Leroy "Bud" Hinman (born November 4, 1936) is a retired American
auto racing
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driver. He began building his first hot rod as an eleven-year-old in 1947.
Racing career
Bud Hinman moved on from his boyhood fascination with hot rods to oval track racing, and by 1961 he had built a supermodified and his first stock car. Hinman went on to compete successfully at the racetracks of
Central New York
The central region of New York state includes:
* Auburn in Cayuga County
* Cortland in Cortland County
* Oneida in Madison County
* Syracuse, the largest city of Central New York, in Onondaga County
* Fulton and Oswego in Oswego County
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, including
Utica-Rome Speedway
Utica-Rome Speedway is a half-mile dirt oval raceway in Vernon, New York. It is known as the “Home of Heroes” and has been the home track of several NASCAR national champions.
History
The Utica-Rome Speedway was built in 1961 by Joe Lesik a ...
and
Weedsport Speedway
Weedsport Speedway, formerly known as Cayuga County Fair Speedway, is a 3/8 mile oval dirt racetrack located on the Cayuga County Fairgrounds in Weedsport, New York.
Auto racing
In the early 1950s Stanley Dudzinski carved a one-third mile oval i ...
. He claimed the 1969 track championship at the Mid-State Speedway in Morris, New York, and followed that up with the 1972 crown from the
Watertown Speedway
Watertown Speedway was a 1/2 mile dirt oval raceway located at the Jefferson County fairgrounds in Watertown, New York.
History
Auto racing was first presented at the former horse track located on Coffeen St in 1936 and again in 1940, when ...
.
Hinman continues to race as an octogenarian, campaigning with the Atlantic Coast Old Timers in a 1978 Lloyd chassis
sprint car
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