Dutch hoag race car driver

Mitch smith, using the dutch hoag coupe, probably in an all star league race somewhere. Note hoag, his car owner has the valiant that would soon be sold and become andy romanos galiant valiant. Racing in retrospect dutch hoag midstate antique stock car club. Formula one drivers from the netherlands wikipedia. Hoag was the only driver to win the national open on both the dirt and pavement surfaces. August 2, 2016 tommy baldwin racing tbr will head to watkins glen international full of new york flavor. In that race, bunn defeated such luminary fellow pioneers as bobby myers, frankie schneider, dutch hoag and steve danish. He made his second attempt at langhorne, jim delaney won his first race of champions that day as hoag watched, his mount broken. Dutch hoag first won the national open in 1956, in a car he didnt normally drive. Danish built his first stock car in 1949 and after having a couple of different drivers, opted to take the wheel himself, competing at tracks in granville and bennington, vt.

He competed in four nextel cup series events in his career, earning one topten hoags debut came in 1952, when he competed at rochester. Joe and andy romano of johnstown a vintage stock car. Donald dutch hoag is an american racing driver who won the langhorne. Dick brooks don oldenberg doug cox dub simpson dutch hoag earl moss ed hessert ed markstellar ed negre eddie sheeler. Friends may call thursday may 5, from 24pm and 68 pm at fuller funeral home, inc. Donald dutch hoag was an american racing driver who won the langhorne national open five times when it was the most prestigious. The nascar logo and driver images are owned and of nascar, respective nascar teams and owners. Kenny shupp outlaw speedway dundee, ny a man that was synonymous with modified racing in the upstate new york region will be honored once again at the outlaw speedway as the legendary donald dutch hoag triple 7s weekend is scheduled for friday and saturday, october 19 and 20 at the popular yates county speed plant. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Legendary racer dutch hoag remembered elmira stargazette. Dutch hoag was the most successful driver, winning five times. Mitch smith, sprint driver from pa, was in the dutch hoag genessee coupe renumbered 71 for 1970. Charles hoag 18081888, american scholar and teacher. He was built to race, truck drivers made good race drivers in that day, there was no power steering.

Click on the site to see dutch hoags career results at that track glossary. See race of champions for a history of this race since 1972. This is a picture i took of the car larry flynn drove at rambi in the 1962 dixie 66. In this photo he is with legendary promoter jim volletrsen. Easton, 76, grew up in friendship, new york, and saw hoag race in the late 1950s. Check out the latest dutch hoag photos and pictures on. A minimum of 30 race starts is need to make it into this list. Tommy baldwin racing salutes new york modified legend. One look at a picture of him from that period revealed a young, strong and lithe man. Dundee, ny night one of the 4 th annual dutch hoag memorial at the outlaw speedway saw some 127 cars in competition all vying for feature and dash qualifying wins the friendly chrysler, dodge, jeep, ram modifieds had sixteen machines take to the speedway for their dash special where the winner will automatically start on the pole for the following nights 70 lap.

Donald dutch hoag november 2, 1926 may 11, 2016 was an american racing driver who won the langhorne national open five times when it was the most prestigious event for modified and sportsman racers. For dirt racing legends, a long road to hall of fame. He was also the only driver to win the race both while it was dirt and pavement. Mike zoppdutch hoag this is a 1965 modified feature with mike zopp in wes germans potent broome heating modified beating a newly arrived dutch hoag of bath, ny in the turner brothers coupe. Charlie hoag 19312012, american professional basketball player. Dutch hoag was a legendary race car driver and fivetime langhorne national winner when it was the most prestigious race car event for modified and sportsman racers. I dont know whether ed actually ever drove this car, but the tape over the window suggests that on this occasion the car had a substitute driver, and who could have been better than ed. Some or all of these decals are printed with a colored background to allow for white parts of. Donald dutch hoag the only driver to be ranked by a panel of veteran motorsports writers on the area auto racing news list of the greatest dirt modified drivers and greatest asphalt modified drivers, donald dutch hoag 19262016 of bath, new york, won the langhorne national open five times when it was the most prestigious event for modified and sportsman racers. As seen here they were starting to pick up a few qualifier wins at fonda.

When this photo was taken, bob became the first modified driver to win at spencer that season instead of dutch hoag who was undefeated up to that point. Further, i also saw winning racers like dutch hoag, who became a huge modified stock car winner with over 400 feature wins in many classes on both dirt and asphalt tracks. Hoags debut came in 1952, when he competed at rochester. He competed in four nextel cup series events in his career, earning one topten. Dick schwartzlander was in a mustang painted like a ferriolo car. Dean hoags father, donald dutch hoag, was among the drivers to beat from the late 40s through the 70s. In 1967, hoag won the national open driving for the turner brothers, his car owners in weekly racing at several tracks in.

He didnt want the newly married andy to be footing a race effort by himself. He was equally successful at bath speedway and won his first of many track championships at both his home tracks. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Dutch was a racing legend through the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Dutch hoag first won the national open in 1956, in a car he did not normally drive. I saw races in new york at rochester war memorial arena and remember drivers like len duncan and dutch hoag winning races. Can you give us a little history of the midget racing as many drivers went on to win the indy 500 in the 1950s in indy cars. Dutch hoag comes home the winner that fall day many years ago. By now hoag was 22 and forged by hard work, the army, and by this time, truck driving. Empa hall of famedonald dutch hoag eastern motorsport. When this rule book was posted by a member at local race chat several years ago, our bobby williamson commented on how dirt tracks today ought to get together with common rules like wilson, wake county and fayetteville did in the 70s. Among his accomplishments, he finished second in a. The friendly chrysler, dodge, jeep, ram modifieds were up next for their traditional dutch hoag 7s wild 70 lap feature event and with a star filled field, friday nights dash winner, cory costa led the twentyfour car field to the opening green flag.

A 30year veteran of dirt and asphalt modified stockcar racing, hoag ended his. The legendary racer died may 11 at his bath home after a brief. Ratings of the top dutch drivers in the driver database ranking. He was the only driver to win it both on dirt 1956, 1960 and 1963 and asphalt 1967 and 1968. Dutch hoag dirt car racing, nascar racing, auto racing, car pics, car.

Dutch hoag november 2, 1926 is a former nascar driver from penn yan, ny. The only driver to be ranked by a panel of veteran motorsports writers on the area auto racing news list of the greatest dirt modified drivers and greatest asphalt modified drivers, donald dutch hoag 19262016 of bath, new york, won the langhorne national open five times when it was the most prestigious event for modified and sportsman racers. The race was renamed to the race of champions when it was moved to trenton in 1972 after langhorne speedway was closed. Expand your options of fun home activities with the largest online selection at. The accomplishments of area stock car driver donald dutch hoag were remembered by many in the racing community this past week. In fact those three camaros in particular appear to be narrower than the standard camaro body. He went back to langhorne in the spring of 1952 and won another extra distance race, and in the spring of 1954, he won the first race ever held at lebanon valley speedway in new york. Dutch hoag posted on 19500423 20170424 author flemke categories dutch hoag, other, photos posted on 19530423 20170424 author flemke categories dutch hoag, other, photos. Certainly, from a national standpoint, dutch is the premier area driver that emerged from the 1950s.

Driver dutch hoag 1952 nascar grand national results. This was hal kempenys 1937 ford coupe, which had been driven for its previous owner by pete corey. Dutch hoag stock car racing wiki fandom powered by wikia. Spencer speedway legends 19571977 by len kasper posts. Also visible are joe kelly, leo cleary 41 and don diffendorf. Modifieds run the mile during the october 1963 national open at langhorne speedway, langhorne, pa. Joe apparently became involved when the friends didnt want to spend the time commitment needed to run a race car. Dutch reed was the next driver for the romano family 97. Complete nascar cup series history of every car number. Hoag drew 3rd for the race and from there ran well all day, falling just a few laps down and driving to a 12th place finish. The car won a total of 17 features in 1965 between north collins speedys race track, holland and. Race win percentage the dutch drivers with the highest race win percentage. Dutch hoag nascar results, statistics and car numbers.

Shangrila where this picture was taken had offered a bounty in 1965 on zopp after he had won several consecutive features at the owego facility. Former race car drivers grateful for dedicated fanbase. He was the only driver to win that race both when langhorne speedway s surface was dirt 1956, 1960. Wolfe claims sprint car main to kickoff dutch hoag. Dirt track racing nascar racing auto racing car racer old race cars vintage race car car and driver car photos cutaway. I remember seeing the car in the infield at oswego at the last race of 71, i think they. Below smith leads a pack at that same all star league race somewhere on pavement. Looking for car owner names bob hilbert sportswear dirt. Includes every race start and finish along with dozens of statistical facts for dutch hoag.