Peoria Oldtimers Racing Club

Scott Shults - Owner nouncr@comcast.net
Founded on March 21 - 1981

            Remembering the Great Stock Car Drivers from the Past at Peoria Speedway

        

 

 

 

JOIN the PEORIA OLDTIMERS RACING CLUB

 

 Everyone is Very Welcome to Join and It's Free to Join 

 

 Visit All Six Peoria Oldtimers Racing Club

Web Sites at the Following Addresses Below

 Just Click On To Address To Visit  !!!

http://porc.webs.com/

http://porctwo.webs.com/

http://porcthree.webs.com/

 http://porcfour.webs.com/

http://porcfive.webs.com/

http://porcsix.webs.com/

 

 

Our Next PORC Event is on January 16 - 2010

at Mooney's Pub in Peoria

PARTY Starts at 4 p.m. with PORC AWARDS at 8 p.m.

Free Cook-Out for All Attending  !!!

~~~  Join Us after the ALLEN AUTOMOTIVE Swap Meet at EXPO GARDENS  ~~~

Free Food - Music - Games - Fun - Friends

~~~  Everyone Welcome  ~~~

 Vintage Photos of the Week

Remember the Convertibles  ???

 Art Robinson # 19 - 1964 Chevelle - Peoria Speedway 1971

 The '2010' - Don Bohlander 57 -

to Benefit Parkinsons Disease Research

will be Held on April 03 at Peoria Speedway

Don Bohlander # 57 - 1964 Plymouth

Peoria Speedway 1971

 

 

 Pete Baker Chats with Don Bohlander in the PORC "Hall of Fame" Photo Room

at Mooney's Pub During the Annual PORC Holiday Fish Fry on November 07

 

 Happy 70th. Birthday

PETE BAKER

Former Mt. Hawley Driver # 88

Pete Baker Celebrates his 70th. Birthday with Family & Friends

on October 31 at the Bartonville V.F.W. Post #3883 in Bartonville

 

 ~~~  Photos from the Past  ~~~

Found this 1994 Christmas Greetings from the 'Jim Dillon Family' in my PORC Archives

~ Jim is a Long-Time Member of the Peoria Oldtimers Racing Club and the Honorable Mayor of W. Peoria Illinois ~

 

Thanks to All Who Came to Oldtimers Day '2009' at Peoria Speedway

It Was a Great Day of Racing  !!!

Thanks to Sherrie Hamilton for Letting Us have Our Annual Event

for the 20th. Year in a Row at the Peoria Speedway

And Thanks to David Egan & Randy Massarollo for an Excellent Prepared Track  !!!

Special Thanks to Travis Griffin & The #00 Limited Late Model Race Team

 

The RACE WINNERS are :

Jake Naramore #N6 - Won the "King of the Hill" Illinois State Championship for 2009

Jim Tessem #944 - Hornet Winner

Bob Simpson #20 - Street Stock Winner

Jake Naramore #N6 - Limited Late Model Winner

Kenny Egan #7K - Modified Winner

Jason Weyeneth #00 - Last Years Champ Provisional

Herb Shannon Jr. #15 - 1972 Chevelle - Won the Vintage "Illinois State Championship" Race

DUANE GRAY #9 Coupe - 1953 to 1956 of Pekin Illinois - 2009 PORC "HALL of FAME" INDUCTEE 

Duane is the County Clerk of Tazewell County - Soon to be Retired

 

1/18 Scale Replica - 1940 Ford #9 - Duane Gray

 

 

Duane Gray & Jim Griffin / September 17 - 2009

 

Peoria Speedway Announcer Scott Shults Introduces Duane & Bev Gray to the Fans at Peoria Speedway

 

 The 20th. Annual

 Peoria Oldtimers Racing Club

 Oldtimers Reunion & Vintage Stock Car Meet

 

THE HUGH L. GRIFFIN MEMORIAL

Hugh Griffin - W.W. II U.S. Army Veteran

 20th. Annual Peoria Oldtimers Racing Club Reunion & Vintage Stock Car Meet

Sunday - September 27 - 2009

Peoria Speedway

It was a Beautiful Day at Peoria Speedway with a Great Turn-Out of Stock Cars & Fans 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday

to Our Great Friend of the Peoria Oldtimers Racing Club

HERB SHANNON

Best Wishes to You on Your 78th. Birthday on September 01 - 2009

 

 Happy 50th. Anniversary

to Our Long Time Club Members & Friends of the Peoria Speedway

Steve & Bev Rebholz

 

~~~  Wishing You Only the Best on Your Golden Anniversary  ~~~

 

 New P.O.R.C. Club Project

This is the Small Set of Bleachers in the Pits on the Back-Stretch

Originally Re-Built By the Peoria Oldtimers Racing Club in 1985

Donators as of September 26 - 2009

1 - Barb & Gene Adkins

2 - Jean Porter

3 - Teri & Michael Gallagher

4 - Michelle Bruce

5 - Chris Bruce

6 - Patrick Bruce

7- Hannah Bruce

8 - Nicholas Bruce

9 -  Wright Racing Team # 47 Modified

10 -  Ivey's One Stop Hair Care & Auto Repair

11 - Griffin Heating and Cooling - Peoria

12 -  Travis Griffin #00 Race Team

13 -  In Memory of Hugh Griffin

14 -  Lem VanLaningham

15 -  Jim Carmody Race Team #83

16 - Jim Carmody Race Team #83

17 - Jim Carmody Race Team #83

18 -  Jim Carmody Race Team #83

19 -  Jim Carmody Race Team #83

20 -  Jim Carmody Race Team #83

22 - Richilyn Garcia

22B - Chuck & Shelley Barnes

23 - Jim Carmody Race Team #83

24 - Jim Carmody Race Team #83

25 - Jim Carmody Race Team #83

 

    

THANKS EVERYBODY

Email Scott Shults at nouncr@comcast.net to Donate

 

                             

Don Bohlander's - 75th. Birthday Party

 

September 19 - 2009

                                                      

 
 
 

       

Peoria Speedway Guests on June 27 were 1950's - 60's Former Drivers

Jack Rebholz #99 of Lacon Illinois & Dick Hutton #208 of Orlando Florida

Photo Courtesy of Lem VanLaningham - TrackSide Photos

 

 

 

 New Restoration Photos from Sam Lee

The 1957 Chevrolet # 4 "Green Weenie" Stock Car

Driven By Sam Lee in 1975 - Owned By Bill Krieghauser

 

 
 
 

 

 

JOIN the PEORIA OLDTIMERS RACING CLUB

 

 Everyone is Very Welcome to Join and It's Free to Join 

 

The "Goin' In Circles" Store

Is Now Open  !!!

 Click Here to Visit The "GOIN' In CIRCLES" Store

Below Items Available for Purchase - PayPal - Check - U.S.P.S. Money Order or Cash Accepted as Payment

The First 25 Years

Featuring Peoria Speedway Drivers

Peoria Speedway Photo History Book

$9.99 Per Copy - Free Shipping

1959 Peoria Speedway

Featuring Peoria Speedway Drivers

Framed Advertising Poster Duplicate

$9.99 Each - Free Shipping

 Coming Soon to GIC STORE - Many More Items Including Vintage Photos, Programs, Flags & Books

   

                    

 Join Us at Mooney's Pub in Peoria Illinois Every Saturday Night after the Stock Car Races at Peoria Speedway

 

PORC Club Members Michelle Bruce - Jay "WildChild" Bruner - Gary Roe

The Official Stock Car Bar of the Peoria Oldtimers Racing Club 

  

   

 

 

 

The 2009 INDUCTION Party was a Huge Success

Thanks to Everyone Who Attended  !!!

It was a Packed House at the

PORC INDUCTIONS CEREMONY & PARTY

at Mooney's Pub in Peoria on January 17

 

    

The '2009' INDUCTEES 

    
Jim & Carol Carter of Pekin
                                                          
The Late Alice Crowe of Peoria
                                                          
Bobby Cowell Sr. of East Peoria
                                                          
Larry Reeder Jr. of Norwood
                                                          
Roger Sollenberger of Brimfield
                                                          
Wally Zander of Pekin
                                                          
Brad & Vicki Willis of East Peoria
                                                           
Michelle Bruce of Peoria
 
 Inductee Photos Below   

 Jim and Carol Carter - Hall of Fame Inductees

 

Larry Reeder Jr. - Hall of Fame Inductee

 

Bobby Cowell Sr. - Hall of Fame Inductee

 

Brad and Vicki Willis - Hall of Fame Inductees

 

Roger Sollenberger - Hall of Fame Inductee

   

Wally Zander - Hall of Fame Inductee

  

Michelle Bruce - Hall of Fame Inductee

 

The Late Alice Crowe - Hall of Fame Inductee

 

 

Cyndi Shannon - Voted Most Popular Official at Peoria Speedway

 

Todd Bennett - Voted Most Popular Driver at Peoria Speedway

 

         Aerial View of Peoria Speedway from 1971 - Before the Devastating Flood of 1974

 

 
The World Famous Peoria Speedway
 
Located at 3520 West Farmington Road in Peoria Illinois
Celebrating 62 Years of Stock Car Racing in 2009
 

 Where Did You Sit Back Then - in 1971

On the Front-Stretch Chairs or the Back-Stretch Bleachers  ???

 < Back-Stretch Bleachers      -      Farmington Road      -      Front Stretch Grandstands >

 

 

 This is What the Stock Cars Looked Like in 1950 thru 1958 at Peoria Speedway

 

 

Our Very First Stock Car Champion at Peoria Speedway

 

 1950 Point Champion

 1951 Point Champion

 1952 Point Champion

 

                                

 

                       

 

 

 

 

 1958 Point Champion

In Memory of 

Jerry Roedell

1961 Illinois State Champion

 1960 Point Champion

 

 Jerry Roedell was Honored as the Most Popular Driver of All Times at Peoria Speedway

                              

 

 1962 Illinois State Championship Drivers with Trophies

Winner - Ben Hofer (Center) of Rock Island Illinois

 

 

                              

 

 

 Vance Goujon #133 Wins a Checkered Flag in the Old Amatuer Division

 

 

 

 

 Senior Members and INDUCTEES of the Peoria Oldtimers Racing Club

 

 

 

 

TheVintage Stock Cars of the Shannon Family

 

 

Stevie Shannon Above Wins the 2008 Vintage Illinois State Championship in Herb Jr's 57' Chevy

Below is Car # 15 Owner Herb Jr. Winning the Illinois State Championship in 2007

 

Herb Sr. with the Shannon Boys

Even DK (Donna) Herbs Sr's Wife (3rd. from Left) Races and Wins in the Vintage Class

 

 HALL of FAME Member Larry Reeder Sr. Presents Herb Shannon with the

DRIVER of the CENTURY AWARD from the PEORIA OLDTIMERS RACING CLUB

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of the Best Stock Car Drivers in the World

Passed By These Flags of Lloyd Ewing of Kewanee Illinois

 

 In Memory of

An OUTSTANDING STARTER-FLAGMAN at PEORIA SPEEDWAY in 1955 thru 1974

Lloyd Ewing

In Memory of the Strube Brothers

                          

 

1996 at Peoria Speedway

Jim Strube was the Very First INDUCTEE into the PORC "HALL of FAME" 

 

 

 

 

 Young Al Terrell and His #7 1955 Chevrolet in 1957

 

 

 Al Dew #82 and His 1955 Chevrolet in 1964

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Of Course You Do - It's Smilin' Ed Bolen #24 Mustang

 

 

Lynn Wilson # 44 - 1956 Chevrolet - Lexington Illinois - Above in 1964

Lynn Wilson # 44 - 1967 Chevelle - Below in 1969

                   

 

 In Memory of Kenny Sparks #29 Pontiac

                                        

 

 

  

 In Memory of Don McMahill

 

  

 In Memory of Johnny Coonce and Chuck Taylor

 

 

 In Memory of Ronnie Weedon

 

 

 

            Remember these Great Stock Car Drivers from the Past at Peoria Speedway

 

 

 

Kenny Sparks # 29 Pontiac Amatuer (2nd. from Left) - 1964

Gary Walker # 21 Plymouth Amatuer (Far Left)

 

 

Kenny Sparks # 29 Plymouth Wins Again in the Amatuer Division - 1963

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Bob Graham # 26 Amatuer - 1953 Ford - Farmington, Illinois - 1962

 

 

 

 Francis "Wild Man" Kelly #25 Pontiac Coupe - Macomb Illinois