Well known people in Tulsa racing .
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| Pictured on the left is Ervin and Jackie Wolfe. At the close of the '68 season Ervin bought the Tulsa track from Dick Colvin.
This was a return to the Tulsa track for Ervin who had started stock car racing at the fairgrounds track in 1950. Ervin and Jackie were newly weds as Ervin had lost his wife Josephine and Dick Carson had died earlier. Jackie had Carson Atractions which sold tickets for events in Tulsa. Yes, she had the ticket sales for the speedway after her husband bought the track.
Ervin's "Indy" car was used to make the movie " To Please A Lady" He was a vey interesting guy to have as a close friend.
Danley wanted to retire from race track photography after all those years . but his good friend, Ervin, talked him into staying at the track. Then he talked Danley into doing the Speedway News. Secondly, he talked STP Distrcit manager , Charlie Soule, into hiring Danley for the area. Thirdly, he bought the Mushogee track and made Danley the photographer and editor of the Thunderbird Racing News. He had Danley so busy he did not know if he was coming or going. Remeber, Danley now had to cover portions of three states for STP Corporation.
Ervin and Jackie were a great couple to be around. The lunches at Shot Gun Sams were very enjoyable.
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| That lineup on the left is Dr. Charles Rogers, Dick Colvin, Danley Clow and Smokey Stover.
These gentlemen were enjoying the big cars at DuQuoin, IL. This was the first and only time Colvin left the Tulsa track on a race weekend.
Rogers was a dentist from Wagoner, OK. and raced sports cars. Stover worked with Dick at the research center and also worked in the infield at the track.
This is where Colvin and Clow were introduced to Tony Hulman. Tony was the owner of "Indy" and had his DC 3 airplane worked on in Tulsa at Spartan. The president of Spartan , B.B. Broom, was an ole service buddy of Clow's and he setup the meeting. Broom had raced midgets in the early days.
From this meeting Danley became friends with Hulman's pilots and sat with them during the first indoor midget race in the Astro Dome in Houston. Bud Hatch and Jimmy De Jarnett went with Danley to Houston in the '68 Olds pace car from Tulsa. This was a race were Danley was there to watch, not film.
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In the upper right is Dick Colvin, Duane Hocker, Jack Zink and Danley Clow.
Below is Smokey Stover, Dick Colvin and Danley Clow. Colvin liked to have a good time , but these two are not holding him down. This was either at a Victory Dinner or the horse races at Hot Springs, AR.
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Upper right is Mr and Mrs. Dick Colvin and Roger Ward. Ward was the speaker at one of the awards banquets.
Ward was an outstanding speaker and most of the time he was making fun of himself. He went over well with the men who spent their time working on engines. Yes, the women liked him also.
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That's a very young Dan Diaz looking over Ervin Wolfe's shoulder as the trophy is presented to Guy "Mac" McHenry while Floyd Seago looks on.
On the right Floyd gives the checker flag to J.D. "Lover Boy" Parks. Bill Seago tells us that the tail fin of this midget was made big so it could carry more fuel for longer races
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