Studebaker vs. Fabulous Hudson Hornet

[alanmende]

Hello everyone,

I just bought this little photo on eBay. My guess is that it dates from 1951 and that it was taken during the pace lap before the green flag dropped. Can anyone supply details?



Look closely in the upper left corner; that's a Henry J. With GM having pulled the plug on Oldsmobile, it looks like all of the race cars are orphans.

Kindest regards,

Alan Mende
Hummelstown, PA

[Guido]

My guess is that it is in the deep south given the color composition of the audience.

Guido Salvage - "Where rust is beautiful" and real Studebaker horsepower lives

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Hiding and preserving Studebakers in Richmond, Goochland & Louisa, Va.

[BobPalma]

Alan: Someone will be able to identify that #23 Commander Starlight; it's been seen here before. Hang tight and wait until Richard Quinn or Bob Coolidge wake up this morning.

It's easy to tell why the Commander and #6 Hudson are out front; they have been better prepared for racing by having only one windshield wiper, as opposed to the cars visible behind them that are still encumbered with two wipers! [:0] BP

[ROADRACELARK]

But Bob, the Hudson Hornet is still "encumbered" by its factory radio antenna! Mabe he listens to some "tunes" on the pace laps.[8D][8D]

Dan Miller
Atlanta, GA.

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Road Racers turn left AND right.

[GTtim]

That antenna won't matter, cuz it's angled back and streamlined. I like that the Stude has professionally blanked out headlights.

Tim K.
'64 R2 GT Hawk

[lstude]

There was a thread on this car, but not on this particular race.

http://www.studebakerdriversclub.com/sdc_forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=14592

Leonard Shepherd

http://leonardshepherd.com/

[BobPalma]

quote:Originally posted by ROADRACELARK

But Bob, the Hudson Hornet is still "encumbered" by its factory radio antenna! Mabe he listens to some "tunes" on the pace laps.[8D][8D]

Dan Miller
Atlanta, GA.

[img=left]http://static.flickr.com/57/228744729_7aff5f0118_m.jpg[/img=left]
Road Racers turn left AND right.

...or maybe it's his GPS system?[?][:0] BP

[Guido]

quote:Originally posted by BobPalma...or maybe it's his GPS system?[?][:0] BP

He can't remember to keep turning left[?]

Guido Salvage - "Where rust is beautiful" and real Studebaker horsepower lives

See pictures here: http://community.webshots.com/user/GuidoSalvage

Hiding and preserving Studebakers in Richmond, Goochland & Louisa, Va.

[41 Frank]

Isn't that "REBEL" Frank Mundy's 51 Commander in the photo?
After reading the thread put here by lstude obviously that is Frank Mundy.
Frank van Doorn
1962 GT Hawk 4 speed
1963 Daytona Conv
1941 Champion R-2 Rod

[ROADRACELARK]

And OBTW, his home base then, as is now, is Atlanta, GA.

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Road Racers turn left AND right.

[63larkr1]

This was May 18th 2008, and Studebaker and Hudson are still at it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBFedRnDdkE

Richard

[New Kid In Town]

Who is this running against Ted? It's a beautiful car! Run's too!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb56Dv3BAJY&feature=user

[New Kid In Town]

Dan (ROADRACELARK)
What wheels/offset are you running on your car? Factory wheel, or something custom made(expensive?)

Thanks,
Tom

[BobPalma]

quote:Originally posted by New Kid In Town

Who is this running against Ted? It's a beautiful car! Run's too!!!!

That's Richard Poe's 1963 R1/4-speed Lark Custom 2-door, Tom. You've seen it many times at The Pure Stock Muscle Car Drags.

He actually beat Ted in the eighth-mile; the R2 doesn't have time to realize the full potential of supercharging, whereas Richard's unsupercharged R1 has a higher compression ratio and can stay with Ted -and often slightly better him- in the eighth![:0] BP

[bams50]

Great picture! That Stude looks so funny as a race car[)] By chance was the driver's first name Kermit??



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Parish, central NY 13131

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