Richie Tobias @ Syracuse
 

For those who are interested former USAC SC competitor Richie Tobias qualified 16th fastest today for the Super Dirt Week XXXV DIRT Modified race at the Syracuse, N.Y. mile.

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Speedchannel has carried that race in the past. Wonder if they, or anyone, will?

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This year it is a pay per view event being shown on Dirtvision. Highlights on Dirtvision are free and being shown at 12:05 a.m. Wed. thru Sat. and one hour after completion of the 200 lap feature on Sunday. Scheduled to start at 2:15 EDT the race should be over about 4:30.

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Thanks, Dwight!

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Dwight,

Do you know why Richie dropped off the SC circuit? I thought his dirt car matched pretty well lookswise with the new pavement cars.

later,

Bob Mays

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Rich Tobias has been manufacturing a new line of race car in Pennslyvania called a "Slingshot". They have been running indoors at Atlantic City, NJ, and outdoors at tracks in Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Minnesota. It is a growing company that has a website at:

http://www.slingshotbytobias.com/

The Rumble In Ft. Wayne promoter Tony Barhorst and Rich Tobias have an agreement to have the Slingshots run at the Indoor Races at The Memorial Coliseum Expo Center on Dec. 28 and 29, 2007. We look forward to it.

Posted by Tony Barhorst

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One of the greatest races I have ever witnessed was when Tobias won the Ted Horn 100 a few years back. Awsome!

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Where have they raced in Indiana? I haven't seen them run and they look pretty cool. Do they run pavement or dirt or both?

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They can't even get a full field in Pa

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I agree with that! He started shotgun in the consi and the 100 and went on to win.

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The Tobias win at DuQuoin was a victory on many levels. I used to help on that team for a couple years. A few weeks before his triumph at the Ted Horn, Rich was in a serious flip at Springfield. The chassis (his only one) was destroyed. That happened to be the year of the Mopar Million Sprint race at Eldora, and Rich had built a sprint car just for that race. With Duquoin only a few weeks away, he was forced to convert his new (home-made) sprint chassis into a Silver Crown chassis. Upon arrival at Duquoin, his practice was cut short by a part failure (steering gear, I think). Then he missed qualifications due to a transmission failure, and the team scrambled to replace it. They BARELY made the call to start the B-main. Some people say that USAC gave the B-main field a few extra warm-up laps, just so Rich could get out on the track in time for the start. He passes enough cars to make the show. Now keep in mind that he was driving a brand new (and home-made) chassis, without quals or practice, that was thrashed together. The he goes out there and tattoos the field from the rear. Wow. Truly an inspirational drive indeed. Unfortunately, I was not there to witness his very first USAC Silver Crown win. Hearing the story described to me the day after reminded me of his insane night at Indy, a few years earlier. Hoosier 100: He passes the ENTIRE field from the tail spot, and drives away with it... Only to have the power steering fail on him. DNF. This guy can shoe a race car.

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a little off topic... but knowing his silver crown slinghot was a pretty wild, homemade, design... can anyone imagine what a slingshot "New-Age Silver Crown" would look like?:kookoo2:


or did the creators of the new "cars" copy the slingshot? hehe:emote20:

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SPEED's schedule on their website has tape-delayed coverage listed for Saturday Oct. 28th at 5PM.

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They started 30 at linda's speedway in pa. last week feature.

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Just incase anyone cares, Richie finished 3rd in the modified race today. Not too shabby for a 'part-timer' against the best DIRT has to offer in the BB mods.:)

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Good for Rich! I was also happy to see that Vic Coffey won the thing.:thumb: