Rollie beale is 79!
 

MY GOOD FRIEND AND EX TEAMATE IS 79 THE 1973 USAC SPRINT CAR CHAMPION! HAD LUNCH WITH ROLLIE MONDAY IN LEESBURG FL. HIS WINTER HOME THEN BACK TO TOLEDO IN APRIL! ONE OF THE NICEST MEN AND A GREAT RACE DRIVER DIRT OR PAVEMANT! PLAYS GOLF OR FISH'S EVERY DAY! IN GREAT SHAPE! A TRUE GENTELMAN!:applaud:

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Rollie is a racing icon! Not only is he the ultimate racer...he was one of the best USAC Officials to ever walk the pit area!!!! We need more people like Rollie! Happy B-day Rollie and many more to come!

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Happy Birthday Rollie!!!!!

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Rollie is for sure a fine gentleman. He also was the kind of race car driver that you could run it in the corner side by side with and know he would race you clean. Without doing a lot of research, he may have won more USAC features, 30, than anyone in the same car when he drove the Rodeo Bar car for Ron Killman.
Rollie shares his birthday, January 16, with another pretty good dirt track racer A. J. Foyt. I'm actually old enough to have seen the two of them in the same sprint car race.
I always look forward to our annual trip to Ohio to visit family because it includes a visit with Rollie and Anna Mae as well. Usually there is an opportunity to visit Donnie Harrell's shop to see what restoration project he and Rollie and some other old timers are working on. This is where the Rodeo Bar car was restored along with several others.
Duke, I wish I could be as slim as Rollie when I'm his age :thumb

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Happy Birthday Rollie!!! Rollie Beale is by all means an American "True Grit" open wheel racing veteran, legend, champion, and friend.

Have a good day...see you at the races

Rich - Arnold, Missouri

Rollie Beale at the 2008 Jackson Motor Speedway Reunion
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l-r: Rollie Beale, Cliff Harris, Marty Blume. Rollie, Cliff, Marty and I took one more lap around the Jackson Motor Speedway in 2008.

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hes in better shape now then in the 70 80s! But no beer!!!!!!!!!!!!! Was you at eldora when rollie showed aj had to run there! Aj tried hard but rollie won it!

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Happy birthday to one of the nicest and raciest guys to ever put on a racing helmet or a USAC uniform. A class act all the way. Many more Rollie.

Hey K.O. - I'd sure like to read an interview with Rollie like you did with Greg Staab.:thumb Or have you done one and I missed it?

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Happy Birthday to one of my first Sprint Car racing heroes. Everyone at the Rodeo Bar needs to hoist one for Rollie.

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THE RODEO BAR IS NO MORE!!!!!!!! SORRY SCOTT I KNOW THE NEWS IS SLOW IN LA LA LAND!:rolling:rolling OSKIE CALLED TODAY AND TOLD ME HANK LOCKLAND DIED!!!!! PS WE HAD PLENTY AT THE OLD RODEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Yeah, I figured that Duke. I was born and raised in Detroit and grew up around Toledo Speedway. Never went to the Rodeo Bar (I was a teenager when I moved to California), but that is a sponsor name that stayed in my head for all of these years.

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WE USED TO GO AFTER THE USAC SPRINT RACE AND CLOSE IT AT DAY BREAK! THE SUN. AFTERNOON WE WOULD GO TO DONNIE HARRELLS PLACE AND PLAY SOFTBALL AND DRINK BEER!!!!!!!!!!:applaud:

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Happy B-day Rollie,

I remember watching you run at Toledo Speedway, against your brother Al, Kenny Nemire, and my uncle Norb Trautman, and many others... I also went to the Little 500 the year you won with my Uncle Norb, what year was that? Talked to you an the radio when you and Al had a race radio show in Toledo, Great Memories...

Moose

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rollie was the best usac official happy b day

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A great driver, a great official and an all around great guy ! Argabright should write a book about him !
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I wish I'd have seen this post a long time ago! I only knew Rollie because of my uncle Herb Drown. He was part of the Drown Butler team who ran the 52 Special with Rollie's brother Al as driver. The brothers put a lot of excitement in our family!! Rollie even brought my Uncle to my Mom and Dad's house the night of the Palm Sunday tornado!! God bless you Rollie!!:6:

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I can only reiterate the above sentiments describing Rollie as a GREAT sprintcar driver, an EXPERT and FAIR official, and a SUPER NICE guy. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Rollie. :8:

Rollie beale is 79!!......
 

Happy Birthday "Rollie", to one of the very best to wheel a Sprint Car!!...how boutya Duke,Cya n' Oskie in Tulsa for another "OutBack" run??...mabe some Rebel Yell??...same seats up outa #4 small Sec.!!..
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SUPER: Every-one forget to put some pics of ROLLIE wheeling that Sprint car. Bring back the memories. Thanks

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OH! I forgot to put the DUKE after SUPER. (SORRY)

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True gentleman indeed and one helluva sprint car racer. He was the epitome of what an official should be and how they should act and an unheralded ambassodor of our sport.

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Happr Birthday Rollie...Enjoyed watching you race in your day and racing while you were with USAC..Best Wishes
Phil Poor..:6: