The club has held (3) meetings over this past winter & spring in forming the upcoming season, including this year's Central New York Stock Car Hall of Fame Induction. The 22nd Reunion will be held on September 17th at Midstate and will include some structured on track action for members and their cars. Should be a hoot! As in the past Inductions, this year's class is stellar - The CNYHOF flyer can be viewed here.
Several racing friends have recently passed: Gordy Isham Nov. 17th, 2016 Jerry Wisnoski Dec. 21st, 2016 Fran Kelly Dec. 21st, 2016 Bob Chick Dec. 25th, 2016 Carl Camenga Dec. 26th, 2016 Harold Sonnenberg Dec. 27th, 2016 MaryAnn Isham Jan. 1st, 2017 Ron Cook Jan. 21st, 2017 Stub Stevens Jan. 26th, 2017 Jim Wood March 7th, 2017 Nancy Schoonover March 31st, 2017 Irv Taylor April 29th, 2017 We'd like to offer our condolences to their families.
12/21/2016 MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!! RinR - Added Chuck Akulis Congratulations to John Mason on receiving the first awarded MASCC Presidents Award for outstanding support of the club - well deserved!
11/9/2016 Road Trips - CNYHOF & Heath Memorial I'm sorry to report that 2015 CNYHOF Inductee Bucky Dew passed on Sept. 19th, 2012 Inductee Willie Wightman passed on Oct. 25th and Gary Montgomery passed on Nov. 2nd. We'd like to offer our condolences to all of their families.
5/11/2016 I'm sorry to report that Dutch Hoag passed this Am. We'd like to offer our condolences to his family. As you know, Dutch won everywhere and not only was a great driver, but also a great ambassador of the sport. He too will be sorely missed. Calling hours are Friday 5/13/2016 from 5:00 to 8:00 PM @ Fagan's Funeral Home in Bath, NY. The funeral is Saturday @ 1:00 Pm at the Kanona Church. A dinner will be held at the Bath VFW following the service.
4/26/2016 I'm sorry to report that Bill Wimble passed on Sunday 4/24/2016. We'd like to offer our condolences to his wife Nancy and his family. Many of Bill's accomplishments are chronicled in the Fred DeCarr article. Bill was one of Modified Racing's Legends and will be sorely missed.
12/31/2015 I trust everyone had a Merry Christmas, and is looking forward to a Happy New Year. Watertown Speedway - Added Gene Haines pictures MVSCC - Some commentary on the demise of the Vintage club, and plans for the still existing Midstate Antique Stock Car Club
11/20/15 Road Trips - A brief synopsis of the 2015 season
9/14/2015 We're very sorry to hear of our friend and 2004 CNY HOF Inductee Bob Gibbs passing. His obituary can be viewed here. We'd like to offer our sincere condolences to his family.
9/12/15 CNY HOF Preview Updated with Admission Info - See you Saturday...
Also from the Race Report - Richie Evans is to be inducted at Watkins Glen this coming Friday the 18th:
If you're a Richie Evans fan, and most of us are, join the celebration Friday as "The Rapid Roman" is memorialized with a star on the Watkins Glen Walk of Fame. Evans, NASCAR's winningest Modified champion, will have his star unveiled at noon on Friday in front of the Watkins Glen Post Office, located at 600 N. Franklin Street. Several members of Richie's family will be on hand for the festivities. Evans will join many of motorsports greatest heros, including last year's star of Rusty Wallace.
Watkins Glen will be alive with racing history throughout the weekend, and more information about the Grand Prix Festival, including an online program, are available at www.grandprixfestival.com.
On Saturday the International Motor Racing Research Center (IMRRC) hosts a full day of slides... movies... and guest speakers including drivers who raced during the storied Can Am era at Watkins Glen, often referred to as "Thunder In The Glen." Presentations start at 9:00 AM and continue throughout the day, which includes a model car show of Can Am racers. The Can Am car driven by Vic Franzese will be on display at The Center. For more information log on to www.racingarchives.org.
8/28/2015 I'm Baaaaacckk... we're gearing up for our 20th annual Central New York Stock Car Hall of Fame Induction ceremony. For the first time, this event will be held over two days, September 19th and 20th with a Flea Market Saturday and the induction Sunday. Please see the FLYER for details. I will be updating the site with more details over the next few weeks.
2/17/2015 Guestbook - Harold Sager and Rollie Velte have passed.
9/7/014 Road Trips - Added Thunder Mountain CNYHOF Preview - Synopsis of our Inductees, mark your calender for September 21st and get to Midstate Speedway
8/10/2013 - It's that time of year again.. The 18th annual Central New York Stock Car Hall of Fame is set for Sept. 22nd. Check out the flyer here. More info forthcoming very soon...
7/11/13 Guestbook - Added post for Ford Easton's Cuba lake Re-Union
~ Happy Memorial Day! ~ 5/28/12 Fred Smith Photos - Updated Grab Bag Name that Photo - Added posts and new photos Guestbook - Sonny Wolfangle, Norm Norton and Bobby Cain have passed, added SAM NASCAR Exhibit info and Bobby Cameron photos Road Trip - Norwich More later tonight...
4/23/2012 I'm sorry to report that Don Diffendorf has passed. I'd like to offer my condolences to Shirley and his family. Rest in Peace Don.
8/27/2011 Fred Smith Photos - Updated Grab Bag Name that Photo - Added posts and new photos Guestbook - Added posts and photos Road Trips - Thunder Mountain, Utica-Rome, Absolut Care, Skyview Drags and CRAP Speedway - including Ted Schmidt Photos from Penn Can Southern Tier Shoebox - New/Old stuff from the 1970's era in the Southern Tier that you add the info to..take two..
1/23/2011 The conversion to 'Racing in Retrospect' is nearly complete. I've updated or revised many of the pages to reflect that this site is no longer the official website of the MASCC, my explanation and mission statement can be found here. I almost used this as my index but decided it would be more politically correct to stick with R in R... Revised pages are as follows: Road Trips - Replaces Event Reports. Share our recent racing finds. Event Reports is Achived and linked on the page as well. History - This is now the Ackerman Racing Team's History, MASCC Hx is linked as well (but you'll have to read ours to find it...) Schedule - This will now be the 'Tentative' Schedule of events we will attend this summer, we're 'Free Agents'. Cars-R-Cars - Replaces the 3 classes of Members, Our Cars and some of our Peers, added Suzy 0, McClure 15 & Shirley 99. Merchandise - Linked to Cafe Press so if you still want a MASCC T-Shirt you can get one. Contact Us - Revised. GuestBook - Revised and Posts added. Credits/Sources - Revised Odds & Ends - Revised, Projects Revised and I'm just getting started... Links - Revised FlatTech - Revised, removed 6 cylinders. Racing in Retrospect - Revised. Site Map - Revised. Fred Smith Photos - Updated Grab Bag Name that Photo - Added posts and new photos Memorabilia - Added 101 & 32 Models to Page 2 Langhorne Speedway - Updated Larry Mickelson Photos, Page 2 Cliff Kotary - Updated and added photos
1/16/2011 Events - Added MASCC "Fall" meeting, archived 2010 Events Cliff Kotary - Added 'Pioneer' Induction speech and photos. Guestbook - Archived 2010. Updates - Archived 2010. Name that Photo - Added posts and new photos. Grab Bag - Added photos. Many changes are in store for this site.