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Tom Schmeh


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Tom speaks at Perris pit meeting


Tom still talking to the racers a t the PAS


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Tom a happy camper


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Tom with Jim Naylor


Tom with Jim Naylor


Tom in Tommy Hinnershitz Garage at the Eastern Motor Racing Museum


Tom with Paul Bagley


Tom and Jim Naylor


Tom with Walt James


Tom presenting another award


Tom doing something important


Tom with Kevin Gobrect


Tom with Fred Brownfield


Tom with Bob Weikert


Tom with Wags


Tom with Al Hamilton


Tom with Wags


Tom with Biker Bruce at the Wagsdash


Tom with wags at Perris


Tom with Chris Holt


Tom responding to Chris


Tom and Dave Argabright


Tom and Bobby G


Tom and Fred


Tom and Emmett Hahn


Tom with Bill Haglund


Tom with fan Jack Erdmann


Tom with Grant Rankin


Tom with Grant Rankin


Tom and Logan Jarrett the non wing rookie of the year


Tom with Wayne Kindness


Tom with Lavern Nance


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Tom with a sign


Tom with an oldie


Tom and another wall hanging


Tom with a couple of fans


Tom with Steve Lafond and Wags


Tom Presenting and award


Tom with Jon Stanbrough


Tom presenting and award


Tom with Johnny Rutherford


Tom with Gary Verwers


Tom with Jerry Richert Sr and Jr


Tom with John redican, winner Rick Goudy and Gary G Howard at the Wagsdash when the Legends of Ascot raced ford pintos!


Tom with Steve Kinser and a few others


Tom with Paul and Helen Bagley


Tom, in the beard at the 1982 Daytona 500 with family


Tom with Don Long


Tom with Steve Walsh and Bob and Dorotha Trostle


Tom with the Bob Trostle collection


Tom with an antique race car


Tom with Phil Poor at the Knoxville Museum


Tom behind Speedy Bill at a ground breaking


Tom presenting another award


Tom with Peter Murphy and Lance Jennings


Tom with Roger Johnson


Tom with Tommy and Jeanie Hunt


Tom and the Mayor Don Zoutte and Ralph Capitani


Tom with guests


Tom interviewed


Tom with Bruce Field 1969 midget champion


Tom with retiree Blanche Kingrey, front row right


Tom and a group


Tom, right with a gathering


A forward written by Tom

Tom is one of the nicest guys in the universe. I still cherish the time I spent with him over the years. I first met him in Knoxville and we talked about the new Hall of Fame he was working on. He showed me the stuff he had gathered in an old empty building near the fairgrounds and asked for some help on Ascot stuff. He and the people who put that thing together were magnificent and he played a large part in it's success. Over the years we were together often as I traveled back to Knoxville for a lot of years. Later, I quit the yearly trip because of my love for the non wing stuff, and I was there because the CRA was running nearby, and I would take in the first night of the Nationals. I would work in the museum during the day, then go up to the viewing level when the race started and after the heats, he would smile, shake my hand and send me on my way to the next race. Like many of my friends in racing, I miss him and hope we cross paths again in the future. He was very ill recently, but came back to health and moved back to his home in New York where he grew up. Keep on posting Tom, your history in racing is nice to watch unfold on facebook.

Updated 11/27/18

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