Hundreds of 1980s Pine Brook Photos on the web

Bruce Bennett, who was an every-Friday-night presence at Pine Brook in the 1980s, has now made a treasure trove of Pine Brook photos from that period available to all.  Here’s what Bruce told us:

“I recently completed a big project – a labor of love really – digitizing over 300 of my color and B&W photos of Pine Brook's final years and making them available worldwide on Shutterstock for editorial use (journalists, publishers, editors, webmasters, etc.). There are some pretty now-historic shots of Jack Bellinato, Dave Innes Jr., Nick Fornoro Sr., ATQMRA and AMSRA class pictures on the final night of racing, etc.

“A majority of the photos have never been seen before, which was my primary motivation for tackling the project. I couldn't bear the thought of all that history possibly being lost someday when I pass on, so now it's all out there for the world to see and use.”

Check them out at 

https://www.shutterstock.com/search/atqmra

Reunited, More Than 50 Years Later

 On June 22, 2024, former ATQMRA President John Little was reunited with the radical and championship-winning TQ that he and Jack Bertling built for the 1973 racing season.

Along with Harry Williams, Little and Bertling built the car in the garage seen in the background of the photo.  John Little and his wife, Pat, have lived in this house since 1958 (!) and are still going strong in their 90s.

With Bertling driving, the car won the 1973 series championship, and it won the ardor of Ray McCabe, who along with Joe Grandinetti restored the car over the past year.  The car had been found in Arizona, languishing and barely recognizable, and was brought back East by the late Bruce Kindberg.  Bruce was not able to undertake the restoration prior to his passing, so Ray and Joe picked up the ball and completed a faithful restoration.

When Ray and Joe brought the car to show it to John this past June, it made for a special moment because both John’s son and grandson were there to see the car as well.

(Click any of the photos for an enlarged view.)