PA STOCK CAR RACING PHOTO ALBUM 227 PHOTOS 1950-1958 WALTER CHERNOKAL FAMOUS SHORT TRACK RACE PHOTOGRAPHER Start Price USD 6,699.99 Current Price USD 6,699.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, July 23, 2008 End Time Tuesday, July 29, 2008 Location Pennsylvania See more about 'PA STOCK CAR RACING PHOTO ALBUM 227 PHOTOS 1950-1958' Description This album was compiled by LeRoy Stoudt during the era of 1950-1958. The cover is titled "Stock Car Auto Raceing (sic)". This is a large, thick, & impressive album. The album measures 14 5/8" by 11 1/2" by 2 5/8" thick. There are all sorts of different sizes of photos in the album. But, the most frequently encountered size present in this album is the 7" long by 5" wide size.The amazing drama & danger of the stock car races is captured in its full glory through this phenomenal collection of racing photos. A large number of the photos show accidents & wrecks. A highly detailed & revealing capsule of this wonderful & quite dangerous 1950's era of stock car racing. There are a total of approximately 227 different photos in the album. All of the photos have the original informative inked notations. Many of the photos have detailed inscriptions relating to the specific accident &/or race that the car was in & exactly what occurred during the race &/or accident.The vast majority of the photos were taken by Walter T. Chernokal (1924-2004) who was a regular columnist on racing for the Chester Times and the Area Auto Racing News. His work was also seen in the late Illustrated Speedway News and the National Speed Sport News. He was a prize-winning photographer for the Delaware County Daily Times Newspaper of Chester, PA and a historian of U.S. short-track racing. He was also a founder and race official of the American Racing Association sprint car group in the fifties. Many of the photos were hand colored by LeRoy Stoudt. A small number of the photos were taken by other photographers. In addition to the approximately 227 original photos there are also a small number of clippings showing race cars from magazines or newspapers.From a writeup of Past Masters in stock car racing on crucean.com is the following information about photographer Walter Chernokal: "Walter Chernokal: Chernokal was a writer, promoter, official and announcer in addition to being an award winning news photographer for the Chester, PA Times. He was also a veteran AP stringer. He was active primarily in the east from “about 1950 to maybe the early 90's” according to his son, Jim. His career also took him to Indy on several occasions. His work includes AAA, USAC, URC, ARDC and jalopies. An early proponent of motor driven cameras (Robot then Nikon equipment), Chernokal was able to capture several of racing's iconic images, having two published by Life Magazine including his famous Charlie Musselman flip sequence at Langhorne in 1957. Life also published Roger McCluskey's flip at Reading in 1965. In terms of national exposure, Chernokal may be auto racing's greatest lensman. All of his work was 35mm and black & white. He was a championship bowler and won many awards with his ping pong skills during the war. Eighty year old Chernokal died in 2004. Presently his son owns his negatives."There are also numerous newspaper clippings about various stock car races & accidents. The clippings which relate to the specific cars shown from the specific races are, for the most part, on the same page as the relevant photos. There are also many race tickets & ticket stubs. There are approximately 42 racing tickets or racing ticket stubs.Some of the tickets are for Grand National Nascar Races including May 1951, Sept. 1952, Sept. 1953, Sept. 1954, Sept. 1955, Sept. 1956. There is a notation which reads "Langhorne Speedway Late Model Stocks Sanctioned by NASCAR Sun. Sept. 20-1953 250 mi. race on one mi. dirt track won by 120-Dick Rathman 53-Hudson, 2nd place 92-Herb Thomas -53 Hudson, 3rd place-12 Speed & Thompson 53 Olds 88". This notation is next to the Sept. 1953 250 Mile Grand National Circuit Late Model Race ticket.Inscriptions by LeRoy Stoudt who compiled the album are on the first interior page and are shown in photo #s 2, 3, and 4 of the slide show: The album was inscribed as follows: "The racing photos in this album were colored by myself, LeRoy Stoudt, and are a record of the different races and race tracks I've been to see. All these accidents happened at these different tracks when I as a fan of the automobile racing sport was present. All photos were taken by Walter T. Chernokal, 932 W. 9th St., Chester, Pa except photos of the thrill shows. Joie Chitwoods Auto Daredevils B. Ward Beams Champion Daredevils" "This album is the property of LeRoy Stoudt, Gilbertsville. Pa." A photo of Joie Chitwoods is shown in the photo on page #4 of the slide show.Due to the impracticality of putting images of every page of the album onto the ebay listing page, we have created a slide show of all of the pages of the album on a Squidoo page.One hundred and five photos of spreads and closeups of photos show all of the interior pages except for a few blank pages. There are a number of closeup photos. Click here for the slide show and pass your cursor over any slide show image to bring up the controls for the slide show to control the speed of the show and to access more information.You can set the speed of the slide show with the controls. If you click any of the photos, you will see more information on that image.The following was written by LeRoy Stoudt on an interior page, This inscription is shown in photo #s 87 and 89 of the slide show: "Stock car auto racing was discontinued at the Sanatoga Speedway because of a contract disagreement between Geo. Marshman promoter and the Pottstown Allstar Stock Car Racing Ass. Racing was to resume but it hasn't for 1957. Also not in 1958. Below are the point standing at the end of the racing. Note the Allstars are running at Dorney Park Speedway for the remainder of 1957 and also 1958 and at Hatfield Hi Speedway. No racing at Sanatoga Speedway. LeRoy."Below is a sample of some of the very interesting inscriptions on the photos. All of the slide show photos mentioned below can be enlarged for viewing. The numbers (#s) refer to the numbers we have assigned to the photos of the slide show. The numbers DO NOT relate to the positions that the photos appear in the album. Some of our pics of these photos are in this listing. But, you will need to view the slide show to see all the pics in this wonderful & historical archives of the 227 photos that are in the album.Slide show photo #9 is inscribed "Dan Smoyer driving Harvey Richards 30, July 22-1950 Sanatoga Speedway". Slide show photo #19 is inscribed at top "Pitman N. J." & there is a note below "This is No. 17 owned by Montgomery Bros. Garage Norristown, Pa. it was a completely new car being driven in races for the first time at the Alycon Speedway Pitman, New Jersey on Fri. night August 3-1951 it skidded jumped the guard rail and crashed into a tree completely demolishing the car the driver was Bob Montgomery he was uninjured".Slide show photo #22 is inscribed "This bit of action took place on the back straightaway during the running of the 1st heat cars involved were 44-Felty, 00-Haldmen and 296-Boyer pinned against fence Aug. 29-51 Sannatoga Speedway". Slide show photo #26 is inscribed Mose Moore from Pottstown, Pa. in his famous new 65 won the 100 lap championship feature on Sept. 3-1951 Labor day evening ( he is shown with trophy he also received )".Slide show photo #29 is inscribed "71 Harvey Moore and 65 Mose Moore got tangled and both crashed into the fence on the third turn during the running of the 2nd semi-final Harry and Mose Moore are brothers September 22-51 Sanatoga Speedway". Slide show photo #31 is inscribed "This is part of the Destruction Derby of Oct. 14-51 an event that is fast becoming popular with the fans at Sanatoga Speedway 1X Wayne Carl was the winner of this event".Slide show photo # 33 is inscribed "7X-Rodenber Receiving the Championship Trophy after winning 150 lap champ race Oct. 21-51". Slide show photo # 34 is inscribed "9-Beard 100-Cleaver hit No. 44-Smoyer after the latter spun on the 4th turn during the running of the 50-lap consulation for lowest point men during the championship races Oct. 21-51". Slide show photo #35 is inscribed "5-0 P. Gregory of 0" team and 00 Haldeman of M team as they crashed on 4th turn during the running of the 200 lap team race".Slide show photo #36 is inscribed "5-0 Paul Gregory after a wheel tore loose on the 3rd turn during the running of the 200 lap team race". Slide show photo #38 is inscribed "Rod Lesher Reading, Pa.' & marked below photo is "4th place with 1556 points #82". Slide show photo # 39 is inscribed "Dave Haldman driver of "00" now driving the new "46" all points for the 1951 season were won while he was driving his old car "00" & marked below photo is "8th place with 1013 points #46". Slide show photo #41 is inscribed "7-Jack Rudy winner of the 25 lap feature event April 20, 1952 Sanatoga Speedway".Slide show photo #43 is inscribed "The Flameing Tunnel". This photo has a printed marking in the bottom right corner "Moss Photo N. Y." This is one of the very few photos in the album that was NOT taken by Walter T. Chernokal. The vast majority of the photos were taken by Chernokal. The next three photos mentioned were also by Moss. Slide show photo #45 is inscribed "Broad jump over passenger bus". 1952 & is marked "Moss Photo N. Y.". Slide show photo #46 is inscribed "Head on collision at 45 M.P.H." & is marked "Moss Photo N. Y." Slide show photo # 47 is inscribed "Man over man on motorcycles" & is marked "Moss Photo N. Y."Slide show photo #55 is inscribed "This bit of action took place on the homestreach near starting line cars involved are 8-Peter's 27 Mose Moore this happened while running the 1st semi-final Aug. '52". Slide show photo #62 is inscribed "0-0 Wild Bill Smith as he flipped on the 2nd turn while running the feature event May 29-1953 (Lew Mood in back round) Alycon Speedway Pittman, N. J. May 29 1953 ". Interestingly, this photo also has a neat "Walter T. Chernokal Chester, Pa." signature marking in the negative.Slide show photo #65 is inscribed "This happened on the 3rd lap of the 25-lap feature on the 1st after car #11 Martar flipped the other in trying not to hit 11 plowed into each other the results were about 10 cars crashed cars involved were as follows-1 Jack McLaughlin 24-Stokes 011-Steve Elias 00-Lew Mood 779-Bob Alcorn 88-Delsi Aug. 7-1953 Fri.-Nite Alcycon Speedway Pitman, N. J."The following was written by LeRoy Stoudt on an interior page, This inscription is shown in slide show photo #s 87 and 89: "Stock car auto racing was discontinued at the Sanatoga Speedway because of a contract disagreement between Geo. Marshman promoter and the Pottstown Allstar Stock Car Racing Ass. Racing was to resume but it hasn't for 1957. Also not in 1958. Below are the point standing at the end of the racing. Note the Allstars are running at Dorney Park Speedway for the remainder of 1957 and also 1958 and at Hatfield Hi Speedway. No racing at Sanatoga Speedway. LeRoy.The album shows much wear & in period use. There are some in period reinforcements to the corners of album covers. A few interior pages have a few taped repairs. All the album pages are browned with age. Many of the album pages have chips, tears, & are somewhat brittle here & there. We have taken 11 photos, chosen at random, out of the album to look to see if there are any markings on the backs. We found one photo back marked with Walter T. Chernokal's rubber stamping on the back. We did not bother to check any more backs. Some of the backs have two tiny paper hinges at the left & right edges to hold the photos into the album in addition to the four corners. The photos slide out smoothly & are not attached to the four corners. The two tiny hinges at the sides can be separated carefully from the page which leaves just two tiny paper hinge residue spots on the photo back. Actually, all of the photos should be left in the album. We just wanted to provide a very accurate & detailed description so we took a few photos out for examination. Most of the photos, which are of course the most important part of the album, are generally in excellent condition! The condition of the album is visible in the many photos that we have provided. A wonderful, exciting, & informative document of 1950's racing history!!We guarantee this item to be original as described & we offer a full & prompt refund if you are not satisfied & if the item is returned in the same condition within 3 days of receipt. If you have any additional questions please email us at imajgin@aol.com.Buyer pays $50.00 for U.S. Mail registered insured. PA residents add 6% sales tax or provide a valid resale number. Immediate shipment upon receipt of money order or cashier's check. Allow 10 days to clear prior to shipment on other checks. Shipping to other countries will be more & will be buyer's responsibility. 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