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Vallejo Hardtops

Before Vallejo                    Pre 1961

These are photos from early Vallejo when it was a 5/8 mile track and Pacheco Speedway as 1960 was it's final year.  The hardtops moved to the new 1/4 mile Vallejo Speedway in 1961. More pre-1961 photos can be seen on the Pacheco and Santa Rosa pages.

                                                                                                                                                Click on photos to enlarge
May 6, 1952..Oakland Speedway...Tommy Thomson pic.
May 1, 1952. Gene Thomson...Tommy Thomson pic.
June 13, 1952. Chet Thomson...Tommy Thomson pic.
June 13, 1952. Tommy Thomson pic
1952 or 1953 Vallejo Speedway...Mike Haney pic
1952 or 1953 Vallejo Speedway...Mike Haney pic
1952 or 1953 Vallejo Speedway...Mike Haney pic
1954 BCRA Champion Bill Maher
1958 The "New Vallejo" #47 is Gil Richardson...Cheri Hill pic.
1954 WC Speedway, Pat Hughes pic
Early Vallejo Speedway...Cheri Hill pic.
1957 Gil Richardson, Cheri Hill pic
Pre 1960 Julian Castro wins the trophy... Mike Haney photo
1949 Chet Thomson collecting the goods, Oakland Speedway...Tommy Thomson pic
1949 Chet Thomson, Oakland Speedway...Tommy Thomson pic
1949 Chet Thomson another trophy, Oakland Speedway...Tommy Thomson pic
Chet Thomson with son Tommy...Tommy Thomson pic
1952 Chet Thomson, Oakland Speedway...Tommy Thomson pic
Tommy Thomson with his dad, Chet
Chet Thomson...Tom Thomson pic
1960 Larry Damitz---Brad Pesheck pic
1960 #44 Bill Dechamps, Nelson Snow #100, #3 Gene Dudley--Don Snow pic
1960 #64 Tony Barbosa, #100 Nelson Snow--Don Snow pic
1960 #100 Nelson Snow--Don Snow pic
1960 Drivers Roster
Wally Baker, year and track unknown
1960 Hugh Purdy...Jerry Carpenello pic
1960 Leroy Geving
Pacheco, Hugh Purdy...Chris Geilfuss‎ pic
1960 5 Chet Thomson, 4 Wally Baker, 2 Johnny Franklin... TomThomson pic
1960 5 Chet Thomson, 87 Hugh Purdy...Tom Thomson pic
1960 100 Nelson Snow, 87 Hugh Purdy, 34 Pee Wee Waybright. 5 Chet Thomson, 99 Rod Zanoline... Tom Thomson pic
Flying Chet Thomson...Tom Thomson pic
1960 Hugh Purdy and Leroy Geving
1960 Gene Dudley...Sondra Dudley pic
1960 40 Roland Lokmor on his side, 18 Jack Huddleston at Pacheco...Mike Lokmor pic
1960 Roland Lokmor at Pacheco...Mike Lokmor pic
1968 12 Ray Travels, 40 Roland Lokmor on his side at Pacheco...Mike Lokmor pic
Kris Brodie pic
Lee Humphers, Pacheco mabe. My uncle Lee Humphers,drove for Nelson Kinney for a while before cancer took him way to early & Rick Henderson was a team driver in the #2 car for Nelson Kinney, Richard Humphers...Don Mize pic
My Uncle, Lee Humphers, ...Richard Humphers pic
Betty Guidicci my stepmom early 50’s. Jack Timm pic
Jack Timm, Bob Timm, Rod Slater an unknown early 50’s
1961 - 1963
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1967 - 1972
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