Allegany County, NY -  Local History & Genealogy Site
 

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We respectfully call this the

"Whitey Gorsuch Album"

The photos in this album were loaned by Whitey's daughter,  Dee Gorsuch Wallace, from the Whitey Gorsuch Collection of Photos and clippings...........Thank you Dee for sharing some of your family's keepsakes with us.

 

During his long career as Flagman at all of the tracks that surrounded Allegany county Whitey was struck 3 times by race cars as he flagged them to a start, stop or finish.  It never slowed him from performing his duties........

 

 

 

 

 

Driver, Bill Layfield

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L-R: Dean Layfield, Unknown, Trophy girl, Floy Miller (Donovan)

at Sportsman Raceway - Mills, PA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What a Start at Smethport..........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

.....it was #13, none other than Whitey Gorsuch, the driver!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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