1964 Pittsburgh 200

1964 Pittsburgh 200 at Heidelberg Raceway
Thanks to Ken M. and Heidelberg Raceway Facebook page
If you have any interesting facts or information (start order/finish order) pertaining to this video, pm me and I will add the information to the description.

[@dalemarizzaldi1212]

great video. thank you. i grew up there. my dad was part owner of the poor boys racing team driven by kenny hemphill. he went from rookie to points champion in one year 1972

[@DDS029]

Holy hell, to see this? What a trip down memory lane. Although I never made it to Heidelberg, I've heard enough stories. Joy Fair, Wayne Bennett, Dick Mitchell, Danny Byrd (with his Edsel), Bob Fredricks, and more. In later years add in, Ray Nece, Erv Baumgarten, Wade Horne. The list goes on. These were the guys I watched at Mt. Clemens Race Track in Michigan mostly, and other S.E. Michigan, N.W. Ohio area. The 98 of Wayne Bennett was the car Benny Parsons got his start in. They built a new car for Wayne, put a small block in this car for Benny drive in the Sportsman and Figure 8, to have him do some learning. After awhile, they put a big block back in it, changed the number to 89, and put it back in the Super Stocks with Benny ready to move up. When Wayne quit racing, Benny took over the primary car, the newer 98, an the rest is history. The yellow 98 that Benny became associated with until he started driving for others in NASCAR, was from this car. Got to know Norm Benning Jr., when I was with ARCA. First as a crew member, then an inspector.

[@TheBlade1952]

Brings back memories. Thanks for the posting.

[@sparkdog11]

I lived in Mt Lebanon in 1960-65. I could see the racetrack lights from the hill I lived on. At the bottom of the hill was Heidelberg in a valley. I'll guess it was a mile away. The only time I went down there, I was 12-15, was to watch about 10,000 motorcycles descend on the city. It was awesome. Maybe someone knows something about this. I used to sit outside at night and on occasion I could hear the track.

[@gramhen]

Frank, Thanks for this. Do you have footage of the 1962 Tri-State Race, ? Did you race or were you a spectator.