East Coast 4 Wheel Drive
Association
Region B Racing
Memories from Days Past
Years ago, back in
the 70's and early 80's competitive off-road
racing reached it's peak and became the "golden
age" of Jeep racing. Region B of the
EC4WDA stretched the eastern half of
Pennsylvania into New Jersey and south into
Maryland.
Clubs hosted
events throughout the summertime providing
competition for racers and family entertainment
for spectators of all ages.
Clubs like the
4WD Trailblazers, Bradford County 4 Wheelers,
Delaware 4 Wheelers, and Line Mountain 4
Wheelers hosted some of the best events.
Not to forget the Susquehannocks 4 Wheelers,
Columbia Hillclimbers, and County Line 4X4 Rough
Riders.
 We
recently uncovered some of the literature passed
out at some of these events. Some of you
may look through these and remember race Jeeps
like the Sneaky Snake, John the Bull, Hart Burn,
and Undone.
Memories of the
personalities like the late Ron Reimert on the
loud speaker with his PA dutch accent hollering
"Moving right along, wasting no time..." and
"Tunis, Tunis the lights ain't working again!"
Preston Leyshon winning everything, Dapper Dan
Smith popping wheelies in the Sidewinder and those US
Mules. You realize that these events
brought relatively the same group of people
together like a family for summer after summer.
Mike "jeepfan" in
1976
We have captured
some images and flyers left over from those
days. Browse through the sections below.
If you have images or stories from those days
use the link below to contact us.
4 Wheel Drive Trailblazers
- Wanamakers, PA
-
1st Annual
Benefit Race - October 1977
-
12th Annual Blue Mt. 4
Wheel O'Rama - August 1980
Susquehannocks
4 Wheelers - Williamsport, PA
-
7th Annual Rodeo, Mosquito
Valley - May 1980
Bradford
County 4 Wheelers
- 4x4 Weekend May & July 1978
Line Mountain
4 Wheelers
-
Snyder County Hilltoppers
Annual June Jamboree - 1978
Photo Album -
Images from events
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page 2 -
page 3 -
page 4
page 5 -
page 6 -
page 7 -
page 8
Send us your
EC4WDA Region B memories
Back to
today...
East Cost 4 Wheel
Drive Association racing is still alive and well
today. To this day some of the same
vehicles are still tearing up the tracks.
Visit our
Jeep Racing
section for images and coverage of recent
events.
County Line 4X4 Roughriders - Off-Road Mountain
Madness - Kempton 2007
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