Bubby with the Bromme ride
Bubby
Bubby
Bubby
Bubby
Bubby with Gary Sokola
Bubby interviewed by Chris Holt
Bubby and Dean interviewed
Bubby
Bubby
Bubby in his ride
Bubby in the Alex Morales car
Bubby in # 76 in 1979 at New Brenman
Bubby in a Bromme car
Bubby again
Bubby on the podium
Gas Chem car
The trailer
Bubby's hood
Emily, Bubby's daughter. the photographer
Emily
Emily
Emily
Bubby's helmet
T-shirt graphics
Bubby
Bubby
Bubby
Bubby
Bubby having a drink
Bubby with another libation
'Ol Bub
Bubby
Bubby was the 2000 Wagsdash Grand Marshal
Bubby autographing an auction helmet
Bubby working hard
Bubby at Perris
Bubby
Bubby
Bubby caught having a bite
Bubby in "the hat" he was famous for
Bubby suiting up
Bubby
Bubby relaxing
Bubby
Bubby with sage words
Bubby relaxing
Bubby
Bubby
Bubby
Bubby
Bubby at Pocono in 1978
Bubby
Bubby
Bubby in "that" hat
Bubby signing a wing? He ran one occasionally
Bubby in Manzy pits
Bubby
Bubby relaxing
Bubby
Bubby
Bubby with Chuck Amati
Bubby and Rick Ferkel
Bubby with brotherin-law Ripper
Bubby and Sammy Swindell
Bubby with Jan Opperman
Bubby and jan
Bubby with Jan in the pits
Bubby getting hugged by Jan
Bubby with another driver who I am told is Dean Shirley
Bubby, right, with another driver
Bubby with brother in law Rip Williams
Bubby and Wags
Bubby with Rickie Gaunt
Bubby with Wags at Knoxville Nationals
Bubby with Ripper
Bubby
Bubby and Lealand McSpadden
Bubby with Mrs Wags
Bubby with Mrs Wags
Bubby and Wags
Bubby with Jimmy Oskie
Bubby with the Modern Day Cowboy
Bubby with Bruce Bromme Jr
Bubby with ????
Bubby With Wags
Bubby's hanging with Duke Cook at the Chili Bowl
Bubby with Rich Chesavage
Bubby with Biggie Steve Watt
Bubby and Jan Opperman
Bubby with his son Davey when he first drove a sprint car
Bubby with Mrs Wags
Bubby and Stan Atherton
Bubby with Stan Atherton and signing a helmet
Bubby with Keith Kunz
Bubby with Bruce Bromme Jr
Bubby and Bruce
Bubby driving the Bromme car
Bubby and Larry Henry in the early days
Bubby with Ripper
Bubby shaking hands
Bubby with brother in law Rip Williams
Bubby and Ray Sheetz
Bubby and Jac Haudenschild
Bubby hangin' in the pits
Bubby with Donnie Ray Everett
Bubby with Kathy
Bubby with Buster Venard
Bubby and Jan Opperman
Bubby and Walter Goodwin
Bubby with Jay Drake and Levi Jones
Bubby with Deano and Wags
Bubby with Dean Thompson and Wags
Bubby with Gale Forester
Bubby with Ray Sheet
Bubby with Bruce Bromme Sr
Bubby with Darleen Dils and Mrs Wags
Bubby with brither-in-law Rip Williams and Wally Pankratz
Bubby
Bubby
Bubby with Bob Trostle and Jack Hewitt
Bubby, Steve Chassis and Jan Opperman
Bubby with Tom Downing and Mike English
Bubby with Ripper and Jack Jory
Bubby with Gary Howard and Eddie Wirth
Bubby with Dean Thompson
Bubby with fans
Bubby with Dave Argabright and Bill Hill
Bubby Jones in the pits at Ascot
Bubby with Jan Opperman and Roger Rager
Bubby a long time ago
Bubby with son Davey
Bubby with Davey and a nice photographer
Bubby with Tony and Ripper
Bubbby with Davey and Steve Lafond
Bubby with son Davey and Paul Newman
Bubby and son Davey working on Tony Stewart team car
Bubby with son Tony
Bubby and Tony
Bubby with sons Tony and Davey
Bubby with son Tony
Bubby and his family
Bubby with more family including Tony's son Kyle
Bubby and Davey
Bubby and Tony
Bubby and Tony
Davey's wife Michelle and son
Bubby with his son Tony
Bubby and his wife Patti at Knoxville Nationals walking behind the grandstands
Bubby with Tony Jones and Larry Henry
Tony and Bubby
Tony and Bubby
Tony and Bubby
Bubby with Jina
Emily with Rhonda Mercer
Tony and Bubby checking it out at the Wagsdash
Bubby & Ripper
Bubby & Steve Kinser
Tony and Bubby
Tony and Bubby
Tony with Bubby and Davey
Bubby's daughter Emmy
Emmy with Blake Miller
Emmy with my Dog Dubya
Emmy with Mallory Gardner and my dogs Dubya and Dusty. Dusty was probably 6 weeks old
Emmy at Santa Maria. I think that is Nick Argo with the hat on
Bubby getting attacked by his wife Patti
Bubby with Grady and Kyle
Bubby with Tony and Larry Henry
Bubby with Tony and Davey
Ashley, Emily and Dalton Jones
Bubby with Emily, Jessica and Ashley
Emily with Ashley and Patti
Bubby and his 1st daughter Jina
Bubby with Jan Opperman, Rick Ferkel and Ron $human
Bubby with the Gas Chem crew
Bubby on September 17, 1978
Bubby wins in the Gas Chem car
Bubby with the Gas Chem crew
Bubby in the pits
Bubby with the Kazarians and Wags
Bubby with Billy Wilkerson, Parnelli Jones and Don Kazarian
Bubby with The Wags
Bubby getting chili from Kim Lafond
Bubby with Ray Sheetz and Ripper at Ascot
Bubby autographing for the fans
Bubby with levi Jones and son Davey
Bubby with Gary Patterson and Jan Opperman
Bubby with Dean Thompson and Gary G Howard
Bubby with Steve Chassey, Pauncho Carter, Lee Kunzman ad Bill Vukovich
Bubby and Larry Henry with some other old timers
Bubby with Janet and Lealand McSpadden
Bubby with son Tony and a big crowd
Bubby and Jan Opperman at Springfield Mile 1975
Bubby with R Miller, Bob Grim, Parnelli Jones, Steve Stapp, Lee Kunzman and Merle Bettenhausen.
Bubby with the trophy girl at Terre Haute
Bubby holding the Terre Haute trophy after winning
Bubby
Bubby with Davey and Tony and car owner Gene
Bubby with Sokola
Bubby getting some love
Bubby with Dean Thompson and Jeff Haywood
Bubby with famous Ascot trophy girl Lesley Bremer
Bubby with the Gas Chem crew
Bubby interviewed at Ascot
Bubby with Deano
Bubby getting a platter
Bubby getting his championship trophy
Bubby with son Tony and car owner Gene Cowherd
Bubby and a hot trophy girl
Bubby and a trophy girl
Bubby with a baby, a trophy and another win
Bubby with Patti and another win
Bubby, Tony, Eric Kaufman and a trophy girl
Bubby with a trophy girl, a trophy and another win
Bubby interviewed by Chris Holt
Bubby gets a trophy from June Cochran Playboy model in 1979
Bubby on the podium with Deano
Bubby celebrating with the crowd after a win
Bubby interviewed
Bubby Getting another trophy after a big win
Bubby at a banquet with a big trophy on his table
Bubby and Opperman on the podium
Bubby and another trophy
Bubby getting another trophy
Bubby with a trophy girl
Bubby in victory circle
Bubby driving this blue car
Bubby at Ascot
Bubby on the podium with Steve Kinser
Bubby wins at Ascot
Bubby wins in a Bromme car
Bubby crew chiefed this car
Bubby in the Gas Chem car
Bubby in the car
Bubby about to race in this bomber
Bubby in the Gas Chem car
Bubby at Ascot
Bubby in # 76
Bubby in # 49
Ol' Bub
Bubby in # B 4
Bubby in the car
Bubby with # 72 Indy car
Bubby in # 1 with Oskie walking by
Bubby in the Gas Chem car
Bubby in a car
Bubby getting in the seat
Bubby buckling up
Bubby in his car
Bubby in # B4
Bubby in B4
Bubby and the checkered
Bubby in # 2
Bubby with # 51
Larry and 'Ol Bub in the beginning
Bubby and Ray Sheetz
Gas Chem
Bubby with the Tamale Wagon
Bubby in pits
Bubby with the # 24
Bubby working on the Modern Cowboy's car
Bubby and Patty when he worked on John Scott's car
Bubby and the Gas Chem car
Bubby visiting at Ascot
Bubby by # 44
Bubby at Ascot 1988
Bubby with the famous Gas Chem car
Bubby in the Alex Morales car
Bubby still racing
with # 55 and crew
Bubby and Larry Henry with "their" car
Bubby the winner, sayith Jan Opperman
Bubby with his car
Bubby with # B 4
Bubby and Davey in the pits
Bubby in the pits
Bubby with # 5 Tamalie Wagon at Ascot
Bubby with the crew of # 66
Bubby with the Gas Chem in the Ascot pits
Bubby with the Bromme # 2
Bubby with car owner Larry Henry
Bubby helping Darren Clayton
Bubby with his car
Bubby with # 49
Bubby with his ride
Bubby and # B 4
Bubby and the Gas Chem
Another Bubby photocard
Gas Chem
Nice helmet, wish I had that one!
Bubby's old t-shirt. Somewhere in my stash I have one
Bubby's Wagsdash photocard from his being the 2000 Grand Marshal
Dale Frye's work
Open Wheel
Ol' Bub graphic
Circle track
Ascot program
Ascot program
Ascot program
Ascot Program
Bubby's autograph
Ascot program
Speedway 117 program
Art
Hood
Looking into the Gas Chem car
and now Bubby driven cars
# 44 the Bruce Cogle Ford Bubby drove in California
Bubby once drove this car
Bubby's # 24 sitting next to Rickie Gaunt's # 68
# 1 Gas Chem
# 1 The car on display a few years ago at Perris
Bubby's #2
# 1
# 1
# 2 and # 1 (The Dean and Bibby Show was the best!)
# 1 wheel packing at Santa Maria
# 1 Bubby in Gas Chem car
# 1 Bubby always looked good in this pretty yellow car
# 1 Bubby in 1995
# 1 Bubby on the gas! Those were the days!
# 1
# 1
# 1
# 2
# 2
# 2
# 2
# 2
# 2 Bubby in the gas Chem car
# 2 Bubby on the low groove
# 2 Gilbert car
# 2 Gilbert
# 2
# 2
# 2
# 2
# 2
# 2
# 2
# 2 Gas chem
# 2
# 2
# 2
# 2
# 2
# 2
# 2
# 2
# 2
# 2
# 2 Bromme/Nance car
# 4x
# B 4 Bubby in 1969
# B 4
# B 4
# B 4
# 4X
Bubby
# 5
# 5
# 5 Tamalie Wagon. Bubby won about 6 races in this car
# 6
# 24 Bubby in the last car he drove
# 24
# 24 Bubby at Eldora
# 24
# 24. Bubby led the CRA race at Eldora when he "fell out of the seat". He looked strong until he couldn't finish
# 24 Larry Henry owned the first car and this the last car # 24
# 24
# 24
# 40 at DuQuoin 1977
# 40
# 40
# 40
# 40
# 40
# 40
# 41
# 41
# 41
# 41
# 41
# 44
# 44
# 44
# 44
# 49
# 49
# 49 at Reading fairgrounds 1978
# 49
# 49
# 51
# 51
# 51
# 51
# 51
# 66
# 66
# 66
# 66
# 66
# 66
# 71
# 72 Indy car
# 72
# 76
# 76 the Siebert Olds Team car
# 76 winning at Terre Haute June 3, 1979
# 85
# 85
# 85
# 87
Bubby leading Deano at Santa Maria in 1982
Bubby Jones leading Eddie Wirth
Bubby with followed by Brad and Todd Noffsinger Gary Howard
Bubby leading his heat
Bubby leading a fair race
Bubby and Richard Pratt # 91 on the front row at Dayton
Bubby with Deano,and Eddie Wirth in a trophy Dash at El Centro
Bubby and Ripper
Bubby with Ripper and John Redican
Bubby outside Jim Laurie with Eddie Wirth coming
Bubby in # 49 Bubby in # 51
Bubby # 49 against Ron $human
Bubby in # 49 and # 81 Lee Osborne at Manzy 1978
Bubby next to Jimmy Oskie with Eddie Wirth trailing
Bubby in # B 4
Bubby leading outside Brad Noffsinger and Steve Kinser at Eldora in 1990. Kinser won with Bubby 2nd when he fell out of the seat
# 2 against lealand McSpadden
# B 4 on the inside
# 44 leading Tommy Lee Noblin # 55 in 1974
# 66 with Duane Feduska
# 49 leading # 29
# 24 against Steve Kinser
The Dean and Bubby Show
Bubby against his brother in law the Ripper
Bubby with Buster Venard to his right
# 2 outside John Redican
# 2 outside Jim McCaskill
# 1 chasing Billy Boat at Ascot
# 2 leading Dean Thompson
# 2 leadin # 21
# 2 inside Billy Allen
# 2 Bubby Jones ahead of Midwest invaders Mike Brooks and Danny Smith at the 1981 Pacific Coast Open
Bubby in # 51
# 72 Bubby at Indy
# 72 Indy car
# 78 Indy car
Here is the way the hot dogs traveled across the country in the barnstorming days
Another example of "haulers of the day" back in those days
Norman "Bubby" Jones is without a doubt a hall of famer at the top of the list and in my top 2 best drivers of all time, Lealand McSpadden being the other. I am totally in awe of these two drivers, they are way ahead of everyone else! Bubby won 2 CRA championships with 81 CRA victories and according to Kevin Eckert over 220 total of wins back East before he came to California. I tried to research his wins years ago talking with family and Larry Henry, but no one kept a list as he was barnstorming the country for years. He was a very patient driver, to a point, as he moved to the front and occasionally a little tap let them know he wanted by. Watching the Dean and Bubby show was amazing, but his Ascot years were much of the same. Unlike today with fewer heros, in his racing years there were a lot of heavy hitters racing against him, and he prevailed a lot! I only wish I could have seen him at Eldora as a young man and he said it was his favorite track for many years. Bubby's warmth gave me a great feeling as I knew I was talking with a giant in our racing, yet he gave me a lot of his time and I still revel in those times with him.
Not being much of a collector of racing things because everything I collected went to make money for the low buck teams, so the time passed me by and I had very few things on my bucket list for me personally. Yet the three most desired items were always helmets from Bubby, his son Tony and Lealand. Tony made that happen for me last year thankfully, but I never even asked my two heroes, it wasn't the right time and now time has passed. But the memories I have of Bubby on the track are pretty well still planted in my memory, so I only need to sit back and roll the saved scenes thru my mind, and I'm happy with that.
These last two paragraphs from wikipedia
Norman "Bubby" Jones (born June 4, 1941, Danville, Illinois), is a former driver in the USAC Sprint Car series, with 22 victories, and a member of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame, inducted in 1998. He also raced in the USAC Championship Car series, in the 1977-1978 seasons, with 2 career starts, including the 1977 Indianapolis 500. He failed in qualifying attempts at Indy in 1978 and 1981.
In 1980 "Ol' Bub" headed west to run in the prestigious California Racing Association (C.R.A.) Sprint Car Series as a regular, driving the Gas Chem Products Entry. After finishing 2nd in the C.R.A. Point Standings three years in a row (1980–82) behind Dean Thompson, Jones persuaded car owner Dan Kazarian to change from the Stanton Chassis they had been running, and to let Jones build them a new car himself. The result...Jones won two consecutive C.R.A. Point Series Championships (1983–84). In 1984, Jones won the coveted Pacific Coast National Open at Ascot, holding off a fast closing Steve Kinser despite blistering the right rear tire with 10 laps to go. Jones became one of the most well liked and highly respected drivers in the C.R.A. Series because of his straight, smooth and clean driving style.
MOTOR RACING : Drivers Honor Jones and Try to Beat Him July 26, 1990|PAT RAY
Norman (Bubby) Jones is hoping for one more flourish in a successful five-week run when his peers in the California Racing Assn. sprint car ranks both honor him and compete against him Saturday night at Ascot Park.
Although the featured driver this week easily could have been Billy Boat, who scored his first Ascot main event victory last Saturday, Jones' runner-up finish was also significant, showing that at 49 he can still challenge the likes of Boat, 24, and others half his age. To celebrate Jones' hot streak, early arrivals at Saturday's race will be given an autographed photo of the former two-time CRA champion.
He is in the midst of a streak reminiscent of his heyday in the early 1980s when he and retired Dean Thompson dominated the local sprint car ranks for five seasons.
Ol' Bub, as he is known around the track, came out of a two-year retirement this season to drive a Clark Drake-built car owned by Larry Henry, a lifelong friend who grew up with Jones in Danville, Ill., before moving to California.
Jones and Henry scored their first victory of his comeback during the CRA's annual Midwest Tour, when he won at Vermillion Speedway in his old hometown on a program honoring him. In addition, he was the top point-winner on the tour despite admitting that he was far from being in top shape after his long layoff.
Jones started his streak with a third place in a 30-lapper on June 30, then won the Firecracker 50 for the third time on July 3, and he has been second in the last two main events.
Although his streak is impressive, it is only the latest in a distinguished career. In the 1970s, Jones and Rick Ferkel of Ohio were the forerunners of what is now known as touring racers. They were on the road all summer, taking on all comers on their home tracks and usually coming out on top.
In 1977, Jones gave up his nomadic existence to compete in the United States Auto Club sprint car ranks. He posted 22 USAC victories, including 11 in 1979 when he led the point standings until the final race of the season before losing the championship. He also competed in the 1977 Indy 500, finishing 21st after starting last.
The next year, he came West to drive in CRA competition, and is second in career victories with 79. Thompson retired with 103.
Jones also set a one-season CRA victory record with 18 in 1983--the first of his two consecutive championship seasons--after finishing second three years in a row behind Thompson. Oddly enough, his first Ascot victory did not come in a sprint car. It was in a midget in 1975, when he won the Turkey Night Grand Prix. He is one of only three drivers to win both the CRA championship and the Turkey Night midget race. The others are Rick Goudy and Ron Shuman.
Jones' streak is frustrating the four-man group fighting for the title he twice held.
Updated 11/25/18
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