User:Royrizzo/Bob Cameron

Bob Cameron NASCAR Stock Car Drive roy cameron (talk) 16:58, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

roy cameron (talk) 16:58, 27 February 2016 (UTC)Bobby Cameron Complete name: Robert G. Cameron Birth date: ??.???.1924 Birth Place: unknown, unknown Death date: 05.Jun.1960 Death Place: Lancaster, NY, United States Nationality: United States Gender: male Age at death: 36

roy cameron (talk) 16:58, 27 February 2016 (UTC)Event date: 05.Jun.1960 Series: Super Modified Race: Warm up laps, at Lancaster Speedway in Lancaster, New York Event type: pre-race Country: United States (New York) Venue: Dunn Tire Raceway Park (a. k. a. Lancaster Motorsports Park) Variant: 1/2-mile dirt oval (1959-1962)

Role: driver Vehicle type: car Vehicle sub-type: single seater Vehicle brand/model: 38 Ford Coup Vehicle number: 70

roy cameron (talk) 16:58, 27 February 2016 (UTC)Notes: Bobby Cameron also raced under the alias of "Bobby Mack". He died at the Lancaster Raceway in Lancaster, New York, when his super modified rolled and burned after hitting another race car that was entering the track. His car flew into the air and landed tail-first, rupturing the gas tank. The cars were preparing for the start of a race.

roy cameron (talk) 16:58, 27 February 2016 (UTC)Cameron, who lived at 16 S. Nicholas Dr. in Tonawanda, New York, a suburb of Buffalo, worked as a distributor for the Buffalo Courier-Express. He was a former NASCAR official and had been the winner of first ever Spencer Speedway feature at that track outside Rochester in 1955. He had won the New York State points championship, and competed at many tracks in the area, such as Brewerton and Oswego, as well as the State Fairgrounds track in Syracuse. He was the NASCAR track Champion at Brewerton Speedway in 1950.

roy cameron (talk) 16:58, 27 February 2016 (UTC)Sources: Book "The Tribute Project", edited by Ed Watson, page 8, 1997 

Newspaper The Lowell Sunday Sun (Lowell, Massachusetts, United States) issue of Sunday, 05 June 1960, Section 6, page 33, article "Driver Killed", wire feed from Associated Press. • Newspaper The Post-Standard (Syracuse, New York, United States) issue of Sunday, 05 June 1960, page 38, article "Bobby Cameron Killed in Lancaster Race", wire feed from Associated Press. • E-mail by Mark W. Southcott, dated 05 April 2006. • E-mail by Mark W. Southcott, dated 07 April 2006. • E-mail by Mark W. Southcott, dated 21 April 2006. • E-mail by Dick Cole, dated 30 June 2006

Bob Cameron NASCAR Stock Car Driver roy cameron (talk) 17:01, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

roy cameron (talk) 17:01, 27 February 2016 (UTC)Bobby Cameron Complete name: Robert G. Cameron Birth date: ??.???.1924 Birth Place: unknown, unknown Death date: 05.Jun.1960 Death Place: Lancaster, NY, United States Nationality: United States Gender: male Age at death: 36

roy cameron (talk) 17:01, 27 February 2016 (UTC)Event date: 05.Jun.1960 Series: Super Modified Race: Warm up laps, at Lancaster Speedway in Lancaster, New York Event type: pre-race Country: United States (New York) Venue: Dunn Tire Raceway Park (a. k. a. Lancaster Motorsports Park) Variant: 1/2-mile dirt oval (1959-1962)

Role: driver Vehicle type: car Vehicle sub-type: single seater Vehicle brand/model: 38 Ford Coup Vehicle number: 70

roy cameron (talk) 17:01, 27 February 2016 (UTC)Notes: Bobby Cameron also raced under the alias of "Bobby Mack". He died at the Lancaster Raceway in Lancaster, New York, when his super modified rolled and burned after hitting another race car that was entering the track. His car flew into the air and landed tail-first, rupturing the gas tank. The cars were preparing for the start of a race.

roy cameron (talk) 17:01, 27 February 2016 (UTC)Cameron, who lived at 16 S. Nicholas Dr. in Tonawanda, New York, a suburb of Buffalo, worked as a distributor for the Buffalo Courier-Express. He was a former NASCAR official and had been the winner of first ever Spencer Speedway feature at that track outside Rochester in 1955. He had won the New York State points championship, and competed at many tracks in the area, such as Brewerton and Oswego, as well as the State Fairgrounds track in Syracuse. He was the NASCAR track Champion at Brewerton Speedway in 1950.

roy cameron (talk) 17:01, 27 February 2016 (UTC)Sources: Book "The Tribute Project", edited by Ed Watson, page 8, 1997 

Newspaper The Lowell Sunday Sun (Lowell, Massachusetts, United States) issue of Sunday, 05 June 1960, Section 6, page 33, article "Driver Killed", wire feed from Associated Press. • Newspaper The Post-Standard (Syracuse, New York, United States) issue of Sunday, 05 June 1960, page 38, article "Bobby Cameron Killed in Lancaster Race", wire feed from Associated Press. • E-mail by Mark W. Southcott, dated 05 April 2006. • E-mail by Mark W. Southcott, dated 07 April 2006. • E-mail by Mark W. Southcott, dated 21 April 2006. • E-mail by Dick Cole, dated 30 June 2006

Bob Cameron NASCAR Stock Car Driver roy cameron (talk) 18:20, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Name-Bobby Cameron- car #70--roy cameron (talk) 18:20, 27 February 2016 (UTC)Royrizzo<ref><ref>"The Tribute Project", edited by Ed Watson, page 8, 1997 Newspaper The Lowell Sunday Sun (Lowell, Massachusetts, United States) issue of Sunday, 05 June 1960, Section 6, page 33, article "Driver Killed", wire feed from Associated Press.

! Date of accident-June 5th, 1960 ! Discipline-NASCAR Super Modified ! Car- 38 Ford Coup #22 ! Championship- 1949 NASCAR New York State Points Champion and winner of the 50 lap NASCAR Sanctioned race and State Championship Race held at Vernon Speedway in Vernon, NY on October 30th, 1949 ! Circuit- Grand National ! Event- Lancaster Speedway, Lancaster, New York ! Session- practice laps before race ! Cause- No Spotter at Pit Exit, No back-up Spotter ! Source- Buffalo Currier Express 1949 NASCAR New York State Champion, Bobby Cameron, NASCAR car #22, is killed doing practice laps before a race at Lancaster Speedway on June 5th, 1960. He was the first ever NASCAR Safety Official, given the title in 1956 and a Union Supporter and Organizer. The circumstances of his death were very unusual. The Spotter at the Pit Exit was not in his position and no back up Spotter was ever hired. NASCAR did nothing for the family and still to this day refuses to recognize his 1949 NASCAR NY State Championship. He was the State points leader for 1949 and he won the Gil Wetmore 50 lap Championship Race held on October 30th in Vernon, NY at the Vernon Speedway. He was the State points leader for 1949 and he won the Gil Wetmore 50 lap Championship Race held on October 30th in Vernon, NY at the Vernon Speedway. He was the first ever NASCAR Safety Official, given the position in 1956 during a few years break from piloting a car on the Track, and he was also a Union Supporter and Organizer.

Silver Platter Trophy awarded to Bobby Cameron on October 30th,1949 at the Vernon, NY Speedway for the NASCAR State Championship The Gil Wetmore 50 lap NASCAR Championship Race held on October 30th in Vernon, NY at the Vernon Speedway.

The 1949 Gil Wetmore Trophy for the New York State NASCAR 50 lap Championship race held on October 30th, 1949 in Vernon, New York at the Vernon Speedway