yesterday’s
DIRT Photos: Dan DeMarco
Hall of Famer and Super Dirt Week champion Kenny Brightbill in the 19 on the grid at Syracuse beside the Mustang ll of another Hall of Famer and Super Dirt Week champion Dick “Toby” Tobias.
A DIRT TRACK LEGEND: THE FORD PINTO In the Shooter At Large portion of this issue, we feature the work of Dan Demarco, a Pennsylvania-based photographer that has been shooting race cars since 1975. Demarco fell in love with racing watching the modifieds in the early 1970s in his home state as the division transitioned from coupe and coach style
bodies into the popular models of the day like Mustangs, Corvairs, Camaros, Vegas or the most popular – the Gremlin. Another popular choice of the modifieds of the day was the Ford Pinto. The Pinto is a car that forever lives on in infamy as the butt of jokes but no one was laughing at these Pintos!
One of the top midget drivers of the era, Jimmy Kirk, behind the wheel of the number 1 at the Reading Fairgrounds.
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DIRT EMPIRE MAGAZINE • ISSUE 06 - 2021
