Lots of fond memeries from san jose in the 40s 50s and 60s. keep up the good work. and keep your wheels down.

Dennis Am starting to chomp at the bit waitng for your latest book? You do such GREAt work cant wait for it. I grew up first going to Alviso spdwy only when they had sunday afternoon races. Then hooked up with the Taylor Hughes hardtop driven by Shiner Watkins at San jose around 57? (Boy do I miss that place!) They then purchesed a midget. I then moved on to the Benson shops where there were close to 30 midgets built. I got out of the working on race cars in 71, I now run My own web site. www.openwheelracers3.com Been a great ride I am still one of the best race watching fans around these parts. Let Me know when You get close on that new book I could help with the advertising as we did with the last one. Den

I spent many great nights at the track as crew chief and car builder of the #15 Jim Perry Jr supermodifyed. I miss those days and its to bad that great old track is gone.

i remember seeing my dad beat the pants off of pombo at alviso with the acme glass mid engine num 10 back in 57.I also remember my childhood friend mike sargent.My and his where best friends. david leroy moses WAS his name.

What a great site. And so was the San Jose Speedway in the late 50's. Although there did not seem to be a lot of kids there on Saturday night. It wa a great place for a kid to be. My friend Barry Moreland's dad worked there so we arrived early,walked around the pits as the drivers arrived, scoured under the bleechers for loose change and it was always worth our time. Driver's uniforms consisted of white t-shirts with a pack of cigs rolled up in the sleeve, blue jeans (501s) and engineer boots The Safety equpment consisted of seat belts or surplus aircraft harness. And the old brain bucket was everything from a leather football helmet to the classic bell helmet. What a great time to be a kid and what a great time it must have been to be a driver. My best recollection was the pace car in the rear. You know the guy in back that never drove fast enough to put his cigarette out, and the race wasn't over till he crossed the line. Sometimes he was more than several laps back. Thanks for the great memories. Just one quick question. Do you think Jeff Gordon carries a K-bar in his engineer boots?