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12/31/09, 4:39 PM |
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My memory lacks, as it was a long time ago, maybe 1999-2000 as I was just graduating high school or just out but...
Rik Smits (Former Indiana Pacer) used to hang around my uncle's engine shop at the time. It was a 3rd party who brought Rik there (cant remember who) but he loved it. I showed up one day and asked whats up and they were like, "Not much, Rik is in the back tearing tearing down engines and cleaning them for fun." LOL There was a pavement Silver Crown car, not sure who owned it that was driven by Mark Boice (maybe some others) that I remember Rik doing a lot of work on. He may have been an ASE certified mechanic or was wanting to be. Total gearhead. |
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12/31/09, 5:01 PM |
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---------- Post added at 04:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:01 PM ---------- also gene rogers drove virgil's buick v8 first it had a ford 60s in it back in the 40s and 50s! |
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12/31/09, 11:36 PM |
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Remember that Dale Blaney played pro basketball in the minor leagues
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1/1/10, 1:32 AM |
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Bob, Marv, Dave and shortbus may recall that Pepper Martin drove a midget car in the 30s while playing 3rd base for the infamous St. Louis Cardinals "Gas House Gang."
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1/1/10, 7:26 PM |
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Race Count This Year: 4 Race Count Last Year: 51 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 654 |
Took me a while, but I was able to dig up and scan some of the USAC teams owned by the MLB players.
Chris Hoiles used checkered flags and two Baseball Bats in his logo, and his car number was 23, which I assume might have been his MLB uniform number. Doug Jones incorporated a Baseball in his Motorsports logo. Here is Gus Wasson in the Hoiles #23 at Paragon's USAC Sprintweek race. Here is Wasson in the Hoiles #23 pavemant car at Winchester. The Chris Hoiles hauler and logo at Paragon, The Doug Jones Motorsports #27 and Aaron Mosley at the Paragon USAC Sprintweek race. Close up of the Doug Jones Motorsports logo on the side of the hood. And speaking of Walter Payton, he actually did a little driving also, seen here at the SCCA/Oldsmobile Pro Series race at the Mid Ohio Sports Car Course in 1991 as part of the CART race. He is in the white #34, which was sponsored by Chalkline | Nikko Toy Company USA | NFL Properties | Proset Trading Cards.
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1/1/10, 8:29 PM |
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1/1/10, 8:34 PM |
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Also, Atlanta Braves Manager Bobby Cox used to own a few sprint cars that Calvin Landis among others raced during the 1993 Sprint Car World Series that was televised on TNN way back when.
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1/2/10, 1:19 AM |
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---------- Post added at 01:53 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:19 AM ---------- Also, here's a picture of Chris Hoiles: and here's one of Doug Jones: |
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1/2/10, 7:30 AM |
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[QUOTE=richie;151803]Thank you Keith! That's neat to see those cars again; it's been awhile since I've seen them. [COLOR="Black"]
Yeah, Richie. You were, what, 10?
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1/2/10, 11:08 AM |
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wow danny, you really putting marv in his place asking him about a guy who ran in the 30's.
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