella instead of the pole the race was postponed on may 6 and may 12 by rain and was rescheduled for saturday night as part of a special presentation that also includes the 35lap summer showdown for the legends cars. View tony iraces profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community.
The camarodriving izzo enjoyed a successful end of the season, winning santa fes annual national clay track championship, as well as the tony bettenhausen memorial 100lapper at the halfmile paved illiana motor speedway. Salute the troops 75 event at lasalle speedway canceled. The son of 1960 world 600 at charlotte winner and former cleveland tn speedway track promoter joe lee johnson would win the event again in the 1994 edition of the race. Somerset, ky october 21, 2019the mars racing series has been sold to tony izzo, jr. The biography with carrer and success in the race driver directory of speedsport magazine. Tony was happy that gary soon was going to make him a grandpa. The national dirt late model hall of fame is a nonprofit hall of fame for american drivers of dirt late model racecars. From its birth in 1940s, with no champions on record, racing was held at the old fairgrounds at horses old fair park, on north indiana ave. Tony stewart struck and killed a fellow driver with his sprint car late saturday night during a dirttrack race at canandaigua n. He also made three indy lights starts in 1993 and one indy pro series start in 2003.
Izzo, who won 12 features at the fe in 1988, scored his fifth santa fe track championship in a row. Melvin eugene tony bettenhausen september 12, 1916 may 12, 1961 was an american racing driver, who won the national championship in 1951 and 1958 bettenhausen was nicknamed the tinley park express in honor of his hometown. Also an accomplished dirt and modified racer, dean roper was competing at an arca race at the illinois state fairgrounds when on lap 17, he slumped on the steering wheel. Tony elliott racing career profile driver database. The kankakee county speedway has endured multiple name changes over the decades, and believe it or not, its location has changed as well. Racing was held at the current kankakee fairgrounds speedway from 19491959 on the halfmile. Tony izzo sr duke jackson jim jackson larry jackson ron jackson bud jacobs craig jacobs ken jacobs marriann jacobs bob jaeger bubby james joe james jr jason jameson irv janey tom jarrett jim jeffries mike jewell a. The national dirt late model hall of fame is a nonprofit hall of fame for american drivers of. British motor racing lost a true character, whose career spanned six decades. Mar 17, 2017 the legendary restored 73 of dirt track racing. Eldora speedways world 100 and dream, the dirt track world championship, lucas oil late model knoxville nationals and all the major races are covered along with the major tours, including the world of. Tony stewart struck fellow driver, 20yearold kevin ward, jr. The highlight of the evening 20 hall of fame announcer jan gabriel introduced the race of champions starting field trackside just like he did on special 12 mile.