The best race you saw in 2008?
 

I saw the question on another board and thought it might make a good topic here.











Mine was the regular show at Bloomington where Dickie Gaines beat Bobby Stines coming out of turn four on the last lap.

Kyle

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Kyle,
This isn't fair. I go as often as you, and to narrow down to one is tough. Darland from the tail to win at Kokomo would have to be my favorite. Sumar Classic at THAT would be a real close second.

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Kyle:
The best I seen this year was ISW at kokomo. The drive by hunter shurenburg was outstanding.

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Our favorite race was the Haubstadt race that Daron Clayton won. He has such a tough year it was great to see him get one.

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without a doubt Friday night at the Oval Nats.:applaud::thumb
ROB

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Gotta say that I concur: Dynamite Dave Cardey taking Demon and The Rocket as they fought every turn for the Friday Oval Nationals checkered was hands down the best race I saw. Though the back-from-last Hunter win at Kokomo made for the best taped race I saw.

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Can't remember the race, Darland won, at THAT, but the first and second went after it for about 10 or so laps.

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The Hulman at THAT. Great weather, great racing, happy to be back at Terre Haute.

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The burgs midgetweek race..Brad Sweet the winner.
4-crown midget race..Darland and Yeley!

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Too many good ones to narrow it down to just one.....

Darland passing Bland in 3 and 4 on the last lap of the Midget Week sprint feature at Gas City

Schuerenberg from the tail at Kokomo

Darland from the tail at Kokomo

Sprint Week at Kokomo

Kokomo Klash (Stanbrough, Bland, Whitt, Windom four wide with about three to go)

Whitt over Stanbrough, photo finish, at Kokomo on Aug. 31

Gardner and Clayton's B-main duel at Gas City on Oct. 3

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The Burg Midget week race:usacfan:thumb
The best on the internet Friday Oval National. Wish I was there for that!


Mike T

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The Eldora 4 Crown Midget Race... J.J. and Dave "The Best of the Best" showing their Best!

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I would have to say the run by Hunter S. from the back of the pack after getting collected on the first lap of the feature in early August at Kokomo. He was right on the wall while running down the rest of the field. That was probably the most impressive run I've seen at any track in the last several years.

Brett:dologob:

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The Kiss race at Gas City(I still hate provisionals)The Demon's run to the front was awesome ,to bad it ended in turn one:doh:

USAC @ BROWNSTOWN
Friday of the gold crown midget nats.
The battle between Brett Anderson and Ballou @ Pauducah

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Most dramatic and exciting was Rip Williams and Tony Jones wheel-to-wheel @ the checkered @ Perris. How Jones got past for the win was unbelievable.

Dean Mills clip of young Hunter @ Kokomo in July from the back was terrific. I wasn't there though.

The special and nostalgic Calistoga weekend featuring duels between Tim Kaeding and Jesse Hockett. The Labor Day weekend Lou Vermeil Classic will be talked about for years. The midget show was special also. I hadn't been to Calistoga in more than 30 years.

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The Kokomo ISW race is very tough to beat... :respect:

Don't forget about the Bloomington ISW race either! The battle between Clauson and Cottle, then Clauson and Cottle with a few lead changes between the two, finally JCJ ending up with the win...

I see a trend with Indiana Sprint Week races. :thumb

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The Memorial race at Kokomo with Darland winning his own fathers race. It was the best I seen all year. Really made me think why i love real sprint car racing. Thanks to all the racers that made 2008 a fun year to watch.

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The one I won lol

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The Bloomington Indiana Sprint Week show was not only the best race I saw in '08, but perhaps the best race I've ever seen.:thumb

The Modified feature that night also ranked as one of the best races I saw this season. How often do you see the mods go green to checker caution free?

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Originally Posted by Stan Don It:
The Eldora 4 Crown Midget Race... J.J. and Dave "The Best of the Best" showing their Best!

I totally agree with this that race one of the best I have ever seen top 5 easily and I have seen alot of them. Lawrenceburg had a ton of great races this year also, midget week show and the Allstars were among my favorite there. I know nobody wants to hear this on this board but the Woo show coming there this year will be fantastic and a must see event judging by the Allstar show this year.

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Most exciting:1. Hunter from the tail at Kokomo... 2. Clayton at the late Haubstadt race, oil drippin, engine on fire during yellows, still kickin a## till the motor finally let go.Best experience: DD cashin in payback at the Darland Memorial.

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Originally Posted by aussiemidgetfan:
I've watched every one of the USAC and CRA videos on the net available this year and found them all very enjoyable, but without a doubt the best race of 2008 was the Italian Grand Prix.

HOW DID I MISS THAT ONE:confused:

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Duquoin Silver Crown Brian Tyler by 3 car links over Darland.:checkered:

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Seems like Kokomo was host to many GREAT A mains all year....

I saw a some good ones this year but as mentioned a few times already was...

The 4 Crown Midget race....was Incredible.

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Outdoor - The Silver Crown race at DuQuoin

Overall - Heat Race #1 of the Saturday night Badger Midget show at the Sandbox Arena in New Richmond, WI. Ray, Altig & Lundgreen - three wide start to finish.

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Originally Posted by SpfldMile:
The Hulman at THAT. Great weather, great racing, happy to be back at Terre Haute.

That one gets my nod as well. Great to be back at THAT that day. DC's peformance in the B and the A was nothing short of spectacular. He was just passing guys like they were tied to trees at the start of the feature. Had he not almost spun out twice later on he might have been up front battling with Levi. Still won't forget Kuhn's late drive in Benic's car broken left front shock and all.:applaud:

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I'll just agree with what's been said about Bloomington Sprintweek, Kokomo Sprintweek, Sumar Classic, Hunter from-the-back, Gas City Midget Week (both divisons, Lawrenceburg Midget Week (both divisions), Four Crown Midgets, Friday of Gold Crown, and Friday of Ovals.

I'll add these:
2 TNT races - Greenwood & Creek County. CC is about a fifth-mile and got rained on before hot laps....which gave us a super-tacky little bullring that made for a great race. Bacon gets Ballou late for the win.

Sun Prairie midgets - Levi rolls by Hines and Darland on the cushion for the win on a late restart.

But the best race I saw all year was that midget race at the Four Crown. The heavyweight battle between Yeley and Darland was great. You can just see by watching how bad they wanted it. So it was a great race even before Stenhouse decided to spoil their fun by running in true Eldora style - he never left the wall and blasted right by those two. Then he checked out. Even after Kuhn broke in front of him and he went to the tail, Stenhouse was putting on a show, right up to the point when he clipped the backstretch wall and flipped about as hard as I've ever seen into turn three. It was like Stenhouse crammed all the reasons I love to watch him race into one night....what an unbelievable show!

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Originally Posted by Stagger:
Seems like Kokomo was host to many GREAT A mains all year....

I saw a some good ones this year but as mentioned a few times already was...

The 4 Crown Midget race....was Incredible.

You can't go wrong with Kokomo. The racing there is second to none. IMO

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I've got to give one vote to the MSCS opener at Terre Haute...the battle between Hockett and Ballou in the A main for the last 5-6 laps was great!!

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Sprint cars

1 Hulman Classic. To much to watch at times. All night was great,heats,B main, A main.
2 Hunter from the back at Kokomo
3 Clayton from the back at Creek County for 3rd.

Midgets
1 First POWRi race at Little Belleville. On the same weekend as all the flooding here in Indiana,it took me about 5 1/2 hours to get there,with some phone updates from Morty along the way. Glad I made it there,cause the racing was unreal in the feature. It got about 4 laps in,then 1/2 the field was sliding the other half in one end of the track,and then getting slid back in the other end of the track! This went on all feature long,and much like the Hulman,even though Little Belleville is just a dinky little track,there was to much to watch all at once.

2 POWRi midgets at Macon. This one Dean Mills captured on video,and what were ther,like 23 sliders he counted for the lead?? Another fun night.

3 4 crown midgets. More sliders galore for the lead.

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1. USAC at Salem! I am slightly biased though…
2. DuQuoin Silver Crown
3. Any race at THAT with the new promoters

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Originally Posted by wbr:
1. USAC at Salem! I am slightly biased though…

...ranks up there towards the top for me, too, and that's a completely unbiased opinion.

Oh, and for what it's worth, Jacob made the early season show at Winchester awesome, too.

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Originally Posted by JordanBlanton:
...ranks up there towards the top for me, too, and that's a completely unbiased opinion.

Oh, and for what it's worth, Jacob made the early season show at Winchester awesome, too.

He had a good run going in the Little 500 also until getting caught up in someone elses mess.

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1) Bloomington Sprintweek
2) Hunter from the back at Kokomo
3) Kokomo Sprintweek
4) Gas City Midget week sprint race
5) 4 crown midget race
6) Bloomington local show on 8-15 Gaines by inches at the line over Stines
7) Kokomo local show 8-31 Whitt by inches over Stanbrough
8) Jiggs last race at Gas City(never seen the track any racier than that night)
9) Lawrenceburg midget week
10) MSCS THAT(except for the brownout that delayed the feature until the sun went down)

Worst
1) Brickyard 400(not just the worst race this year the worst race I have EVER seen, enough that I finally gave up my seats even though BC may be running there in a year or 2)
2) 8-16 Lawrenceburg dry, dusty, slick, short field won by Bland going away

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The best race every year!! The INDY 500!!:respect::applaud:

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The 4 Crown Race at Eldora was it, It might have been the best Midget race I have ever seen. J.J and Double D Put on one hell of a show, and Stenthouse would have been in the mix to but he was going checkers or wreckers and all that was there seen that wreck, unreal he didnt get hurt bad. The best race and the most spectacular crash all in one. Im telling you this race was hands down the BEST!:thumb:thumb
Brandon Gray

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I was pretty fond of watching the demon come from the back racing stanbrough for the lead and dumps it at the kiss show at gas city. really exciting also the mscs and the burg stanbrough and bolou.

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1. Bloomington ISW
2. Hulman Classic
3. Illini 100 Farmer City Il even though this is a late model race. This being our home track it was great to see such a big event close to home.:thumb

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Of course my all time favorite race ever was seeing my Li'l Bro:respect: win Dad's:respect: Memorial race! I'm sure that will never be topped for me! (or any of my family!!):):checkered:
Like someone else said, Kokomo just cannot be beat!!:applaud:

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Originally Posted by 5JMOFFATTFAN!:
I was pretty fond of watching the demon come from the back racing stanbrough for the lead and dumps it at the kiss show at gas city.

I was laughing my A$$ off.