I just want to complement the folks at WRP. You did every thing you could do to get the show in. You probably didn't have 200 people in the front gate, and yet you didn't cancel.
I don't belive there was any sanctioning body other than some tracks had clubs. These guys raced weekly at Lorain County weekly also. For a short time they raced at the paved track called Greater...
Good points, but the ama flat track people are having the discussion we are having. Ageing fan base, lack of a national sponsor who will promote, things are not very rosey over in flat track...
Greenfield has very little dirt experience, and is underfunded
Benning has dirt experience but is very underfunded, a Pittsburgh boy, like to see him do well!
I believe Weller has dirt experience,...
Thanks everybody for answering my question, I had forgotten about this post.
I believe his wife passed away a few years ago in a nursing home in Portage Indiana. Sounds like they had 2 children, a...
Met Rich, Colleen and his dad back in the 80's when he was driving for Jim and Sherry Phillips. Fond memories and good family. So sorry heard of the death of Colleen and her husband. Colleen was a...
I think the guy that jumped the car on roller blades was Tricky Truesdale, from Kentucky. His dad drove the car that pulled him. Saw him at Kalamazoo. I heard later he got $500 bucks for it. Oh yea,...
Try asking about Oscar at the www.stockcarextreme.com message boards. Mostly people from michiana go there. Ron Verash and the guys might know. Openwheel people do reply there
Great news, love to see midgets locally. I see they are also running they're weekly full program along with the midgets. Being a local I've quit going to this track on Saturdays becouse of the...
Henry Jacobi, I belive it was spelled with a y instead of a i was from western pa. As a teenager in western pa in the late 60's I said Gus Linder was the best, I was usually was reminded that Jacoby...
Sometime around 1973 to 1976 these two drivers ran usac midgets. Morrison was from Pittsburgh PA and worked at a TV station? Howe I believe was 2ond generation driver and was a CORA champion. Any...
Excellent info on Hanson Stadium. Pulled from www.chicagolandautoracing.com I believe. This site started by Stan Kalwasinki has exellent info on many old chicago area tracks.
Dale Weis
Valparaiso IN
Just tonight, before this was posted, I was wondering the same. Looks like they were manufacuring custom motorcyles and that part of the business was bought out by a larger company.(The Toy Store I...
Thanks everyone for the info.
Just a comment on the human condition. "never retured to his former self", "rehab didn't go well", he's been dead for years." Seems like people are easily forgotten...
Going thru old racing papers I saw a sprintcar racer named steve shultz mentioned. In the eary 70's he seemed to be a consistent winner in the Ohio/indy area. It was mentioned that he was...
We should all be thankful for job the O'conners do at Kokomo. They did the same at Kankakee and Southlake. Both of those tracks were dumps and ill run before the o'conners took over. Some of you do...
