JOHN McKARNS PHOTO SCRAPBOOK #1
Teenager John McKarns stands next to some of his artwork, promoting jalopy and stock car races at Ohio's Defiance Speedway in 1960.
On the job for about five years, John McKarns gets ready to type up a Waukegan Speedway story in 1970. During his career at the Illinois speedway, McKarns served in a number of capacities including being the track's PM man and announcer.
Principle players in the ARTGO Racing story
during its early years (left to right), John McKarns, Tom Reffner, Art Frigo,
Dave Watson and Dick Trickle, pose prior to the start of the 1979 season at the
Capital Super Speedway (Oregon, Wis.) on a cold Sunday afternoon in April. Frigo,
Illinois businessman and founder of ARTGO, sold the operation to McKarns prior
to the start of the '79 campaign with Reffner, Watson and Trickle being the
series' first champions.
(Stan Kalwasinski Photo)
John McKarns poses with 1979 ARTGO champion Dick
Trickle at the conclusion of the 1979 racing season. Trickle would win a total
of seven career ARTGO championships- the first in 1977 and the last in 1987.
(Stan Kalwasinski Photo)
