Tony Kanaan BC 39
 

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Originally Posted by Vookie:
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Have i had too much ice cream today or did he look pretty smooth? She was singin!

Re: Tony Kanaan BC 39
 

Well, he is one of the best drivers in the world. Give him a few laps and I am sure he would figure it out. Interesting to see Indy and NASCAR drivers want to drive midgets.

Mind you it was in a non wing 360 sprint car, but Alex Lloyd didn’t seem to find the transition as easily.

Car and Driver featuring Alex Lloyd (IndyCar) and Pancho Carter:
https://youtu.be/ayhtGHDqNY8

Re: Tony Kanaan BC 39
 

It is easy for a lot of people to put down IndyCar drivers. They are really fan friendly and genuinely interested in other forms of racing. I have seen Scott Dixon several times at Kokomo.

Originally Posted by BrentTFunk:
It is easy for a lot of people to put down IndyCar drivers. They are really fan friendly and genuinely interested in other forms of racing. I have seen Scott Dixon several times at Kokomo.

Yup! I ran into him one year during midget week. I’d bet he can gas one up too!

Originally Posted by JarrettFarms73:
Yup! I ran into him one year during midget week. I’d bet he can gas one up too!

I’ve also seen pippa mann at Kokomo a few times as well.

Re: Tony Kanaan BC 39
 

Originally Posted by BrentTFunk:
It is easy for a lot of people to put down IndyCar drivers. They are really fan friendly and genuinely interested in other forms of racing. I have seen Scott Dixon several times at Kokomo.

One night at Gas City I looked over at who just sat down next to me and did a double take cause it was Scott Dixon

Re: Tony Kanaan BC 39
 

I've seen Dixon at Kokomo a couple times- he's the best, love that guy!

I know that Robin Miller, God rest his soul, had taken countless IndyCar guys to Kokomo, as well as Eldora.

My "close encounter" was when Sam Hornish plopped down next to me at The Fairgrounds. He told me that his favorite racecar driver, anywhere, was Dave Darland. Great choice, huh? He quizzed me all night about any "inside" info I knew, and wanted to hear all the current rumors I had heard. He was so in to it that I could barely ask him a thing about his IndyCar exploits! Great guy, as are 95% of their paddock.

Originally Posted by chrismattlin:
I've seen Dixon at Kokomo a couple times- he's the best, love that guy!

I know that Robin Miller, God rest his soul, had taken countless IndyCar guys to Kokomo, as well as Eldora.

My "close encounter" was when Sam Hornish plopped down next to me at The Fairgrounds. He told me that his favorite racecar driver, anywhere, was Dave Darland. Great choice, huh? He quizzed me all night about any "inside" info I knew, and wanted to hear all the current rumors I had heard. He was so in to it that I could barely ask him a thing about his IndyCar exploits! Great guy, as are 95% of their paddock.

I got to meet Sam when he came to Tipton as the featured guest speaker to launch a Mens Bible study called Every Man’s a Warrior. (Highly recommend BTW) Afterward we had a 10- 15 minute convo about all things racing. Just those few minutes changed my outlook on Roger Penske completely. I’d always thought of Roger as just a super rich owner who tried to buy wins , but as Sam put it, it was more like Roger had all those businesses so he could be gone racing as much as possible!! Obviously my concerns of the dirt track at IMS going away were completely unfounded. lol. To your point, Sam is an amazing yet very humble guy. Nothing but praise for that dude.