Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Some familiar names?

5 comments:

drsprocket said...

Pee Wee is the only one in these two photos that I've heard of. He was a good speedway rider. Looks to be in the early 40's by the automobiles. Isn't that a 1941 ford on the right side?

poon said...

Wasnt Ernie Roccio a Boozefighter?

drsprocket said...

Poon, There was a Johnny Roccio. I wonder if this was a brother or another relation? I don't find an Ernie in the old roster.

Flathead Jedd said...

I'm pretty sure Ernie was his brother.

Anonymous said...

Yes brothers. Ernie ran a Moto Guzzi at Daytona in 1948. Nobody new what it was. All the guys in the photo were top notch racers. Pee Wee was also in the Putt Mossman show touring the world. Jimmie Gibb was from Vancouver BC. Still alive in So Cal. Last time I talked to him he was 97 DD