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old time Hoosier
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
8/17/16, 5:43 PM
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Badlands Speedway Gold Cup ?
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50,144
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old time Hoosier
Re: Badlands Speedway Gold Cup ?
Not true at all. The WoO is responsible for this mess as they agreed to terms with BAdlands last APRIL and then changed their mind (with some pressure from Craftsman) at the last moment. Glad...
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
8/1/16, 10:40 AM
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McCarl suspended
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old time Hoosier
Re: McCarl suspended
Not harsh, he shoved an official and not his first temper tantrum.
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
2/17/16, 12:10 PM
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Usac: New driver & team combos head to “winter dirt games vi
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old time Hoosier
Re: Usac: New driver & team combos head to “winter dirt game
There is no such place as Sioux City, South Dakota. Sioux City is in Iowa and Sioux Falls is in South Dakota and Bret Melleberndt has racing genes oozing out his pores.
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
11/15/15, 9:50 PM
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You could make the argument
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old time Hoosier
Re: You could make the argument
Starting to sound like South Dakota might be added to the list of states next year!!
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
2/28/15, 9:45 PM
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Best sponsor you have seen on the side of a race car?
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old time Hoosier
Re: Best sponsor you have seen on the side of a race car?
A real estate developer in the Des Moines, Iowa area had 'Get a lot while your young' on the side of a wing at Knoxville
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
10/16/14, 3:59 PM
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Covered Grandstands
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9,143
Posted By
old time Hoosier
Re: Covered Grandstands
Lyon County Fairgrounds Rock Rapids, Iowa and it is possibly the oldest grandstand in the country as it was originally built in 1888 and is still secured with wooden pegs!!
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
10/15/14, 6:41 PM
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Tracks For Sale
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5,025
Posted By
old time Hoosier
Re: Tracks For Sale
A Lew Morgan Memorial got my attention as I did not know that Mr. Morgan had any connection to Gas City. He at one time did own the old Armscamp Speedway near Alexandria and also owned a fleet of...
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
8/26/14, 9:51 PM
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Sammy calls it quits!
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4,430
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old time Hoosier
Re: Sammy calls it quits!
No doubt he was a genuine wheelman with a talent unequaled on the dirt and only one of a very few sprint car guys who made an attempt at the Indianapolis 500. However his lack of social /...
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
8/8/14, 12:45 PM
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Good Job Bryan Clauson
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6,856
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old time Hoosier
Re: Good Job Bryan Clauson
Excellent performance by Clauson and now his name is being mentioned along with Brown to fill the vacancy of Steve Kinser on the Tony Stewart WoO team next year.
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
7/14/14, 11:28 AM
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Pics of Armscamp
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old time Hoosier
Re: Pics of Armscamp
I also could not open the link. Describe the photos or is there anything different out there in the last few years? Thanks for the effort anyway as I have many, many memories of Armscamp over 60...
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
6/25/14, 10:32 PM
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South Bend Motor Speedway is for Sale
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old time Hoosier
Re: South Bend Motor Speedway is for Sale
Anybody out there know when the South Bend Motor Speedway was built? I remember going there with my Dad for a AAA midget race but I can't remember the year. My SWAG (Scientific Wild Ass Guess) would...
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
6/1/14, 8:17 PM
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Motor Rules
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old time Hoosier
Re: Motor Rules
Racing cars do not have motors unless the owner got a helluva deal on a LONG extension cord. Race cars have internal combustion ENGINES but amazingly some ENGINE builders call their finished product...
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
3/8/14, 12:13 PM
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I need some education from the historians
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old time Hoosier
Re: I need some education from the historians
The first 'four wide salute' that I seen was at Armscamp Speedway near Alexandria in 1946 but I do not know why or if that was the first.
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
2/17/14, 9:32 PM
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Rollie Beale
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8,281
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old time Hoosier
Re: Rollie Beale
Rollie Beale was indeed an ambassador to sprint car racing both as a driver and later an official for USAC. When he was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame he was very humble and...
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
12/17/13, 11:29 PM
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Steve Kinser to retire at the end of the 2014 season.
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old time Hoosier
Re: Steve Kinser to retire at the end of the 2014 season.
An absolutely incredible career with a list of accomplishments / achievements that will never be bettered. Who else has raced in the Indianapolis 500, Daytona 500, won so many Knoxville Nationals...
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
9/24/13, 8:54 PM
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Jungle Park October 5th
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Posted By
old time Hoosier
Re: Jungle Park October 5th
A bargain if you are an oldtimer. Every time I walk into Jungle Park I get a sense I can 'feel' what went on here years and years ago and my wife thinks I am nuts. She might be right but I still feel...
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
9/11/13, 5:52 PM
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OT: MWR, Boyer, NASCAR
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12,738
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old time Hoosier
Re: OT: MWR, Boyer, NASCAR
Never been a big fan of NASCAR but I will admit they certainly know how to market their product better than any other sport including the stick and ball bunch. The problem that I have seen surface...
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
8/14/13, 9:32 AM
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WoO: 8/13/2013 - Junction Motor Speedway
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Posted By
old time Hoosier
Re: WoO: 8/13/2013 - Junction Motor Speedway
Oops I meant WOO winged sprint car race, I guess I need some of the young fans to teach me how to type!
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
8/14/13, 9:30 AM
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WoO: 8/13/2013 - Junction Motor Speedway
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Posted By
old time Hoosier
Re: WoO: 8/13/2013 - Junction Motor Speedway
Although I would rather dig a ditch than watch a WoW Winged sprint car race, I am glad to see the old man still able to teach the young drivers how it is done.
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
7/9/13, 11:55 PM
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MDTRA History
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2,271
Posted By
old time Hoosier
Re: MDTRA History
Do you know what track they ran on at Muncie? It could have been either the steeplechase or the fairgrounds.
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
7/5/13, 6:24 PM
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What track did you grow up going to?
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49,136
Posted By
old time Hoosier
Re: What track did you grow up going to?
Retired 'ain't what you think' I've been retired five years now and most of the time I am bored to death and that includes going to several sprint car races and fishing my ass off.
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
6/25/13, 12:56 PM
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What track did you grow up going to?
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49,136
Posted By
old time Hoosier
Re: What track did you grow up going too?
Armscamp in Alexandria and the original 16th Street Speedway, in Indianapolis for midgets, Sun Valley in Anderson for the roaring roadsters and Winchester and Dayton for the 'big cars' and thanks...
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
5/26/13, 7:31 PM
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Good finish Indy500
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11,294
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old time Hoosier
Re: Good finish Indy500
Among the very best if not the BEST Indianapolis 500. As a native Hoosier now displaced in Dakota I still miss my home state when 'Back Home Again In Indiana' is sung. I wish Bob Jenkins was at work...
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Indiana Open Wheel Forum
4/3/13, 12:24 PM
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Need some help / Indiana trip
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3,804
Posted By
old time Hoosier
Re: Need some help / Indiana trip
Do NOT miss the Little 500 in Anderson. There is no racing event that will equal the thrill of the start of this famed classic. The Little 500 is rich in history and rightfully so and it is among the...
Forum:
Indiana Open Wheel Forum
1/21/13, 1:55 AM
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42
Knoxville Nationals WITHOUT wings?
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15,933
Posted By
old time Hoosier
Re: Knoxville Nationals WITHOUT wings?
No doubt that the wingless sprint cars put on a better display of driver abilities but the Knoxville fan base are jaded and without wings the gate would suffer. When the USAC sprints ran Knoxville...
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