Services For Bob ("V-BOB") Bartkus https://www.chaseparkwaymemorial.com/obituary/robert-bartkus

Visitation

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Chase Parkway Memorial
430 Chase Parkway
Waterbury, Connecticut 06708

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Mass of Christian Burial

Wednesday, July 01, 2020
10:00 AM

St. Joseph's Church
46 Congress Ave.
Waterbury, CT 06708 ... See more

SAD NEWS TO REPORT. We Lost Bob ("V-BOB") Bartkus ,last night,after complications after heart surgery.One of our original Dover Guys from our Website Forum in 2008. He never missed a Nostalgia Race in 11 years,and was one of many key players to help me from the beginning. And Contributed hundreds of photos to our Photo Collection ....If ya didn't know him, Here's all about him ....in his own words ,signing on the forum. Gonna miss his weird humor and never ending dedication...Say Hi to the guys up there V...

August 29, 2008

Hi,Bob here!!
Great to be on the web site of the greatest drag strip ever built,”Dover Drag Strip”!!
Born back in 49′ six years before the BIG flood of 55′ came through the Naugautuck valley in Connecticut!!
I first went to in Wingdale,NewYork in 1963!!
Just as a spectator with a 126 Kodak camera and a Brownie camera shootin blackn’white film! I still have every pic I took!!
I can remember the flag starter jumpin in the air like it was yesterday!
I watched my local heros from my hometown of Watertown,Connecticut.The Watertown Customs car club had,
the Brazee Bros.,George and Joe and their main wrench Chuck”Ziggy” Sabis,with that orange Crosley , “The Little Giant”,then they went to a “Woody Car” Jr.Fueler!!
There was Charlie Boucher with “Bad News’ C/A pickup!
Stan Adams and his B/A Fiat “Slow Motion” his crew “Beepers” and Ray Chasse !!
I drove a 60 olds, 67 Corvette ,73 Corvette,and a bunchof 55′ Chevies,all street cars but when you got to the tech line and got a tech card from Joe Tanner and his mark on the windshield it was a race car!! Did you know racecar is the only word you can spell backwards and comes out the same!!!
Now I am a member on NETO!!!
I ran a 57′ Chevy in Nostalgia with the club from the clubs first race!!
Best ever was going 5 rounds at Englishtown in 2001 , didn't get in the winners circle!!!
Now I help Vince and Paul Bayrinas with their 34′ AA/Gas Willys flyin the Dover Drag Strip .Com colors!
I guess you can call me a ODF and will not take offense at that being said!!
You’ll see me always with some kind of camera in hand!!
Happy trails and look forward to meeting old and making new friends on the site of the greatest drag strip in the world “Dover Drag Strip”!!
Bob Bartkus ... See more

NEW YORK TRACKS OPEN...( Lebanon Valley Open As I Type )..Read Carefully ...N.Y. Governor Says in a surprising "change " this: Today on Tuesday, June 2 after the paper had been published, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, clarified this very question with Executive Order 202.32.

The directive contained in Executive Order 202.32 allowing any licensee or franchisee of a racetrack to operate such racetrack is hereby modified and extended until July 2, 2020, to allow any operator of an auto racetrack to operate beginning June 3, 2020, pursuant to Department of Health guidance for such operation, and provided such auto racetrack allows only essential personnel or participants to be on site, and does not permit any visitor or spectator into the facility or on premise.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>This order opens the door for all race tracks in the State of New York to open their gates to competitors, but not spectators. The lone exception appears to be Orange County Fair Speedway, who will open this Saturday, June 6, with spectators allowed in the track’s Drive-In Area on the backstretch. http://aarn.com/2020/06/02/new-york-tracks-good-to-race-without-spectators/?fbclid=IwAR3A9etuXYhavBqQzX0c5UOpa-TFmM2K52wT38HgVetRGmKDD1e_ypPgFBI ... See more

This article appears in this week’s Area Auto Racing News by Len Sammons. – Are Speedways In New York State “Race Tracks” Or Entertainment Facilities- Has N.Y. Governor Cuomo Given Perm…