Tony Stewart 1992
 

Former USAC Sprint Car owner Steve Chrisman & Tony Stewart. Indianapolis Motor Speedway May 15, 1992.

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How about Tony's wildest moment in Steve Chrisman's car, also from 1992.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVpgvvrCykU

is that video from when tony went over the fence at salem.
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I remember that well as I was there that day. I'd say it was a racin' deal.

Does anybody remember an incident there (late 80's late fall day race) after the track re-opened after being shut down for a few years. Was it Gene Lee Gibson (not sure about that) that cleared the backstretch wall in a super and had the golfers running for cover on the golf course back there? Pretty scarry deal as I recall and I believe he caught a ride on a cart back to the pits while smoking a cigarette (who could blame him)?

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Yes it was and it was a scarey moment not knowing if Stewart was okay or not. He made me a believer that he was meant to be a race driver that day as he was just a young kid. What was neat was that both Stewart and Butler jumped in someone elses cars to run the feature race later.

REH

thats amazing he wasnt hurt. anybody know how far of a fall that was over the fence?
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The Supermodified who cleared the place was Tom Marks in 1987. Everyone thought he was dead.

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I was there one time, when 2 of the super's tangled on the backstretch, one took out the lights, the other went straight up, and off turn three, they were down there looking for each other, parts of those cars are probably still there, they didn't bring back enough to make one car. It was funny after it was all over, they both helped each other up the back side of turn 3. Bob

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Mark Caldwell went out of turn 3 also.

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Thanks for that. My memory sucks.

didnt somebody exit turn 3 at winchester end up stuck in a tree in the late 80s early 90s maybe just my imagination.
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Bruce Fields i think is who it was at Winchester over by 3 in a tree.

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Are you thinking of Mark Gerke?

cant recall a name because i was only 4 or 5 but i remember seeing it. it was in a sprint car i know that much.
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3 car crash, that's a fourth of the field at Salem now. No more "jumping in someone else's car" after a heat race crash.

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I was there that day. That was one of the scariest things I ever saw. He must have cleared the guardrail by 7 or 8 feet while doing sideovers. Looked like a bullet leaving the barrel of a gun.

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Yeah, that was Bruce Field. I remember that he was from Lockport, IL. I think the car was #3 and was white with red, green and gold on it? I remember he broke his arm in that deal.

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It's all my lousy memory, but here it goes: The Gerhke incident that I recall was when he stuffed the Toyota midget under the guardrail at Salem near turn three. I was in the infield looking right at him. He was from Panama City, FL (had a Toyota dealership down there) and was doing the Toyota engine thing on his own without factory backing. The engine blew and he slid in his own oil.

Feel free to correct my recollection.

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Amazing wreck. Is that Dave Despain announcing? Sure sounds like him.

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yes, kinda looks like him too.:)

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I was there the day that Caldwell went out and have it on poor quality 8 mm. I have it transferred to a VHS somewhere. Jan Opperman blew a tire and it pulled his car up into Caldwell's. He didn't have a chance to lift. Caldwell looked like he was shot from a cannon, and if I remember right, came to stop on a pile of bush at the edge of the Salem property line. Steve Stapp told me that was Opp's first ride on asphalt. Opperman was driving Stapp's blue No. 77 that Pancho Carter had driven that year -- 1973.

I was also there that night Bruce Field went out. They had to use a handsaw to cut him out for fear the vibrations from a power saw would stop his heart.

AND, I was there the day Mark Gerke crashed. Bob Lowe had worked all week to get the car ready and then it was trashed. Bob died of a heart attack in his shop three days later. Russ Gamester also flipped that day in the first turn and there was at least one other flip that day.

Don't remember the modified deal and missed the Stewart flip.

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