| Everything we have on the Bingo cars. In trying to get the story together, I am assembling correspondence for review onto page 4 of this feature page. As the story gels, we will polish it off into article form. If you have any old pictures of these cars or other information, we would love to add it to this page. Please send them in to RetroRockets and for pictures, please include a description, if possible. |
 This picture was one of the original posts on RetroRockets: “The Inimitable 151″. This Bingo 151 car was driven at the 1967 Sandusky Classic by Johnny Logan. I think Max Dowker built this car and it was also driven by Sam Sessions, Art Bennett, Mort Andresen, and Ken Crampton. In it’s early years, the car was owned by Pete Webster, and originally driven by Nelson Ward. At that time the car was Bingo 5. John Gradentski of Vermontville built the engine. The number was changed to Bingo 151 when Sam Sessions took over the car after Nelson Ward was killed at Owsego.After talking with John McRae momentarily in the pits after the ’99 classic, I went back in the archives and found the official entry list for the 1966 classic that indeed has John McRae driving it that year. So, I think that Nelson Ward never drove this car (the Webster Bingo 151). He only drove the Gordenski Bingo 5. Johnny Logan, Art Bennett, and Sam Sessions all did drive this car, not sure about Ken Crampton and Mort Andresen. This car was built by the Gordenskis for Pete Webster and Max Dowker did not supply the motor, Johnny Gordenski did, who also supplied the motor for the Jay Gordenski owned Bingo 5, which has been mistakenly identified as the Webster Bingo 5. |
 After viewing this picture in the Harry Jones Feature Page, Jim Liccardi wrote in: “In the process of checking out the new feature on Harry Jones, I discovered something that I never knew, and want to ask you about it. On Pg.8 of the feature, third pic down, (file s32) is a group of cars spinning, dead center is the white car Bingo 5, which looks very much like the Bingo 151 that Sam Sessions drove at Oswego. Is it the same car? Also I can tell by the length of the roll cage that it is not the same car of Nelson Wards Bingo 5. When Ward raced at Oswego, I think Cannonball Gresley, who was Jim Gresley’s grandfather, owned the car. And I know that Pete Webster owned Session’s car. This is the first time that I have actually seen the Sessions/ Webster car run as Bingo 5. I am almost sure I can remember both cars running the Classic in 62 & 63, and according to the stats for both races, in 62, Ward ran the Bingo 5, and Sessions the Bingo 151. In 63, on Aug. 23rd Nelson was killed at Shangri-La Speedway in Owego, NY, so Johnny Logan was in the Bingo 5 carfor the Classic, while again Sammy was in the Bingo 151. I have seen it mentioned in your site, but I am ashamed to say that I thought who ever captioned the picture was mixed up with the 2 cars. Can you give me more of a history or time frame between the two cars. this picture really amazed me.” Still not sure if this Bingo 5 is the same car as the Bingo 151, but whether they are the same car or not, both (or “it”) was built by Pete Webster. We need Tamara Webster to find this out for us. |
 This picture is from Volume 23 of the photo archive: From “Who’s Who in Racing”, 1963. Supermodifieds. Paul Martin, Gordon Johncock, Ray Bernard, Sam Sessions in the Bingo 151. |
 This picture is from Volume 24 of the photo archive: From “Who’s Who in Racing”, 1963. Supermodifieds. Gordon Johncock in |
This picture is from Volume 26 of the photo archive. The question came up whether this was a Bingo car with a different roll cage. Does anybody have any idea if this is a Bingo car? And who are these guys?Evidently, this is not a Bingo car. It is either a good copy or a Gordenski car built for somebody else.
This picture is from Volume 32 of the photo archive. Phil Bialas snapped this great shot of the Bingo 151 in line for the 1965 Sandusky Classic.
This picture is from Volume 9 of the Phil Ghysels Photo Album1 collection: Chuck Neal in the Bingo 5. No doubt about these two images. Definitely Chuck Neal and definitely Bingo 5.
This picture is from Volume 9 of the Phil Ghysels Photo Album 1 collection: Chuck Neal in the Bingo 5.
This picture is from Volume 14 of the Phil Ghysels Photo Album 1 collection. I believe this is a B&D photo out of an Oswego program: Sam Sessions wins at Oswego in the Pete Webster Bingo 151. Now, look at the length of this roll cage, it looks like a different car than the Chuck Neal Bingo 5 above.
This picture is from Volume 14 of the Phil Ghysels Photo Album 1 collection: Sam Sessions wins at Oswego in the Pete Webster Bingo 151.
This picture is from Volume 14 of the Phil Ghysels Photo Album 1 collection: The Bingo 151. That’s Pete Webster standing beind the car on the right and that’s Sam Sessions leaning up against the car on the right rear. Tamara Webster (daughter of Ralph, granddaughter of Pete) writes in:”That is not Pete Webster in the background in PG_AB1-0206 In fact, we don’t recognize anyone in the picture. The guy standing next to the car is familiar, might be Johnny Logan — looked a little like Ward. Need a higher resolution picture“.However, Bill Wiegand examined this photo as well and says that it is Pete Webster standing behind the car to the right, it is Sam Sessions standing up against the left rear, and get this…the guy to the left in the hat…that’s Nolan Johncock!
This picture is from Volume 14 of the Phil Ghysels 
This picture is from Volume 14 of the Phil Ghysels 
This picture is from Volume 20 of the Phil Ghysels Photo Album 1 collection: Art Bennet in the Bingo 151. Looks like the Speedrome. Probably a Ray’s Racing Photo.
This picture is from Volume 21 of the Phil Ghysels Photo Album 1 collection: Johnny Logan in the Bingo 151 at Berlin.
This picture is from Volume 27 of the Photo Archives: Johnnie McRae in the Bingo 5.
This picture is from Volume 23 of the Phil Ghysels Photo Album 1 collection: Nellie Ward wins. Johnny Gordinski on right. Nelson was killed in a racing accident at Shangri-La.
This picture is from Volume 23 of the Phil Ghysels Photo Album 1 collection: Nellie Ward wins in the Jay Gordinski Bingo 5. Johnny Gordinski.
This picture is from Volume 23 of the Phil Ghysels Photo Album 1 collection: Nellie Ward wins in the Gordinski Bingo 5.
This picture is from Volume 23 of the Phil Ghysels Photo Album 1 collection: Nellie Ward wins in the Gordinski Bingo 5.
This picture was sent in by 
Side by side again. Here is Pete Webster and “his driver” Art Bennett getting the checkered. And look at the Bingo 5 picture… Jim Gresley in “his dad’s car”.
Here is a story on Webster and Logan. It’s from a 1969 Oswego program. The story says Pete “retired” the 151 in the winter of 68 and built this 
Art Bennett starting off 1968 in the #14. The car is the old Bingo 5 with a number 14 on it.
John Logan from 1968 in the #25. Looks like the old Bingo 151 with a number 25 on it.
An Iver Reports column
Those at the Oswego Speedway on night in 1964 saw a spectacular race with Sam Sessions flipping out of the park in the Bingo 151 and Art Bennett beating out Nolan Swift at the line for the 
Sam Sessions.
Spectacular shot of Sam going over the fence.
Shots from the Oswego Program of Sam’s crash. Nolan Johncock went over the fence in just 
