[oldracer#4]

Valley Speedway hosted the USAC sprints Saturday night as the series makes a five day pass thru the Midwest, 31 cars showed up for the event.

Several of the competitors were regulars from the WAR sprint series, they were at a 225 pound weight disadvantage as well as running 360 motors compared to the 410 engines the USAC guy's run.

This made for some interesting racing as the USAC regulars had to work their way thru the pack in the heat races and a- main.

As they say the cream rose to the top as the USAC racers filled the to ten spots at the end of the race. I could tell you the result but why not watch the video and find out for yourself how the race went. Enjoy.

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[ThePurple73]

Great Video Job. Wow, Ballou is quite a rim rider. Very racey track. Many times saw cars running three wide.

[grinch]

That's just what racers do!......They race!....Boy when I come back I hope he sends me to the Indy area.

[Tim Watson]

Thanks for sharing! Lots of seating at that place, you don't often see seats all down the backstretch.

[ThePurple73]

I was curious as I heard in the first heat there was a driver named Parkinson. Is he related to Ralph and Jr. and if so what is the relation to them.

[Indy1808]

Congratulations Robert!
Happy for you.
Hope I get to see the next win.
Maybe in Michigan next weekend?

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[robert gatten]

great video, thanks for shooting and sharing with us all . would be good if usac would start doing this each show.
are you going to the other three shows ?

[darlandfan]

Originally Posted by ThePurple73 I was curious as I heard in the first heat there was a driver named Parkinson. Is he related to Ralph and Jr. and if so what is the relation to them.

Chris Parkinson is Jr's son

[Tim Clauson]

They are Robert and it is FANTASTIC coverage.

http://media.usacracing.com

Tim Clauson

Originally Posted by robert gatten great video, thanks for shooting and sharing with us all . would be good if usac would start doing this each show. are you going to the other three shows ?

[oldracer#4]

Robert, I will be at the next three shows, Really looking forward to all three.
Without a doubt USAC races are the funnest sprint car races to watch, I could have shown some great racing for 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th
but Ballou and Stanbrough were really going after it up front.

Keep an eye out for the other three shows, I am looking forward to tonight and Monday and Tuesday, thanks for the nice comments.
Mike K.