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Autocross
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The "Unknown Autocrossor"
?????
Something in the background no longer exists,
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Art Frederick
Art Frederick's Élan during the 1974 autocross season. First outing since ground up restoration.
May 2006 - Another ground up restoration.
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Craig Robertson
Craig getting the max out of his BMW 1600 in a gymkhana.
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Greg Rickes
Greg's 1973, Autodynamics Mk III Formula Vee, at the NYS Peripheral Lot.
In 1997 MoHud got to run an autocross on the Lime Rock infield course in conjunction with our regional race. This
is the ex Muntz-Hoffert/ex-Jim Bishop Formcar Formula Vee that Dave McClumpha and I co-owned. I ran against this
car in the early 70s, then owned it 20 or so years later.
Greg
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Cooper Norton
No telling what you might see at a Mo-Hud Autocross during the late sixties and early seventies. This is an early
formula III Cooper powered by a Norton motorcycle engine. This event was at the old Two Guys parking lot in Menands.
-- Greg
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John Deans
John in his sister Donna's Porsche 914 at the Autosprint 2 solo event at Lime Rock around 1971. Cones were strategically
placed on the track to slow the cars down to autocross speeds.
-- Greg
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Jim Garry
Jim bending his Formula Ford autocrosser 'round a gate ca. late '80's?
Jim's Citation at Griffis in 2000.
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Bill Morris
The Two Guys Plaza on Broadway in Menands was a popular gymkhana site in the late 60s. (it was also the former
home of the Empire Raceway stock car track). Here's Bill Morris in action with his Lotus Elan - Joe Corbett Archives
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Bob Claffee
Gymkhana Mystery photo #2. Venue might be Montgomery Ward in Menands. Enthusiastic pose for this Corvette suggests
it could be Bob Claffie - Joe Corbett Archives
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Icekhana
MoHud activities go on year 'round. Here's a winter gymkhana at an unidentified lake. Roly Heacox looks like he's
having a good time, as is the driver of this popular TR3. - Joe Corbett Archives
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What Is It
Gymkhana Mystery photo #1 Any guesses on what this car is ? -- Joe Corbett Archives
Art Frederick and Dave
McClumpha both think the mystery car is a Riley. -- Greg
Upon further review, the vehicle in question (really) appears to be a 1951 (or thereabouts) Riley
RMC 2&1/2 litre roadster. So there.
Art and I win. -- Dave M.
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Mystery Porsche
Gymkhana Mystery photo #3. Venue looks like its Two Guys in Menands. It's a bathtub Porsche for sure, but even
Art Frederick isn't sure if this is really his Speedster - Joe Corbett Archives
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Racing
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Al Anderson
Al's Corvette at Watkins Glen
Al in the Yankee Racing B Production Corvette early 70s - Joe Corbett Archives
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Dave Hathaway
Renault LeCar
Dave waiting to take to the grid at Lime Rock Park.
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Dave Wachtel
Clockwise - Nervous before first test of the Brabham ca '74, Cooper T76 FC, ca. '70, Brabham BT 28/35 FC ca. 74,
Barber SAAB Pro ca. '87, Crossle' 62F. ca. '88. (Missing is the Crossle' 45F "Red Tractor")
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Bob Claffie
Bob Claffie in the Spitfire at Watkins Glen Fun One, October 1969. Guy in the orange is Rich Waring, of the group
W bench Racing Team
-- Greg
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Connie McIntyre
Connie waiting to go on track ca late '60s. Women racing drivers aren't new with Mo-Hud!
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Lime Rock
Believe it or not this is Flag Station 6 at Lime Rock, exit to the esses onto No Name. Another McClumpha Archive
item from the early days.
-- Greg
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Ross Bonesteel, Bill Kane, Joe Corbett
Ross, Bill and Joe ca. mid 70's. Bill was a talented racing driver with international and professional experience.
Joe was the publisher of the Lime Rock Track Magazine and official track photographer. They are both missed.
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Carl Corrin
At Lime Rock Carl gets lots of helpful advice from (l to r) Jack Fantelli, Bob Claffie and Ed Holeva ca mid '70's.
-- Greg
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Jon Waterhouse, Eleanor Morris
Eleanor in the NTM-Honda D/SR and John in the Showroom Stock Colt mid '70's.
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Howard Geer
Howard in his ’63 Corvette. He used to drive it from Chatham to Albany to go to work, and from Chatham to Lime
Rock to race it in B Production. Pic must be 1969 or 1970. And who remembers the old LRP concession stand in the
background ?
--Greg
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Lime Rock Park
"No Name Straight"
Jim Haynes conducts a track tour at MoHud's Lime Rock Drivers' School (ca. 60's, early 70's)
Note the absence of guardrails. Just beyond the berm on the left is a stream - go over the berm and visit the trout.
No Name is also a popular crossing point for turtles! - Joe Corbett Archives
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Jack Hanifan
Jack's Village Dodge sponsored Shelby Charger in SSB
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Phil Groggins
Phil Groggins was one of the region's outstanding racers in the mid '60s. Twice he was runner-up at the SCCA National
Championship Run-Offs, once in C Production and then in Formula C. Here he's in action in his CP Lotus Elan at
Thompson. - McClumpha Archives
Phil in his FC Brabham
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Ken Goewey, Bruce Cargill
CarNDriver 72-3: Bruce Cargill getting the better of the Car & Driver Pinto, Car & Driver Showroom Stock
Sedan Challenge I, Lime Rock Park Oct 1972 - Joe Corbett Archives
CarNDriver 72-7 - Bruce Cargill and car owner Ken Goewey celebrate victory at the Car & Driver race, Lime Rock
Park October 1972 - Joe Corbett Archives
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Bob Bailey
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Bob's B&B Motors C Production Porsche Carrera, mid 60s . Bob was another outstanding racer of the 60's and
early 70s. He not only raced Porsches in club competition but also ran in the TransAm, and Sebring and Daytona
endurance races. He was half of the winning duo at Lime Rock's first IMSA Camel GT race in 1972.- Joe Corbett Archives
This is the B&B Motors/Barnsider Sirloin Pit 911 that Bob ran in a number of TransAm races. I think this would
have been 1968.
-- Greg
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Phil Raeder
Terri Novotney and Phil top right.
Phil Raeder was one of MoHud’s most innovative racers. He started his road-racing career in the 1956 with an MG-TC
racing at airports while attending college in the Midwest. After a hiatus he came back in the mid 60s with a boxy
sedan, and eventually found his way to open-wheel cars in Formula C. The four-door was an Renault Gordini R8 C
Sedan.
The FC car is a Lotus 59, one of the Lotus early monocoque cars with which Phil achieved a 4th place finish in
the National Championship Runoffs held in 1973. This car was powered by a "tool room" built DOHC Matra-Gordini
powerplant.
(A 1973 KO article by Phil will be posted soon!)
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"Group W"
There probably should be a token representation for the group W bench Racing Team
Here's driver Lloyd “Sandy” Fisher and crewmen Hal Wood and Rich Waring at the Finger Lakes Region “Fun One” at
Watkins Glen, Oct 1969. The car is a Sunbeam Alpine, aka English Thunderbird :-/
Tom Campbell later owned this car, and I think did his SCCA drivers’ school with it before moving on to faster
(and more reliable) machinery.
-- Greg
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Joe Corbett, Bill Morris
Bill Morris used his Elan for EVERYTHING. He took what most would regard as a somewhat temperamental car and used
it for his daily driver, commuting to GE R&D. He also ran it in gymkhanas, hillclimbs, and a few rallyes (maybe
even the infamous Rallye of the Snowflake). Then he used it to get his SCCA racing license and compete in C Production,
all the while driving his car to the track. That’s Joe Corbett standing alongside. And who remembers when Timing
& Scoring was located on the opposite side of the track from pit lane ?
-- Greg
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Screaming Yellow Zonker
For his next challenge Bill decided to build his own car, for the B/Sports Racing class. Dubbed the Screaming Yellow
Zonker, it was tube-frame chassis with a Lotus twin-cam engine and Porsche gearbox. Bill was quite successful with
this car earning a bid or two to the SCCA National Championship Run-Offs back in the days when only the top three
from each division qualified. Here’s he heading off on a victory lap with crew chief Joe Corbett on board. Lime
Rock’s pit lane and start/finish building was a Spartan setting in those days – this must have been 1970 or so.
-- Greg.
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Watkins Glen Pits
We seem to have bunches of photos from Lime Rock, so here's something little different for the racing section.
This was the pit lane at Watkins Glen around 1964, designed for use by the Formula One Grand Prix teams.
For reference this is about the area where the current pit exit blends back with the track, on the downhill chute
after turn 1 (the 90)
-- Greg
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Paul Hacker
Hacker Express - There's a long history of motorsports in the Hacker family. Paul's father Lou was a pioneer on
local stock car tracks and Paul was quite successful in gymkhanas and ice racing before moving into the SCCA racing
program around 1973. This is the Dodge Colt that started his road-racing adventures
Paul and Jean Hacker in a familiar scene over the years, celebrating in the winner's circle
-- Greg.
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Dave
The family’s involvement with MoHud goes back just about to the beginning. Dave’s late parents, his father Francis
“Mac” McClumpha and mother Irma, were flaggers at SCCA racing events going back to the mid 1950s. They both also
served as officers of Mohawk-Hudson Region, as has Dave. Dave’s late sister Diane designed the black/red/white
logo used by the region.
Dave started his racing endeavors in the mid 60s in the D Sedan class with an 850cc Mini. He later switched to
open-wheelers, racing in Formula C with an Alexis and a Brabham (here's Dave in #48 and Phil Raeder in #39 just
going past station 5 at Lime Rock) -- Greg
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Paul (Terri) Tariello
Terri at the Glen, 1997
Paul Tariello held positions on the Board as Activities Chairman and Assistant R.E. Terri competed in FF from 1992
to 2002
Paul was one of the quickest FF drivers in the Northeast, winning many races particularly at
Lime Rock. He engineered modifications on the '84 Reynard to make it quicker and his finishes were much better
than expected given the age of the car.
 D.W. remembrance of Terri
SAM Honors
Hard Charger
Award
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Ray Gaul
Ray also raced a Healey Silverstone. The B Modified designation indicates that it was powered by a big American
v8.
This was a car once owned by legendary sportsman Briggs Cunningham. After Ray blew the engine he advertised this
car for sale in The Knock-Off. Asking price was $500. Any guesses on what this car would be worth today?
-- Greg
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Rally
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McClumpha Archives
From a rallye in the 1950s. No one seems to know where the Brookside Tavern is, though several folks seem to remember
drinking there
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Marge Corbett
Marge at a rally checkpoint - mid 60s
- Joe Corbett Archives
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Roly & Marilyn Heacox,
1966 Snowflake Rallye winners - Joe Corbett Archives
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This one's a bit unusual. It's the cover of the booklet that contains instructions for the Windham Mountain top
Rallye, MoHud’s premier event of the 1950s.
-- Greg
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Hillclimb
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Howard Geer
Howard charging up the hill at the Mt. Cathalia Hillclimb.
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Bill Turner
Charging up the hill at Mt. Equnox
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Ray Gaul
Crossing the finish line in the MGA at Whiteface.
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Norm Evenden
The Cooper Chevy on the way to FTD
At Whteface.
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Bruce Cargill
Bruce in the Alfa at the Whiteface Mt. Hillclimb in 1964
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Coursework
Here’s a group of corner workers getting into the manual labor of setting up hay bales that defined the course
at Whiteface.
-- Greg
-- Dave McClumpha archives
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Mustang
This photo may give you some idea of just how many hay bales were needed on the 3 mile plus climb, and why.
-- Greg
-- Dave McClumpha archives
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Hank VanDeusen
Cobleskill’s Hank VanDeusen was the first MoHud driver to extensively campaign an open-wheel car. He used this
Formula Junior Elva ( with an A-H Sprint engine, 948cc) for both hillclimbs and circuit races. Hank started his
racing career in the mid 1950s with an MG T-type
-- Greg
--McClumpha Archives
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Personalities
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Harold Cameron and Bob Claffee
Lime Rock Park, late sixties/early seventies?
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Rolly Heacox
A shirtless Rolly with just about everyone he ever new up to then! Ca. mid sixties. The car.. it's the Fairthorp
of local song and legend.
Rolly is the longest tenured MoHud member at 48 years having joined on 02/58
-- Dave
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Greg Rickes
Former RE and board member, Greg is on the 50th Anniversary Committee and is the current and long time Lime Rock
Track Announcer. (Recent photo)
Not so recent photo - Around 1970.
The orange car is Sandy Fisher's Alpine and the van belongs to Bill Morris of Screaming Yellow Zonker fame.
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John Stim
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The man for which our race is named.
Chairman and competitor in 1977.
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Jon Waterhouse, Bruce Cargill, Joe Corbett
Some serious discussion at LRP mid/early seventies. You can find John at Keeler Motors and racing and winning.
Bruce was the owner of Lotus Racing Notheast and won the very first Car & Driver challenge in a Dodge Colt
sponsored by Ken Goewey. He also ran pro endurance and some FF.
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Craig Robertson
Craig instructing on pit procedures at a drivers school.
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Bill Morris, Bill Kane, Jack and Jean Fantelli, Tom LaPonia
“happy hour” after the days racing was done at Lime Rock probably mid seventies..
-- Bill Kane Archives
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Fixin' the Trailor
Sometimes you've got to improvise to solve problems at the track. Carl Corrin, Jimmy Corbett, Jack Fantelli and
Phil Panos deal with some trailer issues at Bryar Motorsports Park (now the site of New Hampshire International
Speedway).
-- Greg
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Carlton Foster
Carl Foster – here’s Carlton Foster on Lime Rock’s flag station 2 using the original phone system at the MoHud
driver’s school in 1966. Today Carl is back on the scene as one of the region’s Tech Inspectors.
-- Greg
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Ice Racing
Although Mo-Hud doesn't sanction ice racing, many of our members were/are active
competitors. Our own Rolly Heacox ran the New Your State Ice Racing Association for many years. After Rolly stepped
down, Harold Cameron ran the organization for several more years.
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Jack Hanifan
Jumpin Jack Hisself – Jack Hanifan, ice racing a FIAT 850.
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Dave Wachtel
The "Multicolor Wonder" This was also my daily driver ca.1974
Fiat 850 Spyder 1976, three 1sts, two 2nds, one 3rd, one dnf (crash). I Missed about three races due to Calculus
quizzes! Funny how real life gets in the way of important stuff like racing.
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Joe Erkes
In a drift.
Digging out!
Even ice racing has it's downside. Joe hit this members Alpine that was stuck at the exit of a medium speed corner
(~50mph). I have a photo of the Corvair but can't locate It. DGW
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Pete Calaghan
Pete in another B&B Motors Porsche - NYS Ice Racing Champ 1970 - Joe Corbett Archive
Pete had two or three of these rare cars and all were pristine. During one event, the first one was rolled up into
a little ball. The next weekend Pete showed up in yet another, nearly identical and almost perfect example. At
the end of the season, it was pretty banged up but still running and winning.
- Dave
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Ray Gaul
Ray was another of the region’s pioneer racers. He got a lot of enjoyment out of his MGA, using it for SCCA gymkhanas,
hillclimbs and races. He even took it out on Lake George for the initial days of ice racing in the mid 60s (notice
the Corvette StingRay that’s behind him ? Can you imagine doing that with a modern day Z06!)
-- Greg
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