The Drivers Some are still with us. Some are gone. None are forgotten....
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Glenn Robey "the 8 ball", not only still with us, he's still racin'!! Going on 72, I believe he is the oldest active racer in Nebraska, with the longest racing career. |
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Don Ronk, raced the coupes and Bronco class at Playland. |
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Frank Vandoorn, still around and restoring Studebakers. |
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Bobby Matson, a life long racer, still builds and owns racecars to this day. |
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Lynn Grabill, still around the Nebraska area. Lynn drove his last race three years ago (at age 60) in a modified midget, he is still active in racing. Lynn and his wife own a 360 sprint car. Theye race it in Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri. Son Kerry drives it which makes him the third generation of the family to drive a race car. Lynn's dad became the first when he raced at the Shelby County Fairgrounds 1/2 mile when he was a teenager back in the 30s. |
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Howard Koziol, still racing, drives a limited late model. Howard raced at Playland in it's final years. |
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Darrell Taylor,mostly drove a mini stock at Playland. Lives near Colorado Springs today. He has a beautiful sedan now. He |
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Dave Hellerich, living in Conrad Arkansas these days.
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Larry Osborn, raced the Bronco class at Playland.
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Ron Hoden, raced the coupes and Bronco as well as Super class at Playland.
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Al Franks, my Dad raced at Playland in the Bronco class. Dad also tried the GOTRA coupes once. |
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Dave Foote raced at Playland and Sunset. dave also contributed a great aerial shot of the track. | |||||
My friend, Dick Gappa, a Playland legend.
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Scott Furstenberg raced in 67 and 68 at Playland | ||||
Rich Ferguson still racing with GOTRA |
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Roy Robertson drove briefly and owned several cars at Playland, also negotiated the purse increase for bronco cars. | |||||
Bobby Parker midget king at Playland. |
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