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1/4/24, 11:48 AM   #21
Re: Home Track
Charles Nungester
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40 mi from Moler (Just don't go) got burned with two hour intermissions etc.
60mi from Florence. Been going since mid 80s crewed on Bombers and LM's there 87-92

50 Mile from Lawerencburg, Going since little kid playing on the stage Early 70s
1.5hrs from both Atomic and Waynesfield

2hrs to Eldora and Brownstown. Portsmouth

3hrs from Bloomington, Gas City, Montpilier, Kokomo, LPS, THAT. Attica, Paragon.

3.5hrs to Tri State.

Track never been to within two hours. Brush Creek.
Ranking on Racing I've seen

1 THAT
2Montpilier
3Burg
4Florence
5 LPS
6Kokomo
7 Eldora (Balte's Eldora would be second)
8Bloomington
9Waynesfield
10 Tri State
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1/4/24, 1:52 PM   #22
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Home track would have to be Lincoln Park Speedway which is only 36 miles from our house. Was Kokomo for quite a few years but with less racing (opportunities) there in the past few years it has become LPS. As far as the race we are most looking forward to in 2024 it would be the USAC Silver Crown/midget doubleheader at the Belleville High Banks.


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1/4/24, 3:08 PM   #23
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I moved from Canada to Orange County, CA in late 1989. I was only 45 minutes from Ascot Park, and never missed a race. They closed at the end of the following year, I believe. When I retired and moved to Mesa, AZ in 2007, Manzanita became my home track, also about a 45 minute drive. They closed a couple or so years later. When Arizona Speedway was built, it was only 15 minutes from my home, and I caught all of the bigger sprint shows as well as the Wild West Shootout late model program in January. Now they closed a couple of years ago. Someone told me at ISW a while back, to PLEASE not move to Kokomo.
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1/4/24, 5:07 PM   #24
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I try to make all USAC races at Terre Haute. Not as many on the schedule as I would like. Interesting no IRP mentions. Guessing there were many of us back in the Thunder days.
 
1/4/24, 6:06 PM   #25
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Bloomington it’s 1 mile from my house
 
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1/4/24, 6:12 PM   #26
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Quote:
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I moved from Canada to Orange County, CA in late 1989. I was only 45 minutes from Ascot Park, and never missed a race. They closed at the end of the following year, I believe. When I retired and moved to Mesa, AZ in 2007, Manzanita became my home track, also about a 45 minute drive. They closed a couple or so years later. When Arizona Speedway was built, it was only 15 minutes from my home, and I caught all of the bigger sprint shows as well as the Wild West Shootout late model program in January. Now they closed a couple of years ago. Someone told me at ISW a while back, to PLEASE not move to Kokomo.
" Someone told me at ISW a while back, to PLEASE not move to Kokomo. "
Thats what I was gonna say...
Same for Pennsyltucky!
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1/4/24, 6:22 PM   #27
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Going by tracks I visited last year

3874 miles east of Bloomington
3813 miles east of Circle City
3802 miles east of Lawrenceburg
3866 miles east of Lincoln Park
3891 miles east of THAT
3778 miles east of Kokomo
3775 miles east of Gas City
3961 miles east of Haubstadt
3756 miles east of Angell Park
4357 miles north east of Chili Bowl
3987 miles east Knoxville

3943 miles east of Marshalltown
3753 miles east of Winchester
Are you the English guy I met a few years ago (at least 5) at Midget Week? He was there with his wife. I commented that Aussies seem to prefer winged cars... he replied"Thats why we kicked them out"
 
1/4/24, 8:47 PM   #28
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30 minutes max for tracks below.
Paragon
Lincoln Park
Circle City
IRP
IMS
Most visited last year was a tie Lincoln Park and IMS .
 
1/5/24, 5:11 AM   #29
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563 miles east of Knoxville Ia. I’ll gladly ride past a dozen others to get there.
 
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1/5/24, 9:13 AM   #30
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Lincoln, New Oxford, PA. 49 miles, 1 hour exactly. Only missed 1 sprint car show there last year and that's because I was at Port for the USAC show.
 
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