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11/29/08, 9:04 AM   #11
Re: Eldora 500 - 8/5/67
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Alan Barr........what a nice guy !!!!!!!!!!!
 
11/29/08, 10:07 AM   #12
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That tire was called a "bowtie" I have asked him about it and its a great story.
 
11/29/08, 2:15 PM   #13
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Fish, the owner is not exactly sure what year but hewitt had fast time in her car and was leading and herman wise from atlanta blew his engine and parts off it put a hole in the oil pan. That really sucked...lol
 
11/29/08, 2:20 PM   #14
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I do remember a 100 lap race at eldora in 1974 or 1975. It was the only time calvin gilstrap raced at eldora. Finished 9th.
 
11/29/08, 5:14 PM   #15
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Wow that is some history right there. Thanks Marv!

I can't imagine how a 500 lapper at one of the Ind. bullrings would go. I thought the 100 lapper that Briscoe won at Haubstadt two years ago was good. I love longer races.
 
11/29/08, 5:47 PM   #16
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Off Topic a little, but I remember flagging a 500 lap ARCA race there. Les Snow won it. The track just got blacker as the night went on.
 
11/30/08, 10:00 PM   #17
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Dad just updated the race ... Phil drove until the last pit stop and Sheldon got in and finished the race... Dad also mentioned the Wilson cars had oversized fuel tanks and Dizz supposedly put a truck inner tube in the tank to make up the extra room ... It was rumored that the inner tube went flat and there was controversy swirling around that the winning car might have been one pit stop short ... but since Dizz isn`t around to dispute this and he was always nice to me as a kid, I`m gonna leave it as conjecture. :checkered:

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12/1/08, 12:09 AM   #18
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Quote:
Originally Posted by smith19 View Post
Fish, the owner is not exactly sure what year but hewitt had fast time in her car and was leading and herman wise from atlanta blew his engine and parts off it put a hole in the oil pan. That really sucked...lol
Herman Wise was from Cumming, GA which is close to Dawsonville but not Atlanta
 
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