WAUKEGAN SPEEDWAY PHOTO SCRAPBOOK #2

Whitey Harris (#A3) battles with Roger Von Otto during open-wheel modified stock car action at Waukegan Speedway in 1970.  Harris claimed track championship honors that year in his Fred Nielsen-owned mount.
(Vince Mayer Photo)

Gino Wagner (#A4) stays low in the groove while battling with Russ Reynolds and Fred Zach (#60) during modified stock car action on the dirt at the Waukegan Speedway.
(Vince Mayer Photo)

Racer, sign painter and motorsports graphics artist, Art Dexter dreamt up the idea of Volkswagen racing at O’Hare Stadium in Schiller Park , Ill. in 1967.  Dexter, still active doing lettering, pinstriping, etc. at his Elgin shop, is seen here after winning a VW event at O’Hare in September of 1968—the final year of racing at the high-banked quarter-mile paved oval. 
(Photo from Art Dexter Collection)