| Danley Clow Auto Racing Photographer |
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| Danley at age 20 |
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| Photos by Danley
Danley is now retired and enjoying his photography on the computer using a scanner for the old 4"x5 "films. Danley and Gene Barton took up race track photography in 1945 as 9th graders at Cleveland Jr.High.It was the Dewey, OK. track on Wednesday and Tulsa on Saturday.
Danley went solo in 1956 with Photos by Danley and expanded to include the Muskogee track. Eventually Danley became the Editor of Tulsa Speedway News as well as Thunderbird Racing News in Muskogee, OK.
He left racing to go with STP Corp. in 1969 where he became the Director of Sales in the World Headquarters
in Boca Raton, FL.
WARNING..........All pictures used in this website are the property of Danley Clow.
DO NOT print,copy,download or reproduce without written consent of Danley Clow or his son Gary W. Clow.
All Other websites must have written primission to use Danley's pictures & text from this site.
“© 2008 Danley Clow”
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| 1945 to 1965 |
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| Notice......Page 45 1950 Stocks Debut in Tulsa is new as of 10/16/2010 Page 46 is also new and is more stocks plus midgets |
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| Danley Goes to Disneyland By: Jerry Holm |
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| Photo to the left was taken after Danley won the employee's race on the Mushogee half mile track. This was late 50's or early 60's. The car Danley was to drive broke down and the crew of this car came to Danley to drive their car. He gave up driving while he was a winner.
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| Bud Hemphill owner-driver |
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| Bud Camden in Zink Offy |
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| Jimmy Hicks driver and Ray Cates owner |
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Our goal with this website is to share the joys of racing with those who share our interest in racing and especially the early day midgets and stocks.
In 1945, the track was on the Tulsa Fairgrounds and the stands were the old wooden stands which burnt down in 1957.
Danley's cousin was Bud Hemphill who drove a Ford powered midget and earned the title of "Ford King of Oklahoma"
Bud was killed on the Taft stadium track in Oklahoma City on May 15, 1950. The interest in Bud's racing and a 4X5 Speed Graphic which Gene Barton's father bought him was all it took to form the Barton-Clow Photography team. Gene was 16 and Danley was 15. On Wednesday after classes at Cleveland Jr. High in Tulsa, the mad dash for Dewey, Oklahoma was on to cover the midget races. Then there was Tulsa on Saturday night with an Oklahoma City race every now and then.
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