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NASCAR AND USAC RACING PHOTOS FROM 1971-1976

All photos by John Betts

We would like to thank John Betts for sharing these fabulous memories from the 70's with us. John attended a lot of NASCAR, ARCA and USAC races in the 70's and took lots of pictures.

Photos above are all from 1970 Michigan International Speedway, from left to right: #06 Neil "Soapy" Castles; Neil Castles behind pit wall;  Richard Petty and Dave Marcis behind the wall; a scene from the pits

The four rows of photos above are all from 1971 Michigan International Speedway.

From left to right top row: #4 John Sears; #18 Joe Frasson;  #0 George J. Altheide;  #99 Fred Lorenzen; 

Above left to right second row: The first two photos are #71 Bobby Isaaac; #43 Richard Petty; #18 Joe Frasson and #99 Don White coming into the pits; #50 1970 SuperBee driver unknown;

Above third row left to right: Racing action on MIS; Joe Frasson in the #18 Charger and Butch Hartman in the #75 Daytona;  Dave Whitcomb's #08 Daytona;  Butch Hartman's #75 Daytona

Above left to right fourth row:   #8 (red) Dave Whitcomb and #1(white)  Roger McCluskey;  #5 Don White in the pits; #1 (white) Roger McCluskey & #39 Paul Feldner in the pits;  #30 Walter Ballard and # 64 Elmo Langley and #4 John Sears;  #6 Pete Hamilton

The photos in the three rows above are all from 1972 at Michigan International Speedway. The second row of photos from left to right: Richard Petty; Richard Petty and David Pearson; Richard Petty and Jabe Thompson; #18 Joe Frasson.

The third row from left to right: Dave Marcis; #9 Pete Hamilton and Richard Petty; David Pearson and Richard Petty; #21 David Pearson & #48 James Hylton & #9 Pete Hamilton & #43 Richard Petty; #92 Larry Smith and #88 Ron Keselowski.

The photos above were all taken in 1973. In the top row left to right, these photos were taken at Michigan International Speedway: #75 Butch Hartman and #2 Roger McCluskey and #50 AJ Foyt;  #4 John Sears;  #2 Dave Marcis; #67 Buddy Arrington

The second row of photos were taken at Atlanta Speedway, left to right: #18 Joe Frasson; #79 Frank Warren and #21 David Pearson; #43 Richard Petty and #24 Cecil Gordon; #0 Eddie Bond

Third row: this photo was taken at MIS in 1973.

The photos in the rows above were all taken in 1974. First row from left to right: These photos were taken at the NASCAR race at Michigan International Speedway;  Singer Marty Robbins in his #42 pink Charger;  the next two photos show a contest between #21 David Pearson and Richard Petty

Second row left to right: These photos were all taken at the USAC race at MIS: #27 K. Rowley;  #51 (white) Bob Whitlow and #27 (yellow) K. Rowley and #68 (purple) G. Wroan;   #58 (white) Joe Booher and #15 (red) J. Banks; #71 Bobby Isaac and #19 (purple) Ron Keselowski and #2 (red) Ramo Stott and #75 (yellow) Butch Hartman and #05 (blue) John Martin and #5 (red/white-just visible at right side of photo) Paul Feldner

Third row left to right: More photos from the USAC race at MIS: #85 (blue/red) L. Austin and #51 (yellow) J. Sellers and #17 (blue) H. Cooper;  #51 Bob Whitlow; #28 AJ Foyt and #71 Bobby Isaac

The next group of photos above were taken in 1975 at the Darlington Rebel 400, from left to right: #15 (white) Buddy Baker and Richard Petty in the pits; G. C. Spencer and Darrell  Waltrip and Richard Petty in the pits; the last two photos show Richard Petty's Charger pitting.

The photos above were taken in 1975 at Michigan International Speedway: from left to right: #55 (red) John Banks and #79 (yellow) Frank Warren and #67 (red) Buddy Arrington;  #71 Bobby Isaac;  #02 Bobby Unser; #01 Earl Canavan

The photos above were all taken in 1976 at the Daytona 500 race. From left to right: Richard Petty and #2 (red) Bobby Allison and #21 (white/red) David Pearson and #72 (white/gold) Benny Parsons;  the next three photos show Richard Petty's wreck at the Daytona 500.

The four photos above show David Pearson's wreck at the 1976 Daytona 500.

The photos above were taken in 1976 at Michigan International Speedway. From left to right: #43 Richard Petty and #54 Lenny Pond in the pits; #02 Bobby Allison and Richard Petty; #32 Richard Brooks.