Siata 300 BC Registry - ST 430 BC Car detail

Overview

This car is the Chuck Stoddard "Tweety Bird" Racing Team car. "Chuck" was fairly successful racing with this Siata.

Red / Black
Crosley-Powered

Year Model 1954
Motto Bodywork

Gallery

ST*430*BC

History

This is a well known Siata. It was first bought and raced by Donald Rose, at that time the car is believed to be red and white, but it already had the Tweety Bird logo on. It is unclear if Chuck Stoddard bought the car from Rose or from Tony Pompeo. Here is how Carl Goodwin presents it in his book They started in MGs" : "In his senior year of college he raced (a MG-TD) several times at Thompson Raceway in Connecticut. He liked it, but it wasn't quite the car he wanted, so in 1956 he got a Siata, a racing car, from a distributor in New York named Tony Pompeo. This was a lightweight machine, with no engine, that Chuck finished off with a tuned Crosley Engine and a set of stewart Warner gauges.
The little black car was decorated with a Tweety Bird Cartoon and successfully raced at Put-in-Bay and Akron Airport sports car races. He drove to a first in H-Modified at the 'Bay in both '56 and '57.
Then Chuck became a car dealer and his carline did not include Siata, so he began racing Alfa Romeo, which is what he sold - a light blue Giulietta Spider'"
After its racing days in the 50's the car went through several ownerships and was raced in bit until the late 90's.
The car is now in the customdy of famous car collector Howard Banaszak who took it to complete arestoration to its "Chuck Stoddard Days", the car has been exhibited at Amelia Island 2017 and recently in the Hilton Heads Concours.

Ownership History

Owner	Name and location	Timeline and details
	Donald Rose (KS)	Circa end of 1953 to 1956
	Chuck Stoddard (OH)	1956 - 1957
	Alvador Grange (OH)	After 1957 - ??
	Merle Goodman (OH)	?? - ??
	George Sterner (PA)	?? - ??
	Dick Zahn (NJ)	?? - 1977
	Bob Romanansky (NJ)	1977 - 1986
	David Ongaro (NJ)	??- ??
	Bob Russell (MA)	?? - ??
	Harvey Siegel (NY)	?? - ??
	Michael Jacobs (NY)	?? - 1995
	Howard Banaszak (FL)	09/1995 - current

Racing

Race	Driver	Racing number	Result
SCCA Sowega International Turner, Albany GA October 25th1953	Donald Rose	34	DNS
SCAA National Bergstrom, Austin TX March 28th 1954	Donald Rose	21	3rd in class
SCCA Regional Iowa, Iowa City IA May 2nd 1954	Donald Rose	28	17th
SCCA National Chanute, Chanute IL June 6th 1954	Donald Rose	43	N/A
Putin Bay Races, Put in bay OH June 9th 1956	Chuck Stoddard	28	1st
Akron Airport Races, Akron OH July 1st 1956	Chuck Stoddard	28	N/A
Watkins Glen Grand Prix, Watkins Glen NY September 15th 1956	Chuck Stoddard	128	12th
Harewood Acres, Harewood Acres Canada September 29th 1956	Chuck Stoddard	46	DNS
Kentucky Derby Festival, Kentucky State Fairground, Louisville KT May 4th 1957	Chuck Stoddard	28	N/A
1 h Dunkirk, Dunkirk NY June 2nd 1957	Chuck Stoddard	36	1st in Class
Putin Bay Races, Put in bay OH June 8th 1957	Chuck Stoddard	1	1st
SCCA National Road America, Elkhart Lake's WI June 23rd 1957	Chuck Stoddard	1	N/A
Akron Airport Races, Akron OH September 1st 1957	Chuck Stoddard	91	N/A