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You might be old school if you ever saw Kenny Weld use a crescent wrench to remove the nut holding his steering wheel on so he could get out of his super-modified after winning a main.

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You might be Old School if you saw " The Tiger" Gene Brown win an A main at Manzy.

If you coated your right side wheels with Brake/tranny fluid before mud plugs or covers were used. You are Old School.

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You might be really old school if you ever went to a "Big Car" race at Jungle Park Speedway!

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...ya might be if you were a fan of and watched Larry "Captain Crunch" Kirkpatrick or Wib Spaulding wheel a race car...

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You might be Old School if you watched Calvin Gilstrap, Dick Gaines, Cecil Beavers and Butch Wilkerson race at Mitchell Indiana Speedway. :9:

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You might be old school or just plain old if you remember watching Paul "Potsy" Goacher, Travis "Spider" Webb, Jim Rathman, Dick Rathman, Pat O'Connor, George Francis "Pat" Flaherty race on short tracks. Seeing Sam Skinner win the first Little 500....... Attending races at Arrmscamp Speedway.... meeting Ray W. Harroun.

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If you remember Sprint Car racing before they all had traction control.

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you might be old school if you had to wait for National Speed Sports News for all the race results and rumors........

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Old school is when a sprintcar made a few bucks!

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you might be old school if your me :3: without even trying I have a complete vintage outfit. My car was built in 1990, my trailer used to be for my boat and my tail sticks off the back like the good ole days and my truck is a 87 f350 with over half million miles, all for a total of $ 3068.00 including trailer. My buddy two houses over has more in one head on his mod then I have spent total and we both know my car is faster, (and purtier too) which makes him look something like this :14:

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You might be old school if you remember 1 division shows or.......
when the B main was called the Hooligan

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You might be "old school" if you remember:

Ken Fowler flagging USAC races
Tom Hamlin and Omar Williams announcing at Eldora, New Bremen, & Dayton
Shadow Kennedy announcing at Lawrenceburg
Don Hewitt in Maude Smith's blue #19
Frankie Mack's high flying act in turn 2 at The 'Burg
when every car at Indy was Special, i.e., the Drewry's Special, the Bardahl Special, the Willard Battery Special, etc.

and especially if you remember when:

Dave Foist and Danny Burton were too young for AARP. :5:;):5:

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Your old school if you watched Thursday Night Thunder on ESPN and the "Big Sprint Races" on ABC Wide World of Sports.

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You might be old school if you remember Ed Watson dressed up as a clown and doing all sorts of crazy antics in his go cart druring a lull in the racing activities at various short tracks.

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If you remember when they pitted in the infield at Haubstadt!

Remember some classic Gary Hayhurst Jr, Mark Cummings, and Kevin Briscoe scraps in the sprints and Keven Claycomb and Doug McCammon scraps in the late models!

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I guess I'm just plain old. I remember "Potsy Goacher" driving midgets at the old Terre Haute Fastrack at 25th & Ft Harrison. :6:

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You are old school if you remember Crosley Tq's.

You are old school if you run a tapered rear axle.

You are old school if you use wood screws for a beadlock.

You are old school if you mix your alky with castor.

You are old school if you ran sprinters at Sweet Owen Speedway.

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You might be Old School if you remember the USAC vs NCRA champ races in Okc.

You might be old school if you knew what happened between Jon Johnson and Rich Volger in those races.

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:5: Somebody's been diggin' through SSN :5::6::23:

I remember a clown act at little 500 in early 80's, is that the same guy?
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you might be real old if you remember daylight racing at terre haute and the firecrew wore silver fire retardent suits when it was 90 degrees in the shade during the hut hundred.........

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The clown at the Little 500 was Jimmy Kempher, he lived in Anderson, In. BTW Jimmy was deaf. I still think Sun Valley was a cool name for the track in Anderson.

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I'm only 38 but in my mind...

You might be "old school" if:

Mike's Pizza still makes you think of spectator races @ Kokomo Speedway.

High Dollar operation means you have two tire racks on the open trailer.

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Nope, I have done all of those things at one time or another.

Up until 5 years ago I still had 3 Crosley TQ engines.

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You might just be old school if you have ever heard an Evinrude powered midget race. Rather unique!

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Yes, the mighty ELTO, might even be older, if you know what the letters stand for! Bob:8:

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Easy! Evinrude Light Twin Outboard. I cheated and googled. But, I do remember midgets with outboard engines. They had a distinctive sound and as I recall, a lot of exhaust smoke.

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You got er! Not bad loud in the seat, but beside one, or following one, HUH! Bob!:5:

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Didn't someone run one of those at the Chili Bowl just a few years ago?
Seem to remember a lot of talk about it and the car almost making an A-main til the motor puked.

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yes and you could smell it as well as here it!

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You might be old school if you were at Sun Valley Speedway the night that track owner Joe Helping sang the national anthem.:18:

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I must be real old school........I was there and remember it well.

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Yes, it was Matt Sherrill from the Tulsa area. He now runs a lot with Powri, but in much newer equipment.

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You might be old school if you looked forward to seeing the glossy pictures in Illustrated Speedway News. Also, if you remember seeing race cars at almost every service station or garage in town.

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You might be old school if you remember watching local shows with both Late Models & Sprints on the card for the night.

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You might be old school if you remember "Dandy" Don Klein's first track championship with the Allied Auto Racing Association.

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I'm Old School. Here we go. Minnesota State Fairgrounds 1/2 mile
when Harvey Conkel went for a ride and Ernie Johnson was there
to help. The t-shirt days were awesome. ( Wish I could have seen
the IMCA days. Incredible!) Turn 1 tavern at Little Springfield. The
1 ton dually's @ open trailer's. Ernie Johnson had a chance to go
to Indy in 1949 but his business-family did not allow to let that
happen. Johnson had many great driver's like Emory Collins & Horst
meyer in his Sprint Car stable. I think of the 318 offy's. Ernie
Johnson was a great driver in his racing days. Have friends that
remember Johnson-Collins-Horstmeyer racing.
Best Regards,
John

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I saw DukeDerosa driving one of these at Shaheens(and yes it was loud and smoky)

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Holy cow, this post is still kickin in the dust. It must be old school. :5:

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You might be old school if you found it entertaining when a drivers wife would climb the flag stand ladder to discuss the race with the flagman.

You might be old school when you actually got to hear announcers talk about the drivers and give a little brackground.