Hey MTQRL, I went to Shelbyville and found a field of 20 cars, a racey race track, Gary Lee sounding great on the P.A. , and some old friends having FUN! See you again soon.
P.S. A.J. Nigh I havn't...
I remember Travis' Rushville crash. I didn't witness it. Terry Goff drove for me at the time & we were talking. My back was to the track and he suddenly Terry went pale. He wouldn't tell me what...
Steve Schern worked for my father and then me from '82 until he died in '95. Unique would be an accurate discription for Steve. His usual summertime race track uniform was a buckwheat tee shirt...
Sandy,
Thanks so much for the info about 7/4/76. I remember that day vividly. For the next 20 years after that race I thought of very little else than T.Q.s (as my report cards showed)!
Sam was...
My favorite memories are from the early 80's fair weeks. There was a groop of us that would travel the entire week and camp together. I remember a night at the Columbus KOA when I was about 12 yrs....
I once heard a story that Earl Baltes had started on a 1 mile track adjacent to Eldora and had changed his mind and abandoned it. I dismissed this as a legend. Google Earth has always been blurry...
My first racing t shirt was from the 1981 Knoxville Natioinals. My dad and Allan Wilkinson brought it back to me. I think that Knoxville was still a non wing race then. (?)
Joe Monroe
