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5/31/24, 10:40 AM
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Indy Legend Vintage Event
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Re: Indy Legend Vintage Event
Does anyone know how the Racesaver Radios will be used? If there are more than one driver in a car does each driver need a radio of their own? And will classes run at different times or together? ...
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
5/3/24, 10:56 AM
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Indy 500 ticket sales are up compared to last year
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Re: Indy 500 ticket sales are up compared to last year
For decades the 500 sold out by the end of June for the next year's 500. And that was with near zero promotion or marketing. There were a couple of weeks of Practice, two weekends of Time Trials...
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
1/6/24, 4:08 PM
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IndyCar's Future
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Re: IndyCar's Future
Not sure but it might have been Billy Roe. Here's some video.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1284073465053060
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
12/25/23, 12:32 PM
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Photo Identification
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Re: Photo Identification
You are correct. :) And it is 1969, not '68.
The paint job and number match 1969 and the little diagonal decal under the number on the nose is one from Wagner Lockheed Brake Fluid which was the...
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
10/25/23, 10:32 AM
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rumor mill: THAT
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Re: rumor mill: THAT
You are likely correct in today's racing world. But back in the Don Smith/Bill Hill promotion days the Action Track ran just two USAC sprint car races and the Hut Hundred for midgets in a season. ...
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
8/30/23, 9:34 AM
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BC 39 Seating Chart
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Re: BC 39 Seating Chart
Which was a big mistake as far as I'm concerned. You end up spending much of the evening looking directly into the sun. There must have a been a good reason for the move but it doesn't seem to have...
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
4/17/23, 3:58 PM
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Usac: Hoosier hundred postponed to may 26 at irp
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Re: Usac: Hoosier hundred postponed to may 26 at irp
Now they have a chance to draw a really good crowd with all of the 500 fans in town. That's why the Indiana State Fairgrounds Hoosier Hundred was moved from the traditional September date to May...
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
3/21/23, 12:40 PM
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26,843 Fans at 1942 Race
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Re: 26,843 Fans at 1942 Race
I didn't see it in the article but this was a CSRA (Central States Racing Association) race. AAA had dropped out of racing at the end of 1941 because of the war but other groups continued to race...
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
12/31/22, 12:02 PM
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That
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Re: That
To get this thread back on track here's latest on THAT from today's Terre Haute Tribune-Star.
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
10/29/22, 3:13 PM
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Help....1970 Terre Haute sched
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Re: Help....1970 Terre Haute sched
The first sprint car race at Terre Haute in 1970 was in June. There was both a USAC sprint car race and a USAC midget race (the following Wednesday evening) during the Vigo County Fair. In...
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
10/19/22, 8:01 PM
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Hoosier Hundred - New Home?
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Re: Hoosier Hundred - New Home?
Silver Crown cars have clutches so push vehicles aren't needed. If they have any kind of competition break (a la NASCAR) it defeats the purpose of a hundred mile race which is what the entire series...
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
10/4/22, 11:19 AM
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OT: I-30 Speedway Runs Last Race
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OT: I-30 Speedway Runs Last Race
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmAejW6n_sM
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
9/20/22, 1:09 PM
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Circle City Rocks
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Re: Circle City Rocks
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
1/20/21, 7:34 PM
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Terre Haute Action Track Terre Haute, Indiana. 2021 Schedule
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2140rc
Re: Terre Haute Action Track Terre Haute, Indiana. 2021 Sche
Apparently, none scheduled in 2021.
http://www.usacracing.com/schedule-and-results/traxxas-silver-crown
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
10/18/20, 2:03 PM
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Roll cages
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2140rc
Re: Roll cages
USAC made cages mandatory on midgets and sprints starting with the 1971 season. Champ Dirt cars didn't make cages a requirement until 1972.
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
10/13/20, 4:43 PM
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Anyone else remember this or USAC pulling anything like this
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2140rc
Re: Anyone else remember this or USAC pulling anything like
I believe this was a case of the regular USAC bunch not liking to get beat by some unknown while on one of their annual western summer tours.
I don't remember much but the Standley car was a...
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
4/15/20, 6:34 PM
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best guess
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Re: best guess
Per the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) 34,157 Americans died from influenza in 2018-2019 flu season. That included 477 children aged 0 thru 17. No one says a word about flu deaths. I guess...
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
4/10/20, 12:49 PM
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State fair races in jeopardy?
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Re: State fair races in jeopardy?
Interesting in that there is no 100% vaccine for seasonal flu either. And although no one worries much about it the flu is every bit as deadly as the Wuhan Virus in numbers of deaths. Every year...
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
1/3/20, 12:16 PM
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Offy at the chili bowl?
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2140rc
Re: Offy at the chili bowl?
That Offenhauser business was started by a nephew of Fred Offenhauser and had nothing to do with the original Miller/Offenhauser/Meyer-Drake racing company. Fred "C." Offenhauser started the company...
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
12/5/19, 2:22 PM
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USAC and Roll Cages
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Re: USAC and Roll Cages
USAC made roll cages mandatory for sprint cars and midgets starting with the 1971 season although by the end of 1970 most of the cars were running them. Ralph Ligouri won without a cage at Williams...
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
11/28/19, 12:33 PM
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Hoosier Hundred to Terre Haute
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2140rc
Re: Hoosier Hundred to Terre Haute
Terre Haute ran a 200 lap (100 mile) midget race back in 1954. Duke Nalon was the winner
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
11/26/19, 1:41 PM
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Hoosier Hundred to Terre Haute
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Hoosier Hundred to Terre Haute
The Hoosier Hundred formerly held at the Indiana State Fairgrounds shows up on the schedule at Terre Haute.
The 2020 racing schedule for the Terre Haute Action Track, as just released:
•...
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
9/8/19, 8:11 PM
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Midwest Supermodified Series at Lucas Oil Raceway
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Midwest Supermodified Series at Lucas Oil Raceway
I just found out that the Midwest Supermodifieds will run at Lucas Oil Raceway next Saturday, September 14th. Supposedly, there will be other events as well but I haven't been able find any more...
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
7/2/19, 4:56 PM
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Usac: Half-mile heroes hold the upper hand at knoxville
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2140rc
Re: Usac: Half-mile heroes hold the upper hand at knoxville
Here's a flashback to the original intro.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuuEM7twD9U
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
6/16/19, 11:26 AM
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Stage Racing in Silver Crown
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2140rc
Re: Stage Racing in Silver Crown
Because today's Silver Crown cars have lineage going back to the Championship cars that raced in the Indianapolis 500 from the start. The rules always called for transmissions and starters (whether...
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