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THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE PREVIEW THE WATKINS GLEN VINTAGE GRAND PRIX AND FESTIVAL.
WE ALSO GO TO THE CRYSTAL CITY FERRARI SHOW.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SYRACUSE NATIONALS. WE TALK WITH SHOW DIRECTOR ROB O'CONNER. JOE ALSO TALKS WITH PAUL PUZZA ABOUT THE BRUSHSTROKE FESTIVAL PINSTRIPPING AND ARTIE SCHILLING ABOUT HIS NEW RADIO VENTURE. NEW AT THE NATIONALS THIS YEAR IS THE CANTECH EXOTIC CAR EXHIBIT. ROCCO CANETTA FROM CANTECH TELLS US ABOUT SOME OF THE PORSCHES, FERRARIS , BMWS AUDI AND McLARENS IN THE EXHIBIT.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP WE REVIEW THE SAHLEN 6 HOUR AND WEATHERTECH 240 RACES AT WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL.
WE ALSO CHAT WITH ROB O'CONNER ABOUT THE SYRACUSE NATIONS AND MICHEAL PRINTUP ABOUT THE RETURN OF FORMULA 1 CARS TO WATKINS GLEN.
JOE TAKES A LOOK AT A COUPLE OF CAR RAFFLES AND PREVIEWS THE NEW ENGLAND GRAND PRIX AT LIME ROCK PARK AND THE SARATOGA AUTO AUCTION.
CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP IS BACK! THIS WEEK WE'LL TALK MIKE GARDNER FROM WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL ABOUT THE EXCITING UPCOMING SEASON AT WGI. WE'ALSO PREVIEW THIS SUNDAY'S EUROCAR 2021 SHOW WITH PETE SANDBORN FROM THE EUROPEAN MOTORCAR CLUB OF CENTRAL NEW YORK.
JOE WILL ALSO TELL US ABOUT SOME FUTURE EVENTS AND CCR GUESTS. ALSO IN THE WORKS IS A NEW SHOW ABOUT HISTORIC AUTO RACING.
WELCOME IN THE NEW WITH A PREVIEW OF SOME OF THE MAJOR 2020 EVENTS. WE ALSO PAY TRIBUTE TO MR. NEW YEARS EVE, GUY LOMBARDO. WE ALSO REMEMBER TWO OF THE GIANT IN THE CENTRAL NEW YORK CAR CULTURE , WALTER MILLER AND BOB O'CONNER WHO RECENTLY PASSED ON.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE GO DRAG RACING IN NEW YORK CITY WITH THE E-85s, PREVIEW THE MICHAEL ARGETSINGER SYMPOSIUM AT THE IMRRC AND THE LOST SPEEDWAYS PROGRAM AT THE SARATOGA AUTO MUSEUM. JOE TALKS WITH JC AND DUKE ARGETSINGER ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM. ALSO TELL ABOUT ROGER PENSKE'S PURCHASE OF THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY AND THE INDY CAR SERIES. WE SALUTE OUR VETERANS WITH A RIDE IN PRIVATE MALONE'S CORVETTE.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE REVIEW THE WINGS & WHEELS ABD WINDMILL MARKET SHOWS. WE ALSO PREVIEW THE LOST SPEEDWAYS PROGRAM AT THE SARATOGA AUTO MUSEUM AND SOME FALL CAR RAFFLES.
KIP ZEITER FROM THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH CENTER STOPS BY TO TELL US ABOUT THE CENTER'S OPEN HOUSE AND FERRARI RAFFLE.
JOE TAKES A LOOK AT THE CARS OF PRESIDENT DONALD TROMP.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE REVIEW THE WATKINS GLEN VINTAGE FESTIVAL AND VINTAGE GRAND PRIX. WE ALSO LOOK AHEAD TO THE SARATOGA AUTO AUCTION AND THE WINGS AND WHEELS SEAPLANE AND CAR SHOW IN HAMMONDSPORT. JOE TALKS WITH CAMERON DUNLAP FROM WINGS & WHEELS.
FALL IS HERE AND SOME OF OUR FAVORITE LATE SEASON CAR SHOWS INCLUDING THE JORDAN FALL FESTIVAL AND THE WINDMILL MARKET SHOWS.
IT'S THE SEASON FOR CAR RAFFLES. JOE TELLS YOU WHERE YOU CAN WIN A MUSTANG, CORVETTE, FERRARI OR MASERATI.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE REVIEW THE NORTHEAST GRAND PRIX AT LIME ROCK PARK. JOE TALKS DUNE BUGGUES WITH JEAN COURTWRIGHT AND MARK FIZZICARO FROM THE MANX CLUB.
WE ALSO PREVIEW THE FRANKLIN TREK AND THE BOWLING AT THE GLEN NASCAR TRIPPLE HEADER.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE WELCOME THE SYRACUSE NATIONALS TO TOWN.
JOE TALKS WITH LIME ROCK PARK PRESIDENT SKIP BARBER ABOUT THE NORTHEAST GRAND PRIX.
THE VW BEATLE IS REMEMBERED AS THE LAST OF THE 3RD GENERATION BEATLES WAS BUILT IN MEXICO.
THE FRANKLINS ARE COMING TO CAZENOVIA. WE PREVIEW THE 50th ANNUAL FRANKLIN TREK.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP WE PREVIEW THE HOOSIER SCCA MAJORS WEEKEND AND THE SEHLEN 6 HOUR AT WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL. CHRIS DEMBS STOPS BY TO TELL US ABOUT THE 2019 THOUSAND ISLANDS CONCOURS AND JOE GIVES RUNDOWN OF CRUISE NIGHTS AND CARS & COFFEES IN THE CENTRAL NEW YORK AREA. JOE ALSO TELLS ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE MEDAL OF FREEDOM AWARD FOR ROGER PENSKE.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE PREVIEW THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND RACING EVENTS AND TV COVERAGE.
WANT TO OWN A FERRARI OR A MASERATI? HOW ABOUT A 66 MUSTANG OR A 55 T-BIRD? WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT SOME RAFFLES WHERE YOU CAN WIN ONE OF THESE CLASSIC CARS.
JOE ALSO PAYS TRIBUTE TO 3 TIME FORMULA 1 WORLD CHAMPION NIKI LAUDA WHO PASSED AWAY THIS WEEK.
CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP GOES TO THE NEW YORK AUTO SHOW. WE TALK MUSTANGS WITH FORD ENGINEER CARL WALDMAN, TOYOTA RACING WITH JOHN STEMBER , CLASSIC ITALIAN CARS WITH CARLY CONNERS FROM THE SARATOGA AUTO MUSEUM. JOE ALSO TAKES A LOOK AT THE KING OF SUVs WITH MICHAEL NORDSTRUM. TO HEAR THIS WEEK'S CAR SONG, YOU WILL HAVE TO GO TO THE CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP FACEBOOK PAGE.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE PREVIEW OPENING WEEKEND AT WATKINS INTERNATIONAL. KIP ZEITER WILL TELL US ABOUT THE MODEL CAR SHOW AT THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH CENTER. WE ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO THE GREEN GRAND PRIX , NEW YORK AND VETTES AT THE BEACH.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE PREVIEW THE OPEN WHEEL MADNESS PROGRAM AT THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH CENTER AND THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW. JOE REPORTS ON HIS TRIP TO THE CENTRAL NEW YORK MOTORSPORTS EXPO AND THE SYRACUSE INDOOR AUTO RACING CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT. THE NEXT EDITION WILL CELEBRATE CCR'S 10th ANNIVERSARY WITH SOME SPECIAL GUESTS.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE PREVIEW THE SYRACUSE MOTORSPORTS EXPO AND THE INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP RACES AT THE NEW YORK STATE FAIRGROUNDS. WE ALSO LOOK AHEAD TO THE NEW YORK INTERATIONAL AUTO SHOW , THE SYRACUSE MOTORAMA AND THE NEXT CENTER CONVERSATION AT THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH CENTER.
MICHAEL PRINTUP FROM WATKINS GLEN INTENRATIONAL WILL TELL US ABOUT THEIR JOINT PROMOTION WITH THE TIOGA DOWNS CASINO AND SOME OF THE EVENTS COMING UP AT WGI INCLIDING THE 50th ANNIVERSARY WOODSTOCK REVIVAL CONCERT.
WE CLOSE OUT 2018 WITH A LOOK AT SOME OF THE MAJOR EVENTS FOR THE COMING YEAR. JOE PAYS TRIBUTE TO MR. NEW YEARS EVE, GUY LOMBARDO.WE ALSO LEARN HOW FLOATS FOR THE ROSE BOWL PARAFDE ARE BUILT.
ONE OF OUR BIGGEST SHOWS EVER, ALMOST AN HOUR.
THIS WEEK WE HAVE A CAST OF HEAVY HITTERS. JOE TALKS WITH STEVE BUBB FROM THE CHRIS ECONOMACKI LIBRARY AT THE EASTERN MUSEUM OF MOTOR RACING.
AUTHOR AND HISTORIAN KARL LUDVIGSEN STOPS BY TO TELL US ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK ON LAND SPEED RECORD CAR BUILDER REID RAILTON.
HISTORIAN KEN PERROTTE WILL GIVE US A PREVIEW OF THE LOST SPEEDWAYS PROGRAM AT THE SARATOGA AUTO MUSEUM.
JOE PAYS TRIBUTE TO NASCAR LEGEND DAVID PEARSON AND TELLS ABOUT A RIDE HE ONCE TOOK IN THE CAR THAT PEARSON RAN IN THE TRANS-CANADA RALLY.
A BIG SHOW THIS WEEK!
WE PREVIEW THE MICHAEL ARGETSINGER SYMPOSIUM AT THE IMRRC WITH DUKE & J.C. ARGETSINGER.
HISTORIAN BILL GREEN STOPS BY FOR A CHAT ON THE 70 YEARS OF FERRARI.
JOE CELEBRATES HALOWEEN WITH HIS ANNUAL TRIP TO THE 13 CURVES OF CEDARVALE RD. AND A SPECIAL HALOWEEN SONG
CHECK OUT OUR CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP FACEBOOK PAGE FOR A VIDEO RIDE THROUGH THE 13 CURVES.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP WE LOOK BACK 70 YEARS TO THE FIRST WATKINS GLEN GRAND PRIX IN 1948 WILL BILL GREEN.
KIP ZIETER FROM THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH CENTER STOPS BY TO TELL US ABOUT RACETOBERFEST, THE CENTER'S CELEVRATION OF 70 YEARS OF RACING AT WG.
WE ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO THE RETURN OF RACING AT THE NEW YORK STATE FAIR GROUNDS AND PREVIEW THE WINDMARKET CAR SHOW.
JOE ALSO TELLS ABOUT A GREAT BOOK HE FROUND WHILE SCROUNGING THE SHELVES AT THE SALVATION ARMY STORE.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP WE TALK WITH CAM DUNLAP FROM THE WINGS & WHEELS SEA PLANE AND CLASSIC CAR SHOW. JEFF WHITESIDE FROM THE SARATOGA AUTO MUSEUM GIVES US A PREVIEW OF THE 2018 SARATOGA AUTO AUCTION.
WE ALSO LOOK AT SOME CAR RAFFLES AND A COUPLE OF EXCITING CAR SHOWS.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP WE PREVIEW THE WATKINS GLEN VINTAGE GRAND PRIX FESTIVAL AND THE US VINTAGE GRAND PRIX. OUR GUESTS ARE ARE MARYANNE MARTS FROM THE FESTIVAL COMMITTEE, KIP ZEITER FROM THE INTEERNAITONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH CENTER AND MIKE GARDNER FROM WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE PREVIEW THE LIME ROCK HISTORIC FESTIVAL WITH FESTIVAL CHAIRMAN MURRY SMITH AND THE PIRELLI WORLD CHALLANGE AT WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL WITH MIKE GARDNER.
JOE ALSO REVIEWS THE PEBBLE BEACH CONCOURS AND THE MONTEREY AUCTIONS.
HE ALSO TELLS HOW YOU CAN WIN A '64 1/2 MUSTANG AND AN 03 PORSCHE 911 CARRERA.
TODAY ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE PREVIEW THE CNY VOLKSWAGEN SHOW AND THE ANTIQUE BOAT MUSEUM'S NEED FOR SPEED CELEBRATION.
JOE TELLS US ABOUT THE "LET'S GO BOWLING AT THE GLEN" NASCAR WEEKEND AT WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL.
CAR NET TALK RADIO GOES TO WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL FOR A PREVIEW OF THE LETS GO BOWLING NASCAR WEEKEND.
WE TALK WITH JOHN HARBUCK ABOUT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN BOWLING AND NASCAR.
KIP ZEITER FROM THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH CENTER TELLS HOW YOU CAN WIN A CLASSIC 2003 PORSCHE CARRERA 4s
JOE RENEWS HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH MOTOR RACING NETWORK BROADCASTER STEVE POST. JOE & STEVE RELIVE THEIR DAYS WRITING FOR THE GATER RACING NEWS AND LOOK AHEAD TO HOW MOTOR SPORTS WILL BE COVERED IN THE FUTURE.
JOE ALSO TAKES A BREAK FROM THE ACTIVITIES AT THE TRACK AND STOPS FOR A BEER WITH JACK BRUBAKER AT THE SENECA LODGE.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP WE'RE FROM FERRARIS TO NASCAR TO ANTIQUE BOATS AND MOTORCYCLES.
MIKE GARDNER FORM WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL WILL PREVIEW THE FERRARI CHALLANGE AND NASCAR WEEKENDS.
BEN JOHNSON FROM THE CURTISS MUSEUM WILL TELL US ABOUT THE MUSEUM'S SUMMER MOTORCYCLE SHOW AND REBECCA HOPPFINGER FROM THE ANTIQUE BOAT MUSEUM IN CLAYTON, NY WILL TELL US ABOUT THEIR ANTIQUE BOAT SHOW AND AUCTION.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE SYRACUSE NATIONALS. JOE TALKS WITH NASCAR XFINITY SERIES DRIVER RYAN TRUEX AND WE PREVIEW THE FERRARI CHALLANGE AT WATKINS GLEN, ANTIQUE BOAT SHOW AT CLAYTON AND THE ANTIQUE MOTORCYCLE SHOW AT THE GLENN CURTISS MUSEUM.
WE ALSO TELL YOU HOW YOU CAN WIN A FULLY RESTORED 1964 1/2 MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE .
ANOTHER DIVERSIFIED PROGRAM ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP THIS WEEK.
WE REVIEW THE SAHLEN 6 HOURS OF WATKINS GLEN AND THE THOUSAND ISLANDS CONCOURS.
LOOKING AHEAD, WE PREVIEW THE SYRACUSE NATIONALS AND THE FINGER LAKES WINE FESTIVAL. BRAD PHILLIPS FROM THE WINE FESTIVAL STOPS BY TO TELL US ABOUT THIS FUN FILLED EVENT AT WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL.
JOE TALKS WITH RACING LEGEND DAVID HOBBS ABOUT HIS NEWLY PUBLISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY ENTITLED "HOBBO"
A BIG SHOW ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP THIS WEEK.
RYAN BECKLEY FROM EAST SYRACUSE-MINOA HIGH SCHOOL STOPS BY TO TELL US ABOUT THE SPARTAN GARAGE OPEN HOUSE & CRUISE-IN. RYAN WILL ALSO TELL US HOW YOU CAN WIN A FACTORY 5 COBRA REPLICA.
I TALK WITH ANDY LALLY FROM THE IMSA WEATHER TECH SPORTS CAR SERIES. ANDY TELLS US ABOUT HIS AUDI A 10 AND HIS PLANS FOR SOME NASCAR RACES.
IN 1934 , THE WINDS OF WAR WERE BLOWING IN EUROPE. HITLER AND THE NAZIS HAD TAKEN POWER AND WERE OUT TO SHOW GERMANY’S SUPERIORITY.
TO SHOW THE WORLD THAT GERMANY’S AUTO INDYSTRY WAS SUPERIOR, THE GOVERNMENT INVESTED VAST SUMS OF MONEY IN THE MERCEDES BENZ AND AUTO UNION RACING PROGRAMS. GERMANY’S TOP ENGINEERS AND DRIVERS WERE ENLISTED TO LEAD AN EFFORT TO DOMINATE THE RACING WORLD.
HISTORIAN DON CAPPS WILL TELL US ABOUT THIS EXCITING ERA AND ABOUT HIS TALK ON THE "SILVER ARROWS AT THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH CENTER.
WE ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME UPCOMING EVENTS IN THE CENTRAL NEW YORK AREA.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE PREVIEW THE EAST SYRACUSE MINOA HIGH SCHOOL SPARTAN GARAGE CRUISE IN AND OPEN HOUSE. RYAN BECKLEY STOPS BY TO TELL US ABOUT THIS YEAR'S ESM RAFFLE CAR.
WE GO TO WATKINS GLEN FOR TEST DAY WITH THE CADILLAC TEAM. TAYLOR RACING TEAM DRIVER REGNAR VAN DER ZA TELLS US ABOUT THE CARS A, HIS BACKGROUND AND HIS FUTURE PLANS.
CENTRAL NEW YORK CARS & COFFEE STARTS IT'S 7TH YEAR. MIKE MASTROCCO TELL US ABOUT HOW C&C HAS GROWN TO OVER 200 CARS.
JOE ALSO TAKES A LOOK AT SOME UPCOMING EVENTS INCLUDING THE WINDMILL MARKET CAR SHOW, THE AACA SHOW IN THE SHADE AND THE NEXT CENTER CONVERSATION AT THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH CENTER.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP WE PREVIEW OPENING WEEKEND AT WATKINS GLEN.
THE WEEKEND STRART OFF WITH THE GREEN GRAND PRIX FOR AULTURNATE FUELED VEHICLES AT WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL ON FRIDAY, THE 13TH. ALSO ON THE 13TH, THE 5TH ANNUAL MODEL CAR SHOW AT THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH CENTER OPENS. THE THEME IS 70 YEARS OF RACING AT WATKINS GLEN.
ON SATURDAY, THE 14TH AND SUNDAY, THE 15TH, YOU CAN TAKE 3 PACED LAPS AROUND THE 3.37 MILE CIRCUIT FOR A $25. 00 DONATION TO THE WATKINS GLEN R.A.C.E. FOUNDATION.
ON TODAY'S CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE'LL TALK WITH BOB GILLESPIE FROM THE GREEN GP, KIP ZEITER FROM THE IMRRC AND MIKE GARDNER FROM WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP WE GO TO THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW. WE TALK PEOPLE FROM GMC. PORSCHE AND CADILLAC. WE ALSO LEARN HOW YOU CAN GET A 2018 FIREBIRD TRANS-AM AND GO RACING WITH DAYTONA 24 HOUR AND SEBRING WINNER JORDAN TAYLOR.
This week on Classic Car Round-Up, we preview this weekend's Syracuse Motorama with Ed Suchon.
Sparky stops by to te tell us about the Old School/Rat Rod Round-Up at the Motorama and Mike Mastrocco tell us about EuroCar at the Motorama.
We also preview the New York International Auto Show and take a look at some upcoming events.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE REVIEW "WINTERCYCLE MANIA" AT THE GLENN CURTISS MUSEUM. JOE TALKS WITH SEVERAL OF THE SHOW PARTICIPANTS AND SHOW ORGANIZER BOB HARRIS.
WE ALSO LOOK AHEAD TO CAR SEASON WITH PREVIEWS OF THE SYRACUSE MOTORSPORTS EXPO, THE SYRACUSE MOTORAMA AND THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE LOOK AT THE WINTER CYCLETHERAPY MOTORCYCLE SHOW AT THE CURTISS MUSEUM WITH MUSEUM DIRECTOR BEN JOHNSON.
WE ALSO TALK WITH PAMELA YATES ABOUT HER PROGRAM AT THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH CENTER ENTITLED "LIFE LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD", THE LIFE AND TIME OF BROCK YATES.
KIP ZITER STOPS BY TO TELL US ABOUT HIS BUS TRIP TO THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW ON APRIL 4TH. WE ALSO LOOK AHEAD TO SOME OF THE UPCOMING CAR SHOWS.
IT'S CADILLAC DAY ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP TODAY. WE TAKE A LOOK AT CADILLAC'S 1-2 FINISH IN THE ROLEX 24 HOURS OF DAYTONA. WE ALSO TRACE THE HISTORY OF CADILLAC'S CREST EMBLEM.
DAN SIMONE FROM THE NASCAR HALL OF FAME STOPS IN TO TELL US ABOUT THE MANY ATTRACTIONS AT THE CHARLOTTE FACILITY.
WE ALSO PREVIEW THE UPCOMING CENTER CONVERSATION AT THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH CENTER. THE SUBJECT IS THE LIFE & TIME OF BROCK YATES.
We cover a lot of ground on this week's Classic Car Round-Up. We preview the Daytona Rolex 24 Hours. Joe also previews the Life & Time of Brock Yates program at the International Motor Racing Research Center.
We also remember racing icons Dan Gurney and Otto Linton with historian Bill Green. Joe also looks ahead to some spring shows.
Our Car Song of The Week is "Work'in At The Car Wash" by Jimmy Crochi.
WE CLOSE OUT 2017 ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP WITH A LOOK AT HOW THE FLOATS FOR THE ROSE PARADE ARE BUILT. JOE TALKS WITH WILL OLSTEDT FROM FIESTA PARADE FLOATS IN IRWINDALE, CALIFORNIA. WILL TELLS HOW A BARE TRUCK CHASSIS IS TURNED INTO ONE OF THOSE MAGNICICENT FLOWER COVERED FLOATS.
JOE REMEMBERS MR. NEW YEARS EVE, GUY LOMBARDO. BEST KNOWN FOR HIS MUSIC, LOMBARDO WAS ALSO A WORLD CLASS BOAT RACER FROM THE '30s TO THE '50s.
WE ALSO PREVIEW THE FIRST 2018 CENTER CONVERSATION AT THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH CENTER AND LOOK AHEAD TO SOME OF THE EARLY 2018 CAR SHOWS.
THIS WEEK IN CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE "WHEELS THAT WORK" EXHIBIT AT THE SARATOGA AUTO MUSEUM. WE ALSO DIG INTO THE ARCHIVES AND LISTENT TO JOE'S CONVERSATION WITH OFFICER ROBBIE MAHALCIA FROM THE NEW YORK AUTO SHOW ABOUT THE NEW YORK CITY'S EXHIBIT OF ANTIKE POLICE, FIRE AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
WE ALSO PREVIEW THE JANUARY CENTER CONVERSATION AT THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH CENTER AND TAKE A RIDE WITH TOBY KEITH IN THE "HOT ROD SLEIGH.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
One of our biggest shows ever. We'll take a look at the 200 mph Cadillac CTS-V.
For the lucky folks heading for Florida this winter, Tara Bush will tell us about her website flacarshow.com
Motor Racing Network's Steve Post stops by to tell us about his talk on race reporting at the International Motor Racing Center on Dec. 16th.
Glenda Gephardt from the Research Center offers some gift ideas from the Center's gift shop.
Joe also takes a look at one man's backyard race track.
HAPPY THANKSGING
A BUSY WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP.
JOE GIVES A REVIEW OF HIS VISIT TO THE EASTERN MUSEUM OF MOTOR RACING IN YORK SPRINGS, PA. AND TALKS WITH MUSEUM CURATOR AND SPRINT CAR RACING LEGEND, LYNN PAXTON.
KEN PERROTTE WILL TELL US ABOUT HIS PRESENTATION AT THE LOST SPEEDWAYS PROGRAM AT THE SARATOGA AUTO MUSEUM ON SATURDAY, NOV. 25TH. PERROTTE WILL SPEAK ON THE 1967 RACING SEASON. OTHER PRESENTATIONS AT THE LOST SPEEDWAYS PROGRAM WILL FOCUS ON THE LABOR DAY RACES AT THE SYRACUSE MILE AND A TALK BY IMSA RACER ROB DYSON.
WE ALSO TELL ABOUT THE SALE OF THE CNY MOTORSPORTS EXPO AND A PRIVIEW THE NEXT CENTER CONVERSATION AT THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH CENTER.
Today on Classic Car Round-Up we talk with Todd Milton about the Pine View Auto Country Club in Lafayette, NY. Don Capp from the Society of Automotive Historians gives a preview of the Michael R. Argetsinger Symposium at the International Motor Racing Research Center.
We also look back on 40 years of the Volkswagen GTI
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP WE TAKE OUR ANNUAL HALOWEEN TRIP TO THE 13 CURVES OF MARCELLUS WHILE WE LISTEN TO BARON DEMONE ALONG WITH SAM & THE TWISTERS AND THE BIGTREE SISTERS "TRANSYLVANIA TWIST" ON WNDR.
WE ALSO PREVIEW THE LOST SPEEDWAYS PRPGRAM AT THE SARATOGA AUTO MUSEUM, THE MICHAEL ARGETSINGER SYNPOSIUM AT THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE 2018 SCHEDULE AT WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL.
HAPPY HALOWEEN.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE PREIVEW THE NEXT INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH CENTER'S CENTER CONVERSATION PROGRAM WITH BILL GREEN.
THE LAST BIG SHOW OF THE SEASON, THE FALL WINDMILL MARKET CAR SHOW IS NEXT SATURDAY .
JOE TELLS ABOUT HIS VISIT TO THE SARATOGA AUTO MUSEUM CLASSIC CAR AUCTION AND THEN TAKES FOR A RIDE ON THE HISTORIC TACONIC PARKWAY IN EASTERN NEW YORK.
OUR CAR SONG OF THE WEEK TAKES ON ANOTHER ICONIC AMERICAN HIGHWAY. NAT KING COLE TAKES ON A TRIP TO L.A. ON RT. 66.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP WE REVIEW THE WATKINS VINTAGE FESTIVAL AND US VINTAGE GRAND PRIX. WE TALK WITH CONCOURS WINNER CRAIG COUMO.
JEFF WHITESIDE FROM THE SARATOGA AUTO MUSEUM GIVES US A PREVIEW OF NEXT WEEK'S SARATOGA MUSEUM AUTO AUCTION. THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH CENTER IS PLANNING A BUS TRIP TO THE EASTERN MOTOR RACING MUSEUM IN YORK SPRINGS. PA. ON OCT. 21st. KIP ZIDER TELLS US ABOUT THE MUSEUM AND HOW YOU CAN BE A PART OF THE TRIP TO THE EMMR. WE ALSO PREVIEW THE JORDAN FALL FESTIVAL CAR SHOW AND THE WINGS& WHEELS SEAPLANE HOMECOMING AND CAR SHOW IN HAMMONDSPORT, NY.
IT'S A FULL HOUSE ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP TODAY.
WE PAY TRIBUTE TO ONE OF THE FIRST LAND SPEED RECORD HOLDERS AND AVATION PIONEER GLENN CURTIS AS WE PREVIE THE HAMMONDSPORT WINGS AND WHEELS SHOW WITH CAMERON DUNLAP.
TRUCKS WERE FLYING AT WATKINS GLEN LAST WEEK. WE TALK ABOUT STADIUM SUPER TRUCKS WITH ROBBY GORDON.
TONY PARELLA WILL GIVE US A PREVIEW OF THE WATKINS VINTAGE GRAND PRIX AND TRAN-AM RACES.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONE DAY CAR SHOWS IN THE CENTRAL NEW YORK AREA IS THE JORDAN FALL FESTIVAL SHOW. DEBBIE McCORMICK STOPS BY TO TELL US ABOUT THE CAR SHOW AND THE 71st ANNUAL JORDAN FALL FESTIVAL.
IT'S A BIG SHOW ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST SHOWS EVER. JOE TALKS INDY CAR RACING WITH 2016 INDY CHAMPION SIMON PAEGNEAULT. WE ALSO PREVIEW THE VERIZON INDY CAR GRAND PRIX AT WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL.
WE PREVIEW THE WATKINS GLEN VINTAGE FESTIVAL AND US VINTAGE GRAND PRIX WITH MARYANNE MARTS FROM THE FESTIVAL ORGANIZATION, HISTORAN BILL GREEN AND TONY PARELLA FROM THE SPORTS VINTAGE RACING ASSOCIATION (SVRA)
JOE ALSO TALKS WITH MARIO ANDRETTI AT THE CAMERON ARGERSINGER AWARD DINNER.
WE ALSO PREVIEW SEVERAL OTHER LABOR DAY EVENTS INCLUDING THE LIME ROCK VINTAGE FESTIVAL, OSWEGO CLASSIC, CAR SHOWS AT FILMORE GLEN AND THE EMPIRE HAVEN NUDIST RESORD AND HEMMINGS MUSCLE PALOOZA MUSCLE CAR SPECTACULAR AT LEBANON VALLEY.
THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND IS COMING UP AND WITH ARE A NUMBER OF TRADITIONAL EVENTS.
NEXT WEEKEND THE INDY CARS RETURN TO WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL. CHRIS BANKER WILL TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS EXCITING EVENT.
IT'S NOT A SHOW FOR EVERYONE, BUT THE 15th ANNUAL CAR SHOW AT THE EMPIRE HAVEN NUDIST RESORT WILL BE A FUN DAY FOR ALL WHO ATTEND. BILL BRADSHAW FROM E.H.WILL JOIN US TO TELL US ABOUT THIS UNIQUE CAR SHOW. WE'LL ALSO PREVIEW THE OSWEGO CLASSIC, THE LIME ROCK VINTAGE FESTIVAL , WATKINS GLEN VINTAGE FESTIVAL AND HEMMINGS MUSCLEPALOOZA.
CAR NET TALK RADIO PRESENTS A SPECIAL PROGRAM WITH THE WRAP-UP OF THE I LOVE NEW YORK 355 NASCAR WEEKEND AT WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE PREVIEW THE I LOVE NEW YORK 355 AT WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL WITH CHRIS BANKER. WE ALSO REVISIT OUR INTERVIEW WITH HISTORIAN BILL GREEN ON THE HSITORRY OF NASCAR ROAD RACING.
WE ALSO LOOK AHEAD TO SOME OF THE TRADITIONAL FALL CAR EVENTS COMING UP IN LATE AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.
PROGRAMMING NOTE:
CAR NET TALK RADIO WILL PRESENT A WRAP-UP OF THE I LOVE NEW YORK 355 WEEKEND AT WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL ON SUNDAY NIGHT, AUG. 8th. CHECK OUR CAR NET TALK RADIO AND CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP RADIO SHOW FACEBOOK PAGES FOR MORE INFORMATION.
IT'S A BUSY WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP. WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE SYRACUSE NATIONALS. WE ALSO REVIEW LAST WEEK'S SAHLEN 6 HOUR AT WATKINS GLEN INTERNATION.
ELLIOTT HILLBACK GIVES US A PREVIEW OF NEXT WEEK'S THOUSAND ISLANDS CONCOURS AT THE ANTIQUE BOAT MUSEUM. JOE TALKS WITH SHANNON WADSWORTH, BMW'S SPANGLED AMBASODOR.
THIS WEEK'S SHOW CELEBRATES CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP'S FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF PODCASTING.
CAR NET TALK RADIO PRESENTS A SPECIAL WRAP-UP OF TODAY'S SAHLEN 6 HOURS AT WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE SYRACUSE NATIONALS.
THERE IS ALSO A PREVIEW OF THIS WEEKEND'S SAHLEN 6 HOURS OF WATKINS GLEN. JOE TALKS WITH TEAM ACURA DRIVERS ANDY LALLY AND KATHERINE LEGGE.
WE ALSO TAKE A HISTORIC LOOK AT THE FORD GT AND PREVIEW THE THOUSAND ISLANDS CONCOURS.
ALSO, CAR NET TALK RADIO WILL PRESENT A WRAP-UP OF THE SAHLEN 6 HOUR WEEKEND FROM WATKINS GLEN ON SUNDAY EVENING, JULY 2ND.
A BUSY WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP. WE LOOK BACK AT THE HISTORY OF AND PREVIEW THE SIX HOURS OF WATKINS GLEN WITH WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL'S CHRIS BANKER.
JOE STOPS FOR A BEER WITH JACK BRUBAKER AT THE HISTORIC SENECA LODGE.
WE ALSO LOOK AHEAD TO THE THOUSAND ISLANDS CONCOURS AND THE SYRACUSE NATIONALS.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP WE TALK WITH JOURNALIST GEORGE WEBSTER ABOUT THE 50 YEARS OF THE CANADIAN GRAND PRIX. GEORGE WILL SHARE HIS MEMORIES AT NEXT WEEK'S INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH CENTER'S CENTER CONVERSATION PROGRAM.
WE ALSO PREVIEW THIS WEEKEND'S EUROCAR SHOW AND PAY TRIBUTE TO VIC EDELBROCK.
ON TODAY;S EDITION OF AROUND THE TRACKS JOE MAROTTA REVIEWS THE RESULTS FORM THE WEEKEND'S RACING AROUND UPSTATE NEW YORK AND BEYOND. JOE ALSO PREVIEWS THE COMING WEEKENDS RACING.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP WE PREVIEW THE MG CAR CLUB OF CNY'S EUROCAR 2017 ALL EUROPEAN CAR SHOW WITH MIKE MASTROCCO.
WE ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THIS WEEKEND'S SHOWS INCLUDING THE SIX NATIONS PONTIAC CLUB SHOW, THE SYRACUS SHELBY MUSTANG CLUB ALL FORD SHOW AND THE EAST SYRACUSE MINOA HIGHSCHOOL SPARTAN GARAGE CAR CLUB CRUISE IN AND OPEN HOUSE.
IN HONOR OF EUROCAR 2017, OUR CAR SONG OF THE WEEK IS '59 VOLVO BY VERNON GREEN.
JOE MAROTTA REVIEWS THE WEEKEND'S RACING AT TRACKS AROUND UPSTATE NEW YORK AND BEYOND.
LISTEN FOR JOE'S WEEKEND PREVIEW ON THURSDAY.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE PREVIEW THE ONEIDA LAKE REGION OF THE AACA's 63rd ANNUAL
"SHOW IN THE SHADE"
WE ALSO TALK WITH RYAN BECKLEY FROM THE EAST SYRACUSE-MINOA HIGH SCHOOL ABOUT THE SPARTAN GARAGE CRUISE, THE ESM RAFFLE CAR AND THEIR AUTO TECH PROGRAM.
ON TODAY'S "AROUND THE TRACKS", JOE MAROTTA REVIEWS THE MEMORIAL DAY RACING RESULTS AT TRACKS AROUND UPSTATE NEW YORK AND BEYOND.
JOE ALSO PREVIEWS SOME OF THIS WEEKENDS EVENTS.
THIS WEEK ON AROUND THE TRACKS JOE MAROTTA PREVIEWS ALL OF THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND RACING ACTION AT TRACKS ACTOSS UPSTATE NEW YORK AND BEYOND.
LISTEN TO AROUND THE TRACKS ON TUESDAY FOR JOE'S REVEIW OF THE WEEKEND'S RACE RESULTS.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE TALK WITH ROGER GARBOW ABOUT THE CANNONBALL REUNION THAT WILL BE HELD NEXT FRIDAY IN GREENWICH, CT.
WE ALSO PREVIEW SOME UPCOMING SHOWS INCLUDING THE ONEIDA LAKE REGION OF THE AACA's 63rd ANNUAL SHOW IN THE SHADE, CARLISLE FORD NATIONALS AND THE SYRACUSE NATIONALS.
IN HONOR OF MEMORIAL DAY, JOE SALUTES A YOUNG DRAG RACER WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR OUR COUNTRY AS WE TAKE A RIDE IN PRIVATE MALONE'S CORVETTE WITH DAVID BALL.
A BUSY WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP. MIKE MASTROCCO STOPS BY TO TELL US ABOUT CENTRAL NEW YORK CARS & COFFEE.
JOE GOES TO WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL FOR THE WEATHERTECH SPORTS CAR SERIES TEST SESSION AND TALKS WITH PORSCHE TEAM DRIVERS JOHN BENNETT AND COLIN BRAUN.
JIM SMITH GIVES IS A PREVIEW OF THE ONEIDA LAKE REGION OF THE AACA'S 63rd ANNUAL SHOW IN THE SHADE.
ON TODAY'S EDITION OF AROUND THE TRACKS JOE MAROTTA HAS THE RESULTS OF THE WEEKEND'S RACING AT TRACKS AROUND UPSTATE NEW YORK AND BEYOND.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE TALK WITH JOHN EVANS ABOUT THE FIRST BIG OUTDOOR SHOW OF THE SEASON AT THE WINDMILL MARKET.
WE ALSO TALK WITH ZACARY JOSEPH FROM RUTGERS UNIVERSITY ABOUT THE SCHOOL'S FORMULA SAE PROGRAM.
OUR CAR SONG OF THE WEEK IS JIMMY CROCCI'S "RAPID ROY THE STOCK CAR BOY"
THIS WEEK IN CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE TALK ABOUT ITALIAN CARS AND CANNOLI WITH MATT LIGOTTI.
WE ALSO GO TO THE SENIOR PROM. MIKE BIRD FROM THE MARCELLUS HIGH SCHOOL CRYSTAL BALL CRUISE TELLS US HOW YOU CAN BE A PART OF THIS EXCITING EVENT.
JOE ALSO PREVIEWS THIS WEEKEND'S CENTER CONVERSATION ON JOHN FITCH AT THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH CENTER AND LOOKS AHEAD TO THE HIGHWAY LEGENDS TWO NATION, THOUSAND ISLANDS EXTRAVAGANZA AND THE WINDMILL MARKET CAR SHOW.
ON TODAY'S ATOUND THE TRACKS, JOE MAROTTA RECAPS THE RESULTS FROM AROUND UPSTATE NEW YORK AND BEYOND.
THIS WEEK ON WE TALK WITH LARRY BERMAN ABOUT LEGENDARY RACER, WWII FIGHTER PILOT AND INVENTOR JOHN FITCH. BERMAN WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT FITCH AT THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH CENTER'S CENTER CONVERSATION ON MAY 6TH.
WE ALSO LOOK AHEAD TO THE HIGHWAY LEGENDS 7TH ANNUAL TWO NATIONS EXTRAVAGANZA WITH RICK MENTRY.
ON TODAY'S AROUND THE TRACKS, JOE MAROTTA HAS THE RESULTS OF THE PAST WEEKEND'S RACING AROUND UPSTATE NEW YORK AND BEYOND.
JOE MAROTTA PREVIEWS THE WEEKEND'S RACING AT TRACKS AROUND UPSTATE NEW YORK AND BEYOND ON TODAY'S TRIP "AROUND THE TRACKS"
CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP GOES TO THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW. A REPORT ON THE SHOW AND 5 INTERVIEWS
JOE CALI FROM CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP AND JOE MAROTTA PREVIEW THE 2017 SEASON OF "AROUND THE TRACKS".
JOE MAROTTA WILL PREVIEW THE WEEKEND'S RACING ACTION EVERY THURSDAY AND BE BACK WITH THE RESULTS FROM THR TRACKS OF UPSTATE NEW YORK AND BEYOND EVERY MONDAY.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE WELCOME JOE MAROTTA AND HIS "AROUND THE TRACKS" SHOW BACK TO CAR NET TALK RADIO. JOE WILL PREVIEW UPCOMING EVENTS ON THURSDAY AND REVIEW THE RESULTS FROM TRACKS AROUND UPSTATE NEW YORK AND BEYOND ON MONDAY.
BILL MILLER, THE CO-FOUNDER OF CARLISLE EVENTS WILL STOP BY TO PREVIEW SPRING CARLISLE AND THE OTHER 2017 EVENTS AT THE CARLISLE FAIR GROUNDS.
AROUND THE TRACKS WITH JOE MAROTTA IS BACK ON CAR NET TALK RADIO FOR THE FOR THE 2017 RACING SEASON.
JOE MAROTTA, THE DEAN OF RACE ANNOUNCERS FOR OVER 50 YEARS WILL HAVE RESULTS AND PREVIEWS OF ALL THE RACING ACTION AROUND THE TRACKS OF UPSTATE NEW YORK AND BEYOND EVERY WEEK ON CAR NET TALK RADIO.
A BUSY WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP.
WE GO TO THE SENIOR PROM. MIKE BIRD WILL TELL US ABOUT THE CRYSTAL BALL CRUISE AT MARCELLUS (NY) HIGH SCHOOL AND HOW YOU CAN BE A PART OF THIS FUN EVENT.
CHRIS BANKER FROM WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL GIVES A PREVIEW OF OF OPENING WEEKEND AND THE 2017 SEASON AT WGI.
OUR CAR SONG OF THE WEEK IS "SEVEN LITTLE GIRLS SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT" FROM 1959 BY PAUL EVANS AND THE GIRLS WITH THE CURLS.
WE START OUR 9TH YEAR OF CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP WITH A REVIEW OF THE SYRACUSE MOTORAMA. BOB GILLESPIE STOPS BY TO TELL US ABOUT THE GREEN GRAND PRIX AT WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL. WE ALSO LOOK AHEAD TO SOME COMING EVENTS INCLUDING THE NEW YORK AUTO SHOW, THE WINDMILL MARKET SPRING CAR SHOW, THE THOUSAND ISLANDS CONCOURS AND CNY CARS & COFFEE.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP WE PREVIEW THE SYRACUSE MOTORAMA. ED SUCHON WILL GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE SHOW.
MIKE MASTROCCO AND SPARKY STOP BY TO TELL US ABOUT THE EURORAMA AND RAT ROD REVIVAL SUB SHOWS AT THE MOTORAMA.
BILL GREEN FROM THE IMRRC WILL SHARE HIS MEMORIES OF JOHN SURTEES WITH US.
OUR CAR SONG OF THE WEEK IS "LITTLE OLD LADY FROM PASSADENA WITH JAN & DEAN.
NEXT WEEK CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP CELEBRATES IT'S 8TH ANNIVERSARY WITH SOME SPECIAL GUESTS.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE TALK WITH HISTORIAN KEN BRESLAUER ABOUT THE 12 HOURS OF SEBRING.
KIP ZIETER FROM THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH CENTER STOPS BY TO TELL US ABOUT THE CENTER'S BUS TRIP TO THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW.
OUR CAR SONG OF THE WEEK IS THE "ANAHEIM, AZUZA,CUCAMONGA SEWING CIRCLE, BOOK REVIEW AND TIMING ASSOCIATION" BY JAN & DEAN. THERE REALLY IS A TOWN NAME CUCAMONGA IN CALIFORNIA.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE PREVIEW THE CENTRAL NEW YORK MOTORSPORTS EXPO WITH JOE PATRICK. WE ALSO LOOK AHEAD TO THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH CENTER'S MODEL CAR SHOW AND BUS TRIP TO THE NEWYORK AUTO SHOW.
OUR CAR SONG OF THE WEEK IS ELVIS' "PINK CADILLAC
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP. WE TALK WITH DAN SIMONE FROM THE NASCAR HALL OF FAME.
ALSO, BILL GREEN GIVES US A PREVIEW OF THE CENTER CONVERSATION AT THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH CENTER ON THE WATKINS GLEN WALK OF FAME.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP WE TALK ABOUT THE SYRACUSE MOTORAMA AND THE NEW NASCAR SCORING SYSTEM.
ED SUCHON STOPS BY TO GIVE US A PREVIEW OF THIS YEAR'S MOTORAMA, ONE OF THE NATIONS OLDEST CUSTOM CAR SHOWS.
CHRIS BANKER FROM WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL WILL EXPLAIN NASCAR'S NEW RACE SCORING SYSTEM. CHRIS WILL ALSO TELL US ABOUT THIS YEAR'S EVENTS AT WGI.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP WE TALK WITH AUTHOR TOM GLATCH ABOUT HIS GREAT NEW BOOK "THE COMPLETE BOOK OF AMERICAN MUSCLE SUPER CARS.
WE ALSO HONOR CADILLAC'S WIN IN THE 24 HOURS OF DAYTONA WITH OUR CAR SONG OF THE WEEK "CADILLAC BOOGIE" BY JIMMY LIGGINGS AND THE ACE DROPS FROM 1948.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP WE TALK WITH KATHIE GOESCH ABOUT HER BOOK "ARTIE'S PARTY AT THE SYRACUSE NATIONALS"
WE ALSO PREVIEW THE ROLEX 24 HOURS OF DAYTONA AND REVIEW THE BARRETT JACKSON SCOTTSDALE AUCTION.
OUR CAR SONG OF THE WEEK IS "SOLID GOLD CADILLAC" BY PEARL BAILLEY FROM 1956.
A BUSY WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP. WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE CAR SCENE IN FLORIDA WITH TARA BUSH FROM THE WEBSITE flacarshows.com.
TOM COUGHLIN FROM THE NEW YORK STATE STOCK CAR ASSOCIATION STOPS BY TO TELL US ABOUTY THE NYSSCA' 2017 HALL OF FAME AT THE SARATOGA AUTO MUSEUM.
BILL GREEN PAYS TRIBUTE TO JEAN ARGETSINGER WHO PASSED AWAY THIS WEEK. MRS. ARGETSINGER WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH CENTER.
OUR CAR SONG OF THE WEEK IS ENTITLED '59 VOLVO BY VERNON GREEN. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HEARD A SONG ABOUT A VOLVO?
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE CAR CULTURE IN CENTRAL NEW YORK WITH DENNIS CONNER OF THE CENTRAL NEW YORK CAR CLUB ASSOCIATION.
BILL GREEN STOPS BY TO TELL US ABOUT THE JANUARY 21st CENTER CONVERSATION AT THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH CENTER. GREEN, ALONG WITH RICK HUGHEY AND JIM SCARPETTA WILL DISCUSS THE WATKINS GLEN WALK OF FAME.
OUR CAR SONG OF THE WEEK IS JIMMY CROCE'S "RAPID ROY THE STOCK CAR BOY"
HAPPY NEW YEAR
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP WE REVISIT OUR 2-20-16 INTERVIEW WITH JUSTIN PALMER AND KEVIN CRANDALL FROM THE APEX aUTO MAGAZINE.
OUR CAR SONG OF THE WEEK IS HOT ROD MAN BY TEX RUBINOWICZ AND THE BAD BOYS.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP. WE TALK WITH LEN KASPER ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK "SPENCER SPEEDWAY LEGENDS 1957 TO 1977'
Spencer Speedway opened in 1955 and is a 1/2 mile Flat Asphalt Oval located in Williamson, New York. THE TRACK IS currently NASCAR Sanctioned as part of the Whelen All-American Modified Series.
LEN KASPER FIRST WENT TO SPENCER AS A CHILD IN 1957. DURING THE PERIOD FROM ’57 TO 1977, KASPER WENT FROM FAN TO CREW MEMBER TO DRIVER.
OVER THE YEARS, KASPER AMASSED A HUGE COLLECTION OF SPENCER SPEEDEAY MEMORIABILIA INCLUDING PHOTOS , PROGRAMS AND NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS. LEN ALSO KEPT A JOURNAL ON THE TRACK, THE DRIVERS AND THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES.
KASPER HAS PUT HIS MEMORIES OF SPENCER SPEEDWAY TOGETHER IN A BOOK ENTITLED “SPENCER SPEEDWAY LEGENDS 1957 TO 1977.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP WE TALK WITH FORMER TEAM LOTUS MECHANIC BOB DANCE AND LOTUS HISTORIAN RICHARD PARRIMINT. DANCE WORKED ON TH CARS OF WORLD CHAMPIONS JIM CLARK, GRAHAM HILL AND MARIO ANDRETTI.
WITH CHRISTMAS ONLY 2 WEEKS AWAY, OUR CAR SONG OF THE WEEK IS "SANTA'S GOT A HOT ROD.
WE ALSO PREVIEW THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH CENTER'S CENTER CONVERSATION WITH AUTHOR PRESTON LERNER ON THE FORD GT AND LOOK AHEAD TO THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE TALK WITH PRESTON LERNER ABOUT HIS BOOK: Ford GT: How Ford Silenced the Critics, Humbled Ferrari and Conquered LeMans. PRESTON WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT THE FORD GT AT THE DEC. 10th CENTER CONVERSATION LECTURE AT THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH CENTER.
WE ALSO TALK ABOUT INDOOR GOKART RACING IN SYRACUSE, THE 2017 INDUCTION AT THE NEW YORK STATE STOCK CAR HALL OF FAME AND THE NEW YORK AUTO SHOW.
OUR CAR SONG OF THE WEEK IS JOHNY CASH'S ONE PIECE AT A TIME.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP. WE TALK WITH FORMER AUTOWEEK EDITOR GEORGE LEVY ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK ENTITLED CAN-AM 5Oth ANNIVERSARY.
IN THE BOOK, LEVY TELLS ABOUT THE CAN-AM'S FOUNDING, THE CARS, THE TRACKS, THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES AND IT'S DEMISE.
THE BOOK IS RICHLY ILLUSTRATED WITH OVER 200 IMAGES BY PHOTOGRAPHER PETE BIRO.
WE ALSO PREVIEW THE LOST SPEEDWAYS PROGRAM AND ROLLING BONES EXHIBIT AT THE SARATOGA AUTO MUSEUM.
FOR OUR SONG OF THE WEEK, WE DIG INTO THE ARCHIVES FOR ROCKET 88 BY IKE TURNER AND THE KINGS OF RYTHM.
A BUSY WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUNDUP!
CORKY STOCKHAM GIVES US A PREVIEW OF THIS WEEKEND'S NATIONAL PARTS PEDDLER AUCTION & TRADE SHOW IN SYRACUSE.
RON HEDGER FROM THE SARATOGA AUTO MUSEUM WILL TELL US ABOUT THE UPCOMING LOST SPEEDWAY PROGRAM AND THE ROLLING BONES STREET ROD EXHIBIT AT THE MUSEUM.
DAN SIMONE, THE CURATOR AT THE NASCAR HALL OF FAME IN CHARLOTTE TAKES US ON A TOUR OF THE THE FACILITY.
JOE REMEMBERS THE CAR & DRIVER MUSCLE CAR COMPARISON TESTS OF THE LATE '60s-EARLY 70s.
This week on Classic Car Round-Up we preview the Jean S. Argetsinger Symposium on Motor Sports History at the International Motor Racing Research Center with Kip Zeiter.
We also remember Gary Montgomery. Gary was a writer, race announcer, promoter, broadcaster and politician. Gary passed away this week after a long illness. Joe Marotta from our Around The Tracks show worked with Gary for over 40 years. Joe will share some of his memories of Gary Montgomery with us.
Joe will also review a couple of new books in his library and the car song of the week is the "Little Old Lady From Pasadena by Jan & Dean.
ON THE 10-27-16 EDITION OF CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP, WE TALK ABOUT HIGH PERFORMANCE DRIVING SCHOOLS AND A HAUNTED ROAD.
JOE TAKES A LOOK AT DRIVING SCHOOLS OFFERED TO HIGH PERFORMANCE CAR BUYERS BY MERCEDES, JAGUAR, FORD AND OTHERS.
hE ALSO TAKES YOU TO HIS FAVORITE ROAD, THE 13 CURVES OF MARCELLUS, NY. LEGEND HAS IT THE ROAD IS HAUNTED.
THIS WEEK ON CLASSIC CAR ROUND-UP WE'RE GOING TO CUBA. BILL WARNER WILL TELL US ABOUT HIS EXCITING NEW BOOK "CUBA'S CAR CULTURE" THE BOOK TAKES A LOOK AT THE OLD AMERICAN CARS OF CUBA AS WELL AND EXPLORES THE VIBRANT CAR CULTURE OF THE ISLAND. BILL ALSO HAS SOME TIPS FOR ANYONE WHO HOPES TO IMPORT ONE OF THE CARS BACK TO THE U.S. ONCE TRADE RESTRICTIONS WITH CUBA ARE LIFTED. WE'LL ALSO HAVE LITTLE CUBAN MUSIC.
JOE ALSO PREVIEWS THE CENTER CONVERSATION ON THE 50 YEARS OF TRANS-AM AT THE INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING RESEARCH CENTER AND THE MECOM DALLAS AUCTION.
On the 10-13-16 edition of Classic Car Round-Up we remember Brock Yates and Tony Adamowicz with Bill Green from the International Motor Racing Research Center.
We also preview next week's Center Conversation at the IMRRC with Josh Ashby.
Looking ahead, we make note of the Lost Speedway program at the Saratoga Auto Museum and the Old Racers Lunch.
We also remember Lee Hidy, a long time member of the Central New York Region of the SCCA.
On 10-11-16 edition of Around The Tracks Joe Marotta presents a wrap up of this weekends Super Dirt Week racing at Oswego Speedway.
On the 10-6-16 edition of Classic Car Round-Up, we preview the Windmill Market Car Show and Super Dirt Week.
We also look ahead to the Oct. 22nd Center Conversation ceelebrating 50 years of the Trans-An at the International Motor Racing Research Center. Judy Stropus, the moderator for the panel discussion of the Trans-Am will share some of her stories working with the Roger Penske team in the early days of the Trans-Am.
On the 10-3-16 edition of Around The Tracks, Joe Marotta gives the results from the Outlaw 200 weekend at Fulton Speedway and previews Super Dirt Week at the Oswego Speedway.