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Originally Posted by FishBurger
+ I believe Ron Eden is the father of Sondi Eden.
+ Funny what sticks in your memory banks (occasionaly WRONG in my case) but I recall Billy Renshaw being sponsored by Dairy Queen, in fact I think I heard that he operated one in Wisconsin.
+ Remember, in those days there were no support classes. You went to see USAC midgets......that's what you got, and all you got.
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Yes, Ron is Sondi's father. Ron operated his own midget around this time, in some sort of "partnership" with, I think, an Ammerman.
Bill Renshaw and his wife owned and operated a DQ in their home town in southern Illinois before they moved to the Indy area. Their two sons later tried driving.
Marv, I wish you hadn't made the comment about "no support classes" because that snapped me back to reality before I was ready to quit reminiscing.
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Originally Posted by LEADERS EDGE
Those expensive Sescos and ChevyII's ran the Offy out of business. I can't believe the sport survived without USAC stepping in and saving the sport.
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Ah, yes! The days of "well, give 'em more cubic inches" were upon us even back then. The Chevy IIs couldn't run with the 110 Offies, so USAC (and others) gave the stock blocks more cubes. Eventually the stock blocks were putting out more power than the Offies, so, guess what?! Let me see -- will 122 inches make the Offies competitive again??