When Dutch later crashed, disabling his car, Lubbeke said, he asked to borrow Skias’. “He wouldn’t let her use his car,” Scott said.Īnother driver, Chris Skias, offered Lubbeke the use of his car. Young’s late father, Gerald “Dutch” Young, known in racing circles as “The Flying Dutchman” also raced at the Fairgrounds. Lubbeke of Cumru Township attended the reunion with her older son, Scott Young, 61. She regularly attended the seasonal races, and, under her maiden name, Coyle, and previous married name, Young, drove for two years in the so-called Powder Puff women’s races. The surety of getting dirty did nothing to dissuade race fan Maryjane Lubbeke. Maryjane Lubbeke of Grill reminisces about her Powder Puff racing days at the Reading Fairgrounds Racing Reunion Saturday at the Classic Auto Mall, 6180 Morgantown Road, Morgantown. “You would be covered in dirt,” she said. The Friday race nights were date nights for the couple before their marriage, and family outings later after they wed and had two daughters.ĭebbie remembers the fun and excitement, and the way the cars would fling mud into the stands as they slid into the fourth turn. Jamming into the grandstand packed with 10,000 to 15,000 other fans, they’d root for Braxton, who grew up with Al. The couple recalled driving from their former home in Wayne to the Fairgrounds for the weekly races, held from March through September. Opened for horse racing in 1915, the one-half mile dirt track hosted auto races from 1924 through 1979.īraxton’s best night came in the middle of June 1975 when he won a feature.įans Al and Debbie D’Ercole of Wernersville were there for that win, cheering on their longtime friend.
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