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What a pleasure to find this sight. It was like moving time back some forty years. From about 1967 to 1980 I was track photographer at the Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Indiana. I guess I photographed most of the best sprint cars and driver to come through the mid-west. Most of the photographs of Larry Miller that are posted here were taken by me. Larry was probably the quietest driver I ever met until he strapped on that sprint car. Then there was no question as to who he was. I think the best sprint car race I ever saw was at Haubstadt between Larry and Larry "boom boom" Cannon. Miller in Karl's big block cuttin diamonds around the top and Cannon in a small block scooting around the bottom. What a race! It was so good I can't even remember who won it. It didn't matter they were both winners.
To Shane Cockrum your dad was a speacial friend and all round good guy. The one picture I remember was him sitting in an unmounted tire with a steering wheel in his hands playing racecar driver. Not an important picture but he was having fun.
To the administrators of this site, THANKS for giving an old man a refresher on more youthful days
Don
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