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By MITCHELL LAW Journal Reporter Boundy's Nascar Museum could be one of the only museums of its kind in the area, housing 1,000 square feet of racing memorabilia within three rooms at the museum.Boundy's Nascar Museum is located at 34 West Main Street in Springville. Howard Boundy is a native of Springville who began collecting Nascar and other memorabilia when he was a child, growing up next to Holland Speedway. For those who have already visited his museum, his newest addition is a bar area. The bar top has the look of a checkered racing flag. Behind the bar is a television for race fans, showing clips of all the area's Nascar drivers and even some national stars. Springville's race car fanatic has also collected beer and liquor bottles containing Sabres and racing logos and stars. Boundy's Nascar Museum contains only Boundy's personal collection which he had no room for at his home and wished to display for the public. He notes that nothing is for sale at his museum. Boundy has collected everything racing such as cars, cereal boxes, yearbooks, posters, a fender from Jeff Burton's race car and a tire from his favorite driver, Richard Petty. "When I was racing, I tried to paint my car like his (Richard Petty)," Boundy admits. Richard Petty's tire with Petty's signature is Boundy's favorite collectible. "His tire leaked. There was an airhole, which was circled and slated to be thrown out," he said. The tire then became part of Boundy's museum collection when he found it while he was taking photos of the race car drivers for his museum. Boundy has been a personal photographer for his personal collection, attending races at Daytona, Fla.; Bristol, Tenn. and Charlotte, N.C. Boundy became a photographer for Holland Speedway and won the Unsung Hero award from Tim Bennett. He has been a professional photographer at Holland Speedway since 1990. The largest collection of photographs can be seen on Boundy's three television screens. Compact discs contain a large amount of photos of many drivers. "Anybody that wants to see themselves in a picture, you can," Boundy said about race car drivers in the area. "I have them all from Western New York that have raced." Western New York tracks which Boundy has taken photos at include Holland, Little Valley, Lancaster, Erie and Perry raceways. Most recently his photo of Buck Catalano was published in the Buffalo News. The News requested his photo because Catalano was the Lancaster Speedway champion. Boundy is constantly expanding his collection. He has over 2,000 die-cast cars. "Yeah, each car is different," he said. "If I don't have it, I try to go on e-bay to get it." Boundy works full-time at Jennie B. Richmond and part-time as a disk jockey at WSPQ, part-time at Holland Speedway and also part- time at his museum. He plans to host a Daytona 500 party at his museum on February 17. Boundy's Nascar Museum is open Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information call 997-3733. |
