Duke Cook - Lions Club Park, Clermont, IN?
 

Does anyone know anything about a racetrack that used to be located at the Lions Club park in Clermont, IN? I googled the location and and checked out their website. It says they have a rodeo arena. Did they used to race on that arena?

I know on October 10, 1980 there was a three-quarter midget race held there. Was this the only TQ race? Larry Rice, Steve Chassey and Duke Cook were there. Duke can you help me out?

Re: Duke Cook - Lions Club Park, Clermont, IN?
 

Yes it is in Clermont it is South of Crawfordsville Road near town - Allan Brown does note that they rain TQ's here but says location unknown but guessed it was really at IRP - could have been - but there is clearly a Lion's Club Park in town and it is my guess this is where it happened - Brown notes it was a 1/10 track so it easily could have been on a rodeo grounds

Re: Duke Cook - Lions Club Park, Clermont, IN?
 

Fast time that night was 10.695 seconds (Dave Blankenship) so a 1/10 mile track would make sense. By looking at the track records at the end of the 1981 season the only tracks to show quicker lap times were Huntingburg, IN (9.830 seconds in 1966) and the Indianapolis Coliseum (9.586 seconds in 1973). The date at the Indy Coliseum was on 3/11/73 so I would assume that to be an indoor race at the Pepsi Coliseum?

Re: Duke Cook - Lions Club Park, Clermont, IN?
 

Sandy,

Certainly USAC ran the Fairgrounds the following years - if we are on the same wave length I have a 1973 program - no date - but fast time was Ron Ambrose 9.586 - Dash won by Bobby Hamilton with Tom Kehoe winning the 50 lap main

Re: Duke Cook - Lions Club Park, Clermont, IN?
 

It was in the rodeo stadium that Duke, Larry Rice and Steve Chassey? promoted a race there. It was at the Lion Club park in Clermont not IRP. I was there. Notice the big marker tires in the back ground? Those are the same ones I assembled & painted for the indoor races at the Indy Fairgrounds [Bill Hill] and then they went to the hoosierdome and have disappeared since.
:dologob:

Re: Duke Cook - Lions Club Park, Clermont, IN?
 

Yes I have those winners along with a car count of 43. I didn't know the feature was 50 laps but I will make a note of it.

Re: Duke Cook - Lions Club Park, Clermont, IN?
 

Has anybody heard of Outlaw Speedway in Fortville, IN? They ran TQ's there in 1981.

Another track I only see in the 1981 records is the Jay County Fairgrounds in Portland, IN. If you go to their website it looks the track is only used for horse racing now. This is the track where Terry Goff won his first UMRA feature (9/5/81).

Re: Duke Cook - Lions Club Park, Clermont, IN?
 

1/5 Mile 1980-82 1/5 Mile located off US36/SR67 torn down 1983

Re: Duke Cook - Lions Club Park, Clermont, IN?
 

Sandy,
I was at the 1981 race at the Jay county fairgrounds in Portland. If I recall correctly it was during the annual county fair. They didn't use the big horse track, they ran on a really small oval, set up just inside of the front stretch of the horse track. If you drove a vehicle on the horse track you would probably get shot. Those horse people are insane! I'm not kidding! That is probably why they have not been back there.
David.

Re: Duke Cook - Lions Club Park, Clermont, IN?
 

D O WAS THERE ITS WAS THE LIONS CLUB! IT WAS IN CHASSEY'S BACK YARD!!!!!!!:applaud:

Re: Duke Cook - Lions Club Park, Clermont, IN?
 

WAS WITH A COUPLE OLD TQ DRIVERS AT MANZY! SONNY ATES (NOT DOING GOOD) AND PHIL DAVIS! JUDY ATES COOKED UP SOME GREAT CAT FISH (THE BEST I EVER HAD) AND MAC & CHEESE! :applaud:

Re: Duke Cook - Lions Club Park, Clermont, IN?
 

Is that the Phil Davis that lives in Yorktown, IN by chance?

Re: Duke Cook - Lions Club Park, Clermont, IN?
 

Thanks everybody for the info!

Re: Duke Cook - Lions Club Park, Clermont, IN?
 

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE LIVES IN PHOENIX NOW!:doh:

Re: Duke Cook - Lions Club Park, Clermont, IN?
 

Sandy,

I went to Outlaw Speedway. It was off 67 in Fortville, behind a business. It was supposed to be a day show. No water truck, was so dusty they called it. It had a dogleg in the backstretch, and 2x12's for guardrail.

Re: Duke Cook - Lions Club Park, Clermont, IN?
 

When I saw the pictures the first thing I noticed was the wooden guardrail. It didn't seem to safe to me.

In 1981 UMRA did run a complete program there. I'll post who won the feature tonight when I get home.

Re: Duke Cook - Lions Club Park, Clermont, IN?
 

Outlaw Speedway was on the property that is now Ted Slinkard's Main Street Automotive. This is about 1/4 mile from Dayton Ent.
Joe

Re: Duke Cook - Lions Club Park, Clermont, IN?
 

I was at that race at the Indianapolis Coliseum on 3/11/73. It was a really warm day and they opened the doors frequently to vent the fumes. I remember a driver of rather advanced age named Tommy Gray. I believe that he had had a leg removed because of diabetic complications. Perhaps someone out there will confirm whether I am correct on this.
I remember going to a USAC sprint car race at Salem the next Sunday, 3/18/73. It was about as cold as I have ever been at a race track.