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"Russ started his racing career in 1953.  Driving the Blue and Yellow #11, he won 11 track championships, 
three of those being in 1966 at various tracks.  He holds the record at Silver Spring Speedway for nine feature 
wins in a row.  Racing 16 races at Anthracite Speedway, Russ was in the winner's circle 8 times.  At the Reading Fairgrounds, with 23 Flathead victories, Russ holds the record for having the most wins, 6 of those wins 
being in a row.  In 1962, he won 11 features in 19 races.  At Grandview Speedway, Russ can be found in the 
Walk of Fame, and at Big Diamond in the Hall of Fame.  Russ lives in the Reading area and is still racing.  
He occasionally races with the Old Timers but he can most often be seen wearing the 
"Reading Rocket" uniform, behind the wheel of the Blue and Yellow Legends Car #11 Jr.  As of January 2005, Russ was inducted into the York County Hall of Fame."

~As reported by Russ Smith

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PICTURES
The following pictures display cars that were driven by Russ Smith through his career.  
Click on the pictures to enlarge. 

               
           Photo by Rick Huff/Huff Racing Photos                                                                Photo by Rick Huff/Huff Racing Photos

       
After years of racing, Russ takes time to help friends restore vintage race cars.  
Here he is helping to restore the Jerry Katz #0 car with Dave Janssen.

Russ races the original Jerry Katz #0 car in the 1950s.  

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