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WHAT DRIVER WON A 200 LAP ROARING ROADSTER RACE DRIVING THE LAST HALF ON THE RACE ON 3 WHEELS? ALSO WHAT INDY 500 WINNER BROKE A AXEL AND WENT OVER THE FIRST TURN WALL WHY LEADING A 100 LAP ROARING ROADSTER RACE?:doh:

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WHERE ARE ALL THE RACING EXPERTS? 150 LOOKERS AND NO ANSWERS?:doh:

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none of us are quite as old as You.:respect::moon: Roadster:applaud: isnt that what they ran at indy? Why were they on that half mi track?:redflag:
aXe:checkered: LOL

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man i miss d.c

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I only followed the "Roaring Roadsters" on dirt, maybe Salem a time or 2. Which one of them owned the Flying A truck stop, just off I69? Which one of them was the first, I believe, to show up with an Overhead Valve V8. Another of my hometown favorites, lost his life at Langhorne, and yet another at Salem. Bob

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You got me Duke. I have no idea. What year?

Also, I sent you a Private message awhile back and was curious to see if you have had a chance to read it. If so, send me a Private Message or PM back and let me know what you think.

George Wilkins
Nonwing

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Troy Ruttman over the wall?

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Vukovich?

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red amick from calif. Lived in muncie! Owned the truck stop! And larry (crash) crockett from columbus was killed driving chas engle car at langhorn! Whats your hometown?

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no troy ruttman!

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no bill vukovich sr!

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Shoosssssss!!.....look,Duke with no CAPS.!!.........
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Brucer'

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My dad bought that car off of Engle, later sold it to Paul Fortney, then it went to some guy in Anderson after that. When we aquired the car, it was pretty cobbled up.

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Home town is Columbus, In. Red Amick was my "favorite", Roy Prosser showed up one night at Columbus, In, with I believe, a Chrysler products OHV V8. Crocket drove a flatdead Ford 6 cyl, owned by Dan Walls, where I "grew up", in his shop. That was one bad "half dozen". I rode in the woods, with Larriet, he had his left leg broken, and was riding a WWll 45cu in Harley, and when we'd come to a hill, where he couldn't use the foot brake, he'd just slide off, and let the ole Harley go, and he'd slide down behind it. Lots a good memories from those days, we weren't able to follow them on the summer circuit, Columbus, and Franklin were about the extent of it. Bob

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roy prosser ex jockey from ca. Was a hard driver drove walt straber 39 from lapel in! A flat head merc! Jim mcwhity was from grammer in. Near you!

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Duke did you know my cousin Jim Summers from Salem.

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:checkered:Hi this Butch Wilkerson I would LOVE to set and go racing with you sometime before long Jerry Caster Dave Norris Ron Schefel & I are going to SHORTYS on Tuesday at 1100 for HOT LAPS & tenderloin,Hope to meet you .:checkered::checkered::checkered::checkered:

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My Dad spoke of Red Amick alot while I was growing up. Everytime we went to Indy, for any reason, we would stop at the truck stop, just before getting on I-69.
Found a cool photo of him on the IMS website. Is he still living?
David.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...dAmick1960.jpg

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If you Google, Mutual Racing Association, you'll find photos and articles about the "Roaring Roadsters". The "Roaring Roadsters" were the first race cars I can remember watching as a little boy at Sun Valley(Anderson Speedway), Winchester, and Mt. Lawn. The old news articles are interesting.

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sorry no richard (red) amick died in fla. Bout 8 years ago! Tom cherry was his fatherinlaw! And bobby grim all lived in crystel river fla! Red and i where teammates in atlanta 1964 imca race red drove the roadster and i the dirtcar for ollie prather both 255 offys from ca.

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ALOT OF GREAT DRIVERS RAN WITH MUTUAL! LOTS OF HOOSIERS! AND INDY 500 WINNERS!:applaud::applaud:

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sorry i don't remember him?

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Butch, I'm just reading your post, I just got one from Scheffel, about something else, but I know you guys get together once in a while, so I'll try to make one soon. Duke, yes, I'm near Grammer, name does sound familiar, but that part of the memory hasn't been used lately, so the dust is real thick, but those were some "innovative racing days", we always looked forward to the Ca guys coming in for the season. Best there ever was. Bob

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JIM MCWHITHY DROVE THE COLUMBUS AUTO PARTS 33 SPRINTER RUN THE 500 IN 58 59 60 61 RACE MUTUAL CSRA IMCA AAA USAC! THEY CAME BACK WITH SOME PRETTY CARS AND FAST CARS:checkered:

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Jim Summers was making gear box & rear end parts back in the 50s. He run tq back in the REAL RACER time HAHAHA. SeeYa Butch Wilkerson#1:checkered::checkered::checkered:

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Were the tenderloins good today? Always are! See they've torn down Norris's Shell Station, now I'm lost, trying to find White Castle! Duke, Butch drove for Nugent Auto Supply, about the same time Jim was driving for Columbus Auto Supply, am I close on that, Butch? I was doing go-karts at the time, had a lot of machine work done at both places, you could get race engine work done on about any street corner in Columbus then, I was building a 3/8 X 3/8 flatdead for my A coupe about then ,and was having at least 4 of the shops doing work, that's what Mr Godfrey Harrison wanted, I worked for him, and he expected me to spread it around. Fleetwood always had a lot of interesting stuff he was working on, dual mag setup, Jiggler heads for the 60's, think he even had some Ardun stuff in there at times. Later!

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SINCE NO ONE HAS THE ANSWER! I WILL TELL YOU THAT BOBBY STOKES FROM NEW CASTLE WON THE 200 LAPS RACE ON THREE WHEELS THE LEFT FRONT WAS GONE! AFTER HE GOT INTO CURLY BOYD WHEN HE WAS LAPPPING HIM! I STOPED IN AND TALKED TO BOBBY A COUPLE YEARS AGO! JIM RATHMAN 1960 INDY 500 WINNER WENT THRU THE FIRST FENCH WHILE LEADING A 100 LAP RACE WHEN THE REAR AXEL BROKE! I HAVE A AUTOGRAPH PHOTO OF THE CRASH!:applaud:

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Who was the very first Mutual champion?

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Bobby Stokes winning the 200 lapper at Winchester on 3 wheels. :checkered:
DG

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Bobby Stokes with some kid in a helmet, wonder who... I do...hehehe :D
DG

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[quote=dusty goggles;78710]bobby stokes with some kid in a helmet, wonder who... I do...hehehe :d
dg THAT WOULD BE A GREAT TRIVA QUESTION!

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ALL I KNOW IS 1945 UP! 45 DICK FRAZIER 46 SMOKEY STOVER 47 AVERY NCADAMS 48 DICK FRAIZER 49 ( MY HERO) RED RENNER 50 TOM CHERRY 51 :RED RENNER 52 PETE ALLEN 53 NELSON STACY :checkered:

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is that duke?

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Part of the problem, with tracking some of the older drivers, not to mention memory, is the fact that AAA, CRA,WRA, and a few others, were fighting to keep drivers from crossing over, so a lot of "inventive" names were posted, something Tony Stewart has done, and others. If you want to do some interesting reading, just Google "Red Amick", for a start, even some of the stuff we've been discussing in the last week, is there. I found this, on www.champcarstarts.com Richard "Red" Amick, born Kansas City, Mo, 1929, died 1995.

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e was george amick cousin

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I remember Red Amick coming to Col. in. one nite in 58/59 winning the main under the name of RED APPLE, I seen that he was good also!!!!!!:checkered::checkered::checkered:

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The very first Mutual champion was, Eddie Ropon in 1939.
DG

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THANKS THATS BEFORE MY TIME! GREAT RACING! I SEEN THEM RACE AT DAYTON 1/4 MILE AND THE HALF! SHADY BOWL WINCHESTER FT WAYNE LANDDECK ALLENTOWN TOLEDO SUN VALLEY MT LAWN CINCY SPEED BOWL NEW BREMEN RICHMOND ARMSCAMP POWELL SO.BEND MARION!
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