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 promission to use Danley's work.
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 Wed. 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 a Oklahoma City race every now and then.
