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8/17/16, 5:43 PM

Replies: 121

Badlands Speedway Gold Cup ?

Views: 49,319

Posted By 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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8/1/16, 10:40 AM

Replies: 3

McCarl suspended

Views: 3,685

Posted By old time Hoosier

Re: McCarl suspended

Not harsh, he shoved an official and not his first temper tantrum.

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

2/17/16, 12:10 PM

Replies: 11

Usac: New driver & team combos head to “winter dirt games vi

Views: 6,558

Posted By 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.

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

11/15/15, 9:50 PM

Replies: 30

You could make the argument

Views: 9,869

Posted By 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!!

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

2/28/15, 9:45 PM

Replies: 39

Best sponsor you have seen on the side of a race car?

Views: 12,140

Posted By 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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10/16/14, 3:59 PM

Replies: 34

Covered Grandstands

Views: 9,027

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!!

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

10/15/14, 6:41 PM

Replies: 9

Tracks For Sale

Views: 4,971

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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8/26/14, 9:51 PM

Replies: 9

Sammy calls it quits!

Views: 4,399

Posted By 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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8/8/14, 12:45 PM

Replies: 20

Good Job Bryan Clauson

Views: 6,769

Posted By 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.

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

7/14/14, 11:28 AM

Replies: 4

Pics of Armscamp

Views: 2,738

Posted By 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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6/25/14, 10:32 PM

Replies: 3

South Bend Motor Speedway is for Sale

Views: 2,378

Posted By 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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6/1/14, 8:17 PM

Replies: 44

Motor Rules

Views: 16,632

Posted By 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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3/8/14, 12:13 PM

Replies: 13

I need some education from the historians

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Posted By 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.

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

2/17/14, 9:32 PM

Replies: 24

Rollie Beale

Views: 8,148

Posted By 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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12/17/13, 11:29 PM

Replies: 39

Steve Kinser to retire at the end of the 2014 season.

Views: 12,828

Posted By 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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9/24/13, 8:54 PM

Replies: 1

Jungle Park October 5th

Views: 1,688

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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9/11/13, 5:52 PM

Replies: 39

OT: MWR, Boyer, NASCAR

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Posted By 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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8/14/13, 9:32 AM

Replies: 2

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!

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

8/14/13, 9:30 AM

Replies: 2

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.

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

7/9/13, 11:55 PM

Replies: 7

MDTRA History

Views: 2,229

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.

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

7/5/13, 6:24 PM

Replies: 164

What track did you grow up going to?

Views: 48,322

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.

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

6/25/13, 12:56 PM

Replies: 164

What track did you grow up going to?

Views: 48,322

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...

Forum: Indiana Open Wheel Forum

5/26/13, 7:31 PM

Replies: 47

Good finish Indy500

Views: 10,925

Posted By 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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4/3/13, 12:24 PM

Replies: 14

Need some help / Indiana trip

Views: 3,727

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

Replies: 42

Knoxville Nationals WITHOUT wings?

Views: 15,654

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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