PA Hillclimb

Hey Ron!

Great article! Nice job with the research. You put a lot of time into it and it shows!
Thanks for bring the memories back! I was there in 1958 and every year since!
A lot of racing folks past & present took a run at that hill. Nice history .
Keep it going!
Best wishes!
Rich

WOW!!! Pens win the CUP!!! What a comeback! 10 games out of the playoff oicture and they come on to win the Cup! Great story! What a game! The stop that M A Fluery made with seconds to go was one of the best EVER in the game of Hockey! City of Champions Steelers & Pens!! Congrats to those in Her...

Hey Bill....remember to SAVE THE WAVE!!!!!

Good Luck!!

WOW! What a NHL series! ALL comes down to ONE game! All the games , all the months, all the pains ...etc. WOW! Steelers. Pens...city of Champions?!! Friday night we 'll find out!
Just Wow!

GO PITTSBURGH!!!!!!

The BIG Pens over the Red Wings ???????? Should be a great series!!!

Hey Ron, care to make a choice?

GO PENS!!

What a diff a coach from Wilkes-Barre can have on a team!!!

Wilkes-Barre PA....The REAl Hockey Town!!!!

Lion's Head... :D They still make Steg!!!! Your choice Ron. Steg...Gibbons...Iron City...maybe a Yeng...or A bottle of wine from our Scranton's best vinyard...Preate's. ...I'll warm up a bottle ,like the English , on my buddy's MGB. HA! Your call, How bout them big Pens!!! THAT was a great series! T...

Congrats Ron!

Looked like our scoring went AWOL.

Hershey should go to the finals....maybe even win it.
Oh well...wait till next year.

Hope Ptts has a better result tonight!

One beer due you!
Best,
Rich

Hey Ron!
A friendly wager of a cold brew on the PENS!!!

The Bears will melt like a Hershey bar on the exhaust pipe of a 427 Cobra!!!!!

Go Pens!!!

See ya later Ron!
Rich

That's Ken! We saw him rip out the rear end of his STI Rally car at STPR this year at Wellsboro...on the FIRST stage!! Amazing guy! Check out his ski jump with the Rally car!!!! (Youtube) He warms up before the first stage by running ,fullspeed with helmet on, at least 25 yards . He and his navi, Al...

SPeaking of Joel's Cobra Daytona , a lot of people take exception with these "kit"cars being raced in "Vintage" races. They 're only six "original" Cobra Daytonas. But now Ole Shell is granting a "few" more vin numbers for people shelling out $175,000.00 each ...

Hey Ron!! This year's Vintage Festival is marking 40 Years of Hot Wheels. Triumph is the featured marque. Brian Redman is the guest host. The friday afternoon downtown activities are great! If you want to see how sportscar racing has evolved thru the years, you must be at this event ,downtown Watkin...

Hey Bill,

Did you get to meet The Monster??? Did you see him run?

I heard his special has over 1200 hp at the bottom of the MT. at least!!

Got to see that hill run at least once!

Rich

I join with ALL the fans of Giants Despair , in sending a big Thank You to Jack Danko for everything he's done in putting on this year's event. Keep it going Jack ! Your efforts are appreciated by all race fans!!! A big shout out to all workers and entrants who made this year's Giant another success...

Great topic Ron!! How about THE BLUE GOOSE. My favorite was John Meyers Meyers Special. A pontiac powered beautiful special. He also had a "early" Meyer Special that was an open wheel car. Would like to see a pic of that one. How about Bud Faust's Lotus with a Buick motor . Oscar's Super C...

Great article Ron!! Little AL was my favorite . Brother Ben ,in his bugeye, was also a good driver. Al also raced a guy named Art Kiejeck (sic) who had a Austin Healey 3000 with a small block Chevy in it, at the Evergreen Speedway in Drums PA. It was billed as a grudge race ! Don't know who won.It w...

Ron, I think th edriver who stuffed Con O'donnell's vette into the bank at the "S " turn was Allan Stitt. I think he was an electrician. Stitt or Smith???? I have a "before" and "after " pics o fthat car....somewhere. How 'bout some pics of my favorite Little Al from Ea...

The "Flying Dentist" Dr. Dick Thompson drove a '59 Vette at the Giant. Local Car Dealer, Ken Wallace drove a Vette at the Giant. (Even Oscar drove it that year!!) I think Walt Hangsen even drove a Vette at Climbs. A driver from NJ named Frank Morganti (sic) drove a '62 Vette .Road raced it...

Ron!! Read Mark's book...The Unfair Advantage. Shows him with his Corvette, headlights taped etc. He won his class in his FIRST hillclimb!! He then went with an ELVA C. for road racing. I forgot where the Hill was, but it's in the book.

Penske & Mark Donahue both started in Vette's during the early days.... How about Mike Olyar (sic) drove a Vette in PA . Local guy. Tom Morgan. Sorry to hear about Steve E. Nice guy and a heck of a driver! RIP. He gave me a photo of him coming out of the Elbow at full lock ....what a sight! Keep...

Little AL from Easton was my favorite!!!427 with bias ply tires!! Yeah THATS what I want to drive up the hill!!! Jon Valentine from Dallas Pa. was most likely the "smoothest" Vette driver. With his Cobra too! BUT .....How is it that Steve Elfenbein from NJ didn't get mentioned??? What a dr...