1955 Willow Springs Grand National Race 3
1955 Willow Springs Grand National Race 3
Raw footage of 1956 Grand National Race 3 held at Willow Springs Speedway in Lancaster, California.
1955 Willow Springs Grand National Race 3
Panning TLS Scotty Cain racing 1956 Ford Fairlane #10 along Willow Springs Speedway in Lancaster, California. Panning TLS Jim Reed racing '56 Chevrolet One-Fifty #7. LS stock cars racing on winding blacktop racetrack, pan right with Johnny Mantz racing '56 Mercury Montclair #15. Panning TLS Len Fraker racing 1951 Hudson Hornet #43. Rear view LS stock cars racing, taking corner. Panning TLS Jim Cook racing '55 Plymouth Savoy #91, Bob Stanclift racing 1954 Dodge #77, Jim Reed racing '56 Chevy One-Fifty #7, Bill Hyde racing 1954 Oldsmobile #6, Johnny Mantz racing '56 Mercury Montclair #15, Scotty Cain racing '56 Ford Fairlane #10, Bill West racing 1953 Hudson Hornet #33, George Seeger racing '56 Ford Custom #99, Mel Larson racing '56 Ford Custom #55. "Willow Springs" card.
1955 Willow Springs Grand National Race 3
Panning LSs stock cars driving on pace lap at Willow Springs Speedway in Lancaster, California. Panning TLS/MS Chuck Stevenson racing 1956 Ford #22 along winding racetrack. Panning high angle LS Willow Springs Speedway. Rear view traveling shot of Marvin Panch racing '56 Ford #98 (the decals say it's a Thunderbird but it looks more like a Fairlane). LS/TLSs stock cars racing along winding racetrack. Panning LS Chuck Stevenson racing '56 Ford #22. TLS/LSs stock cars racing, taking corners. Panning TLS George Seeger racing '56 Ford #99, taking corner. LS Ernie Young racing 1952 Plymouth #41. Rear view LSs stock cars racing. LSs stock cars racing along winding racetrack.
1955 Willow Springs Grand National Race 3
Panning LSs Scotty Cain racing 1956 Ford #10, Johnny Mantz racing '56 Mercury Montclair #15 at Willow Springs Speedway in Lancaster, California. LSs stock cars racing. Panning TLS/LSs Johnny Mantz racing '56 Mercury Montclair #15. Head-on MS white man wearing old school helmet, driving car, night. Panning LS Bob Ruppert racing 1955 Chevrolet One-Fifty #49. Panning TLS Jim Blomgren racing '54 Mercury Monterey #89.
1955 Willow Springs Grand National Race 3
LS/TLSs Mercury-Lincoln Mexican Road Race truck hauling flatbed trailer carrying 1956 Mercury Montclair #15 stock car, arriving at Willow Springs Speedway in Lancaster, California. TLS/MS race car driver JOHNNY MANTZ shaking hands while walking through parking lot, then signing autographs. TLS/MSs Johnny Mantz driving '56 Mercury Montclair #15 from flatbed. TLSs Marvin Panch behind wheel of '56 Ford Thunderbird #98 parked near stakebed truck. Panning TLS/MSs Johnny Mantz driving, racing '56 Mercury Montclair #15.Panning TLSs Chuck Stevenson racing '56 Ford Fairlane #22, Jim Sills racing '55 Mercury #8, Jim Blomgren racing '54 Mercury Sun Valley #89, Erick Erickson racing unnumbered 1954 Buick Skylark, Johnny Mantz racing '56 Mercury Montclair #15 along winding racetrack.
1955 Willow Springs Grand National Race 3
TLS race car driver Chuck Stevenson standing beside 1956 Ford Fairlane #22 parked at Willow Springs Speedway in Lancaster, California. CU unidentified white man smoking cigarette. TLS two white male drivers standing beside stock cars. High angle LS racetrack. TLS/LS/MSs white men and women-- including some greaser types-- perched on hill overlooking racetrack, watching race. TLS/MSs professional race car driver JOHNNY MANTZ seated behind wheel of parked 1956 Mercury Montclair #15, smoking cigarette and talking with men. LS/TLSs pace lap, Jim Reed driving '56 Chevrolet in pole position. LSs early laps of stock car race. Panning TLSs Johnny Mantz racing '56 Mercury Montclair #15, Chuck Stevenson racing '56 Ford Fairlane #22 along blacktop racetrack. Panning LS Allen Adkins racing 1955 Dodge #2.
1955 Willow Springs Grand National Race 3
Rear view panning TLSs crowd standing near curvy blacktop racetrack, watching passing stock car race at Willow Springs Speedway in Lancaster, California. Panning TLSs Johnny Mantz racing 1956 Mercury Montclair #15, Chuck Stevenson racing 1956 Ford Fairlane #22, Bob Ruppert racing 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air #49, Bill Moore racing 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria #48, Marvin Panch racing 1956 Ford #98. LS/TLSs stock car race along winding racetrack in desert. Panning TLS/LSs Johnny Mantz racing '56 Mercury Montclair #15.
1955 Willow Springs Grand National Race 3
Panning TLS Len Fraker racing 1951 Hudson Hornet #43, Marvin Panch racing 1956 Ford Victoria #98 at Willow Springs Speedway in Lancaster, California. LS/TLSs 1956 Oldsmobile #1 reversing quickly off-track, turning around and then speeding back onto blacktop racetrack, passing camera. Panning LS Johnny Mantz racing 1956 Mercury Montclair #15. Panning TLS Dick Getty racing 1951 Ford Custom Tudor #90, Chuck Stevenson racing '56 Ford Fairlane #22. Panning LSs Johnny Mantz racing '56 Mercury Montclair #15, Jim Reed racing '56 Chevrolet Bel Air #7. Panning TLS Elgin Holmes racing 1955 Oldsmobile #40, Johnny Mantz racing '56 Mercury #15, Clyde Palmer racing '54 Oldsmobile #95, unidentified driver racing '56 Oldsmobile #1, Ernie Young racing 1952 Plymouth #41, Scotty Cain racing '56 Ford Fairlane #10.
1955 Willow Springs Grand National Race 3
Panning LS/TLSs Chuck Stevenson racing 1956 Ford Fairlane #22, Jim Reed racing '56 Chevrolet Bel Air #7, Bill West racing 1953 Hudson Hornet #33 at Willow Springs Speedway in Lancaster, California. LS Don Stanyer spinning out '55 Plymouth #27, then rejoining race. Panning LSs Jim Blomgren racing '54 Mercury #89, Tom Francis racing '54 Ford Custom #210, Bill West racing 1953 Hudson Hornet #33, Jim Cook racing '55 Plymouth Savoy #91, Gordon Campbell racing '53 Oldsmobile #5, Johnny Mantz racing '56 Mercury Montclair #15, Bill Stammer racing '55 Chevrolet Bel Air #12.
1955 Willow Springs Grand National Race 3
LS stock car spinning out off-track at Willow Springs Speedway in Lancaster, California. Panning MS Johnny Mantz racing '56 Mercury Montclair #15. Panning LS Clyde Palmer racing '54 Oldsmobile #95. LSs stock cars racing. LS Allen Adkins spinning out in '55 Dodge #2, then rejoining race. Panning LS Gordon Campbell racing '53 Oldsmobile #5, Bill Hyde '55 Ford Fairlane #6, Johnny Mantz racing '56 Mercury Montclair #15, Allen Adkins racing '55 Dodge #2, Jim Cook racing '55 Plymouth Savoy #91, Jim Reed racing '56 Chevrolet Bel Air #7, almost all hitting edge, kicking up dust. LSs tow truck pushing '55 Chevy Bel Air #49 off-track, then stock car rejoining race. Panning MS Bill Stammer driving '55 Chevrolet Bel Air #12 off-track, swerving away from camera, driving back onto racetrack.
1955 Willow Springs Grand National Race 3
Great LS Bill Hyde spinning out 1954 Oldsmobile #6, swerving off-track near sharp turn, coming to complete halt, then speeding back onto track at Willow Springs Speedway in Lancaster, California. Panning TLS Bill Stammer racing '55 Chevrolet Bel Air #12 off-track after sharp turn, swerving, then speeding back into race. Panning TLS Mel Larson racing '56 Ford Fairlane #55 off-track near turn, then speeding back onto track. Panning TLS/LSs Johnny Mantz racing '56 Mercury Montclair #15. LSs stock cars skidding out of control on and off racetrack. Panning MS Bill West racing '53 Hudson Hornet #33. LSs Jim Cook stuck in dirt, then racing '55 Plymouth Savoy #91.
1955 Willow Springs Grand National Race 3
Panning LSs Jim Blomgren racing 1954 Mercury #89, Clyde Palmer racing '54 Oldsmobile #95, Gordon Campbell racing '53 Oldsmobile #5, Bill West racing '53 Hudson Hornet #33, Bill Stammer racing '55 Chevrolet Bel Air #12, Eddie Pagan racing '55 Chevy Bel Air #45. Panning TLS/LSs Bob Ruppert racing '55 Chevrolet #49. LSs stock cars racing around corner, swerving around skidded-out stock car that reverses, rejoins race. LS crowd gathered on hill. TLS Scotty Cain driving '56 Ford Fairlane #10 off-track, then back onto track. Panning TLSs Bill Hyde racing '54 Oldsmobile #6, Johnny Mantz racing '56 Mercury Montclair #15, Marvin Panch racing '56 Ford #98, Chuck Stevenson racing '56 Ford Fairlane #22, Jim Sills racing '55 Mercury #8 around corner, sharp bend. Panning TLS '54 Oldsmobile #6 spinning backward off-track near corner, Bill Hyde then speeding the car back onto racetrack. LSs stock cars racing, some skidding off-track. Head-on MS white man driving stock car, night. Panning MSs Chuck Stevenson racing '56 Ford Fairlane #22, Johnny Mantz racing '56 Mercury Montclair #15.