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A little introduction. Race fan all of my life. Started going when I was about 6 weeks old. Dad drove a sprint car hence the early start. Been to all the tracks throughout Indiana. Love Eldora (who doesn't) follow the late models and the IRL. Burned out on NASCAR (not quite what it was). Attend Bloomington quite a bit, raced there for a little while (divorce did me in, what else).

Just found this forum today, someone linked to it at "The Star" open wheel forum concerning the "American Dream Nightmare" thread. Know Kevin Briscoe and his Dad quite well. It was nice to see his picture at the top. Currently following Brady Short in his rise to the top.

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Welcome!
Can I ask who your dad is, probably have seen him race in the past.

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welcome to the board.......:thumb

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Originally Posted by Sprint Fan:
Welcome!
Can I ask who your dad is, probably have seen him race in the past.

His name is Larry Miller. He drove sprints all over the Midwest from the late '50s to 1977. He was Karl Kinsers first driver, drove for him from about 1965-71 they won a lot of races together. My Dad raced against Chuck Amati,Dick Gaines,Bob Kinser, Sammy Swindell (when he was a 19yo hot shoe and showed up at Tri-state speedway) Steve Kinser (when he was very much a rookie at Paragon) many others. You would probably have to be 50-60yo to really remember these days. Back then no green race cars, no women or children in the pits and no #13 cars. Many moons and memories ago

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Originally Posted by aceace:
His name is Larry Miller. He drove sprints all over the Midwest from the late '50s to 1977. He was Karl Kinsers first driver, drove for him from about 1965-71 they won a lot of races together. My Dad raced against Chuck Amati,Dick Gaines,Bob Kinser, Sammy Swindell (when he was a 19yo hot shoe and showed up at Tri-state speedway) Steve Kinser (when he was very much a rookie at Paragon) many others. You would probably have to be 50-60yo to really remember these days. Back then no green race cars, no women or children in the pits and no #13 cars. Many moons and memories ago

Your dad could drive the hell out of a sprint car. I was rooting for the yellow #22 (if my memory serves me correctly) at Paragon, each week, as a kid. Wasn't he from Oolitic?

Welcome to Indiana Open Wheel.

Jerry

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Welcome to IOW the best racing site on the Internet. :thumb

DP

www.dannypollock.com

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Originally Posted by aceace:
His name is Larry Miller. He drove sprints all over the Midwest from the late '50s to 1977. He was Karl Kinsers first driver, drove for him from about 1965-71 they won a lot of races together. My Dad raced against Chuck Amati,Dick Gaines,Bob Kinser, Sammy Swindell (when he was a 19yo hot shoe and showed up at Tri-state speedway) Steve Kinser (when he was very much a rookie at Paragon) many others. You would probably have to be 50-60yo to really remember these days. Back then no green race cars, no women or children in the pits and no #13 cars. Many moons and memories ago

Oh yeah, I am that old!
Hell I am even old enough to remember the F800 car!
Your dad was a hellofa racecar driver!
Again, WELCOME to the board!:thumb

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Originally Posted by Jerry Shaw:
Your dad could drive the hell out of a sprint car. I was rooting for the yellow #22 (if my memory serves me correctly) at Paragon, each week, as a kid. Wasn't he from Oolitic?

Welcome to Indiana Open Wheel.

Jerry

Oolitics the place, he and Mom still live there. He's slowed down a lot (71 yoa) The last of the big block chevy sprint cars. I was told that Keith Ford (who owned Paragon) still has that car. I tried to buy it once from him about 15 years ago but since Karl Kinser built that chassis he wanted quite a bit for it. Got some great pictures of it, may try to load some of them up at a later date.

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Oh yeah, I am that old!
Hell I am even old enough to remember the F800 car!
Your dad was a hellofa racecar driver!
Again, WELCOME to the board!

I was too young to remember the F800 car, got some pictures though.

Thanks for the compliments about my Dad, I will pass them on to him.

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Welcome Aceace! I also remember your dad back in the day.

This is a very enjoyable forum except there are a few on here as you will find out are a little, well, "over the top".:usacfan

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Welcome! Glad to see you on here. Sounds like you have some great memories. Hope you can share some with us.

Frank Daigh

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Originally Posted by aceace:
His name is Larry Miller. You would probably have to be 50-60yo to really remember these days.

I am (68) and I do (remember your Dad). Remember him quite well actually, as one of the top contenders at Lawrenceburg each week. As others here have stated, he was a heck of a :Steer.

Welcome to the board. You'll enjoy your time here. :checkered:

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your dad was a very good driver. didn't he also drive a white #2. seen him at the burg when i was a little fella.

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I am not quite as "OLD":O: as some of these other guys so I don't remember your dad. However, glad you have found the IOW board and look forward to hearing from you down the road.

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Welcome to our IOW family.

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Welcome to the fastest message board on the net!

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Welcome Aceace! Enjoy your stay!

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Welcome to the board! I remember your dad quite well. He was virtually unbeatable in the yellow #22 at Haubstadt. I remember the night he set an altitude record in the first turn after running over another cars front end (Cliff Cockrum, I believe). The yellow #22 came in contact with a light pole outside of the track, and, if I remember correctly, the fuel injection system was damaged on the big block Chevy engine.

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Originally Posted by ronmil:
Welcome to the board! I remember your dad quite well. He was virtually unbeatable in the yellow #22 at Haubstadt. I remember the night he set an altitude record in the first turn after running over another cars front end (Cliff Cockrum, I believe). The yellow #22 came in contact with a light pole outside of the track, and, if I remember correctly, the fuel injection system was damaged on the big block Chevy engine.

That might have been the night that my Dad was telling me about recently. He said that the first 6 or 8 races when it was new they could not get that car to hook up. He would spin the tires off the corner when the track became slick during the feature and the best he could do was 6th or 7th place. He said one night he flipped at Haubstadt over the guardrail. It bent the chassis (tweaked it a little) after that the car never had a problem hooking up again.

Someone mentioned the white #2, aka: "the gold deuce" White with a black and gold #2. He won some features in it but not many in the 4 years or so he drove it. The last car he drove was the red #14 owned by John McDaniel from Carbondale,IL. It was a J&J one of the first chassis' they built. He won in it a lot over 2 years including the track championship at Paragon and Haubstadt back to back. Then he just quit racing at 42.

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Did your dad drive a blue #2 car ever @ eldora? If so i was there and I met him when I was alot younger it was quite a thrill and he was a hell of a race car driver.

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Originally Posted by 1BIGracefan:
Did your dad drive a blue #2 car ever @ eldora? If so i was there and I met him when I was alot younger it was quite a thrill and he was a hell of a race car driver.

I asked him about Eldora, he said he won one feature there (late 60's) driving for Karl Kinser so it would have been the #22. Only raced there about 10-12 times. The only blue car he drove was a #43 and that was when he ran some USAC races. He said the only USAC race he won was Terre Haute.

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I remember watching your Dad win a ton of races over the years as I grew up during the late 60's and early 70's. He was a great shoe in his day. I'm 47, but I do remember him very well. Ask him if he remembers racing with Hal Minyard in an white and orange #37 that my Dad owned. In fact, he might remember my Dad for all l know.

I hope he and your mom are doing well.

George Wilkins

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aceace,

Happened to run across some USAC results from the 80's at Lawrenceburg. Saw your dad's name from a race on July 1, 1989.

I look at some of those names on there, and all I can saw is wow!

Here's the link:

http://home.fuse.net/kewendel/HISTOR...TION_USAC.html

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Originally Posted by Seadog:
aceace,

Happened to run across some USAC results from the 80's at Lawrenceburg. Saw your dad's name from a race on July 1, 1989.

I look at some of those names on there, and all I can saw is wow!

Here's the link:

http://home.fuse.net/kewendel/HISTOR...TION_USAC.html

That must be a different Larry Miller... My Dad retired in 1977

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Originally Posted by Seadog
aceace,

Happened to run across some USAC results from the 80's at Lawrenceburg. Saw your dad's name from a race on July 1, 1989.

I look at some of those names on there, and all I can saw is wow!

Here's the link:

http://home.fuse.net/kewendel/HISTOR...TION_USAC.html

That must be a different Larry Miller... My Dad retired in 1977

That Larry Miller is Terry Winterbothom's nephew. He owns and operates Ham Signs in Dayton, OH and puts graphics on many sprinters in the area including ours.

Rob Hoffman