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Larry Shurter wins 100 lap feature event at Rhinebeck Speedway, N.Y.
#216 Larry Shurter driver and co-owned with Joe Goldsmith
Stocks raced in 1950
#75 stock, owner Joe Goldsmith & Larry Shurter (formerly the #216)
#19, owner Gordon Ross
#XX
#205
#75 owner Shurter family car 1949 Ford
Tracks raced in 1950
Daytona Beach original 4-mile beach course finished 25th in the 1949 family Ford
Middletown, NY
Rhinebeck,
Patterson, NJ
Dover, NJ
Albany, NY
Plainville, CT
Race Results for the 1950 Season
April 16th through October 15th
Events
Feature – Wins 3. Second place 3. Third place 1
Consolation – Wins 2. Second place 2. Third place 1
Semi Final – Wins 4. Second place 4
Heat – Wins 8. Second place 7. Third place 4
Total Wins 17*
On September 2nd in Middletown, N.Y., coming from the back of the field, Larry won his Heat and then the Semi-Final and took second in the Main event.
On September 6th he took sixth place in the Rhinebeck 50 lap race.
On September 23rd he won another Rhinebeck 100 lap event.
*In (approximately) 31 race meets Larry had 17 wins.
While I have confirmed 17 wins, some records have been lost so I cannot confirm a final total.
1951
Tracks raced in 1951
Rhinebeck, NY
Middletown, NY
Nazareth, PA
Dover, NJ
Race Results for the 1951
May 12th through October 6th
Events Wins Second Place
Feature 4 2
Consolation
Semi 2 2
Heat 3 4 Total Wins *Larry had 9 wins*While I have confirmed 9 wins, some records have been lost so I cannot confirm a final total.
Nazareth Speedway, July 8th. Larry won the 100 lap Championship Race as reported by Illustrated Speedway News, July 10, 1951.
On the same page, another article, Middletown Holiday Card Hit By Rain, credits Larry with winning the last two features at the Middletown track.
1952
Tracks raced in 1952
Daytona Beach original 4 mile beach course, finished 12th
Middletown, NY
Rhinebeck, NY
Roosevelt Stadium
Stateline Speedway
Monroe County Fairgrounds
Langhorne Speedway, Pa.
Speedway Park, Jacksonville Fl.
Race Results 1952
May 4th through September 7th
Events
Feature – Wins 1. Second place 4. Third place 1.
Consolation
Semi Final – Wins 3. Second place 4. Third place 2.
Heat – Wins 6. Second place 5. Third place 1.
Total Wins 10*
Larry finished four times in fourth place in the features.
*While I have confirmed 10 wins, some records have been lost so I cannot confirm a final total.
1953
On July 26th at Middletown Larry was third in point standings behind Bud Marl and Ray Brown. Then a string of break downs added only one point to Larry’s standings as of October 5th with Dodd, third; Romer, fourth; and Larry, fifth.
Stocks raced in 1953
#75, owner Joe Goldsmith and Larry Shurter
#42
#38
Tracks raced in 1953
Middletown, NY
Rhinebeck, NY
Arlington, NY
Coxsackie, NY
Richfield Springs, NY
Old Bridge, NJ
Race Results for the 1953 season
April 26th through October 11th
Events Wins Second Place
Feature 5 4
Consolation 1
Semi 2
Heat 4 9
Total Wins* 12Larry won the Tattersall Trophy July Championship for the 100 lap main event at Middletown,NY
*He has another trophy that’s inscribed: “Tattersall Trophy Arlington International Championship Winner --- Larry Shurter”. September 13th, 1953 Mavis records Larry qualifying forth in the time trials for Arlington’s 200 lap race. He was eleven hundredths of a second off the fastest time. She writes that the race lasted 1 hour 18 minutes but shows no finishes. I’d like to imagine her focused, quiet reserve dissolving and her running for the pits without writing the finishes. Maybe she was headed for the scoring booth, papers clutched firmly against the swirling clay particulated wind of the last lapped racing cars crossing the finishing line. Anyway, with no date or lap information on the trophy, for now I’m assuming it was the Arlington 200 in 1953 that Larry won. *In (approximately) 23 race meets Larry won 12 times.
While I have confirmed 12 wins, some records have been lost so I cannot confirm a final total.
1954 – 1959 Records were lost and/or incomplete
“The Winner” Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1951
O’Dell Shields Studio
autographed photo
Below: Rhinebeck, N.Y. July 23, 1950. 50 LAP FEATURE. 1st heat: 13 car lineup. Winner Jokko Magggiacomo, 2nd Larry Shurter, 3rd Disbrow.
2nd heat: McCarty, Devine, Darius.
3rd heat: Russ Truelove, Riley, Wallerton.
1st semi: McCarty, Scott, Cole.
2nd semi: Dykman, Petit, Ray Brown.
Consolation:18 car lineup! Bob Devine in 15th position, Lowell in 16th position, Shurter 18th position. Winner Bob Devine, 2nd Shurter, 3rd Lowell.
Larry introduced me to Bob at one of the Living Legends Reunions. With warm open smiles, they shook hands, and Larry laid his other hand on Bob’s shoulder. He said, (as much to Bob as to me), “Bob was one of the best at finding a hole. If I was behind him, I’d get on his bumper and follow him through. If he was behind me, it was a hell of a job to keep him there.” They both had the large fingers of men who were their own mechanics’.
50 lap Feature: starting last, Winner Bobby Devine sets new track record at 1:51:86, 2nd Jokko, 3rd Brown, 4th McCarty, Cody Disbrow, Shurter
Bert Brooks in Don Smith !st Place Ford #99.
Len Duncan in Ken Hickey’s 3/4 Point Leader #19
Hawley Kight in the Kernen Ford, 2nd Place Ford.
Tony Bonadias in the Johnny Fray 3/4, Leading Contender.
These tracks were short asphalt ovals and 1/2-mile dirt from Richmond, Virginia to Quebec, Canada.
“Home OF Southern 500”
Darlington International Speedway announcement for the 1952 season featuring descriptions of the upcoming:
200-mile NASCAR Race,
200-mile National Championship Modified Race,
Soutern 500″ Late Model Stock Car Race.
The sidebar has a comprehensive list of “recommended by Darlington Raceway” Hotels and Motels.
Darlington International Speedway announcement for the 1952 season with a Diagram of Grandstand and order blank for reserved race tickets.
Darlington International Speedway announcement for the 1952 season including past race results from the 1950 and 1951 seasons.
Details are: the type of car, race time, the average speed and the leading qualifier. Included are the finish positions from 1st through 10th place. Winners were Johnny Mantz, Johnny Parsons, Herb Thomas and Walt Faulkner.
Pictures of drivers include Al “Suicide” Sanders, Chuck Mahoney, Bernie Ingersol, Paul Roberts, Geroge Gallup and Lee Armstrong.
An ad for the Hotel Brookfield invites everyone, “After the races-Stop and see Ma and Pa Rice… specializing in tenderloin steaks”
Rhinebeck Speedway, N.Y. Stan Disbrow wins 3rd feature followed by Dee Carlson and Larry Shurter.
Byron Fisher, Larry Shurter, Doug Garrison, Hoppy Jensen and George Welch saw the checkered for their races.
Doug Garrison and Goodermote win twin 25 lappers.
Except from newspaper:
…but it was Larry Shurter of West Shokan who kept the fans on edge through the scramble.
(Shurter, starting in 17th position) engaged Bob Disbrow in one of the tightest finishes ever seen at the track, missing the checkered flag by inches.
Top: Mavis Shurter racing record for Rhinebeck Speedway. Larry Shurter in the #95 wins heat and 1st semi-final. He qualifies the #75 in the 3rd heat.
Bottom: Rhinebeck Speedway Advertising Ticket.
Close friend George Gallup wins !st Heat Race in his #103 V8 with overhead valves.
Avery Brothers, Arlos “Bucky” and Don compete against each other in the 2nd Heat.
Bucky drops out. Don wins in his 1950 Oldsmobile #42.
J. Romer wins 3rd Heat in the #5
But it’s his brother Don Avery who wins the 100 lap Main Event followed by George Gallup. It was an all-in-the-family racing night with Mavis recording the lineups, make of car, results and running time of race. Why Larry was a no-show is a mystery.
Winchester Speedway Decal featuring Troy Ruttman.
Shurter/Goldsmith #216 becomes #75
Duffy Ovens Collection
1st Heat won by Bud Marl who started in 11th position.
2nd Heat was won by Ray Brown followed by #9 B. Backman, #A4 D. Smith, #521 Ray Redner and #301 Don Avery.
3rd Heat was won by #825 Bill Murdock coming from 10th position, followed by #22 Stan Dodd, #100 Montross, #75 Larry Shurter coming from 15th position and #2 Campanella.
Joe Campanella in the #2 is handed the checkered flag by Tex Enright.
Stocks 1st Heat won by #0Jr Baer Herman followed by Ray Brown and Mertz.
Results for the Sprint Car Main Event was a win by Mike Magill followed by racers Yannigan and Olsen.
Stock Car Main Event won by Stan Dodd starting in 10th position. 2nd was #221 Mertz starting in 18th position, 3rd was Larry Shurter starting in 16th position and Bob Alberts came in 4th.
Mutual Dance and Get Together invitation from Rhinebeck Speedway and Menands Raceway also known as Empire Raceway.
Photos courtesy of Ken “Duffy” Ovens1956 Victory Speedway Middletown NY.
top left #18 Driver Harry North, Owner Bob Muir
#59A Bill Murdock
#46 Ray Brown
#0 (?)
#22 Driver Larry Shurter with Pat Patterson and owners Joe King & Hank Kykendauf (sp?)
#125 Charlie South
#22 car owner Joe King handing driver Larry Shurter some win money
Photos courtesy of Ken “Duffy” Ovens1956 Victory Speedway Middletown NY
Duffy and Larry posing on #22 with autographs by Larry Shurter, Pat Patterson, Joe King and Hank Kykendodauf (sp?)
#22 and driver Larry Shurter
Chas South and Larry Granger
#0_
Mike Martini #8
Dewitt House
#7D
Don Jersey #–
top left Bud Shank Flagger
#100
#88
#22
#71E Carl “Fuzzy” Van Horn.
Van Horn flipped the Joe King, Hank Kykendoff (or Kykendauf?) #22 down the backstretch- it was totaled? I think-
top left Russ Dodd and Jim O’melia
Bud Marl with daughter
top left Duffy and Larry
Bill Murdock
Cam Thompson
Sonny Strupp
#46 Ray Brown
#22 Larry Shurter
#18JR Harry North
S33 George Gallup
from newspaper ” Larry Shurter of West Shokan, who had racked up the fastest time of the evening and was picked by many fans to win, was forced wide on the first turn, struck the barrier and rolled. Knocked unconscious… taken to hospital…released to return home.” Ray Brown won the feature followed by Ken Wismer and George Gallup
Previous wins that night by
Chas South
Carl Van Horn
Ken Wismer
Tom Colfax
Larry Shurter
