First Customer Yonkers Raceway Del Insko win 1972 - Original Photo
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First Customer Yonkers Raceway Del Insko win 1972 - Original Photo. At Yonkers Raceway. Original double-weight photographic paper with period Yonkers Raceway press caption sheet dated Sept. 27, 1972 and typewritten race details indicates this is a contemporary press photo produced within a few years of the event, consistent with a Type 1 original press photograph, printed c1972. An original 10x8" vintage photo from an archive of over two thousand original historical Harness Racing photos that we acquired from the estate of a defunct east coast Harness Racing Association. Many of the photos from this archive are incredibly rare and some likely one of a kind. Professionally packaged in a rigid mailer for safe delivery.Photo Overview Nighttime action photo capturing Del Insko driving pacer First Customer on the lead as the field charges down the Yonkers Raceway stretch in the featured $6,000 Naugatuck Pace on September 27, 1972, with Woodbury and Tommy K. Butler in pursuit, the crowd and lights of the New York harness track visible in the background.Del Insko was one of North America's leading harness racing drivers of the 1960s and 1970s, amassing thousands of wins and becoming a regular star at major tracks such as Yonkers Raceway. Yonkers itself was a premier half-mile oval that hosted many rich pacing events like the Naugatuck Pace, drawing top horses and horsemen from across the country. Add this scarce 1972 race-action photograph to your collection today before another harness racing fan grabs it.Text Present Back, upper left handwritten:First CustomerBack, typed press caption sheet:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 27, 1972FIRST ACROSS...First Customer(4), reined by Del Insko, scoreda wire-to-wire victory in tonights featured $6,000 Naugatuck Paceat Yonkers Raceway. First Customer returned $4.00, 3.20 and 2.60,in pacing the mile in 2:01 3/5. Woodbury(3-H. Fillion), $4.30 and2.80, was second, with Tommy K. Butler(8-N. Dauplaise), $5.00,third,Print analysis: Original double-weight photographic paper with period Yonkers Raceway press caption sheet dated Sept. 27, 1972 and typewritten race details indicates this is a contemporary press photo produced within a few years of the event, consistent with a Type 1 original press photograph, printed c1972.Condition : All harness racing photos are in good to excellent vintage condition. Please see photos for exact condition details of the front and back of this photo.
