apoftexas Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Below is picture of my Grandfather "lou Turbeville". I'm told he was 3 time Southwest Champion racing in the 40's and 50's. Raced against Doc Cossey, AJ Foyt Sr. My Father at one time had several pics of him and AJ as kids in the pits. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Here is a shot I found on Life magazine's website. I found it very interesting as it is INDOORS ! Very cool.http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?q=m...2778412877af5f0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 have always loved midget racing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4PROP Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Below is picture of my Grandfather "lou Turbeville". I'm told he was 3 time Southwest Champion racing in the 40's and 50's. Raced against Doc Cossey, AJ Foyt Sr. My Father at one time had several pics of him and AJ as kids in the pits.Great topic apoftexas. You might also want to post in http://txsz.com/forums/. You would most likely get "quality" replies and feedback there. I look forward to seeing more from you on your local racing history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 have always loved midget racing LMAO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apoftexas Posted November 25, 2008 Author Share Posted November 25, 2008 LMAO Thats funny... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 On 11/23/2008 at 7:33 PM, apoftexas said: Below is picture of my Grandfather "lou Turbeville". I'm told he was 3 time Southwest Champion racing in the 40's and 50's. Raced against Doc Cossey, AJ Foyt Sr. My Father at one time had several pics of him and AJ as kids in the pits. You haven't been active on HAIF in 13-years but I found some information about your grandfather. autoracingrecords.com indicates the race track was called Houston Speed Bowl located at 2001 San Bernard St. (later Cullen), across from Buffalo Stadium. Alternative names of the race track are Midget Auto Speedway, Houston Speedway, and Speed Bowl. A book published in 1942 titled "Houston, a history and guide" says the name and address was Midget Auto Speedway located at Calhoun Ave. and St. Bernard St. I believe autoracingrecords.com has more accurate information as they have auto racing records from all over the world and that's solely what they focus on. Houston Speed Bowl was in operation from 10/31/1937 to 07/30/1942. The track was designed as a 1/5 mile dirt oval race track. Your grandfather, Lou Turbeville, raced on the following dates and in the category of TORA midgets. 1939-09-21 1940-08-08 1940-10-03 1941-05-01 1941-05-22 1941-06-05 1942-04-02 Sources: https://www.autoracingrecords.com/tracks.php?lid=09571 http://archive.org/stream/houstonahistory00writmiss/houstonahistory00writmiss_djvu.txt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Articles in the Henderson Daily News dated November 3, 1939 and The Daily Sun dated May 25, 1939. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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