I believe the first year for Winged Nationals was 1980. I distinctly remember over the years being told and reading that Shuman was the last NW winner. That makes Wolf the only one to do both.
Back at WoO startup there were a variety of Full up sprint cars, CRA was running a mix of roadsters and sprints, Posse ran everything from plywood wings to cars with NERF WINGS and both. It really was kinda Run what you Brung. Posse also ran a lot of BIG BLOCK SPRINTERS as well.
Chuck, thinking winged helps a driver NWed in smoothness and seeing things as the speeds are faster and thinks NW teaches drivers how to drive side by side, Drive over your head and keep it under control (Winged to me has just become so (HAVE TO BE PERFECT or you got no chance)
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Originally Posted by quickchange:
My bad...Doug Wolfgang also won the Nationals both wing & nonwing.
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I'm not saying that's not true.....but he won the first ever WoO championship back in 78.......it would be kinda hard to do that if he only ran a half of season..?
Whens his B day?, Could have been 77
Im not taking away from Steve by saying the first year wasn't a huge draw for most to make EVERY SHOW. Wolf picked and choose as did Ferkel and others. Bounced checks seemed to be quite common.
