Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Bumper Crop


That's a bumper sticker from 1959, advertising that year’s eight-race series of indoor events at the Teaneck Armory.  Click the image for an enlarged view.

The Teaneck Armory was built in 1938 and still stands today, although the National Guard unit assigned to it was disbanded in 1994. ATQMRA races took place in the facility in the years 1952 through 1962.

On the dates listed on the bumper sticker, the following drivers won the feature races:

January 10 - Len Duncan
January 17 - Jim Lacy
January 24 - Len Duncan
February 14 - Roger Bailey
February 21 - Roger Bailey
February 28 - Len Duncan
March 7 - Len Duncan
March 14 - Len Duncan

Among the drivers competing in the Armory that year were Chuck Arnold - Tony Bonadies - Fred Clifton - Johnny Coy - Dick DeYoung - Jack Duffy - Gordon Eisenhower - Lou Fray - Bobby Hamilton - Sy Kaback - Al Kemp - Russ Klar - Ben Landis - Ernie McCoy - Pete Mourad - Red Mulholland - Everett Rogers - Tony Romit - Tex Ryder - Sonny Sanders - Don Stumpf - George Sweeten - Jerry Wall - Tony Zarcone - and Johnny Zeke.

The Teaneck Armory