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Seadog · 2/11/08, 9:19 AM

I remember as a young lad in the early 60's, standing in the infield, when Herk backed up and over the fence in the turn 3 and 4 area of Dayton Speedway and landed way down at the bottom of the hill in a grove of trees. As his rescuers rushed to help him, he shouted to them "Watch out down here, there's poison ivy all around." Then he said, "I think we if can get the car back up on the track and we can push it off, it should be alright." My dad was standing with me, with a camera hanging around his neck, so flabbergasted by this sequence of events, he forgot to snap a picture of it and still kicks himself for missing the photo op.

Dayton was very cool and so was Herk.

I have a foggy recollection (maybe not too well possibly) of Gary B. setting the last track record at Dayton in the Ace Nut & Bolt #8 at 16 seconds flat in about '76?

Thanks for the link.

2/11/08, 9:19 AM	#4 Re: A very interesting read about Dayton Speedway
Seadog Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,136	I remember as a young lad in the early 60's, standing in the infield, when Herk backed up and over the fence in the turn 3 and 4 area of Dayton Speedway and landed way down at the bottom of the hill in a grove of trees. As his rescuers rushed to help him, he shouted to them "Watch out down here, there's poison ivy all around." Then he said, "I think we if can get the car back up on the track and we can push it off, it should be alright." My dad was standing with me, with a camera hanging around his neck, so flabbergasted by this sequence of events, he forgot to snap a picture of it and still kicks himself for missing the photo op. Dayton was very cool and so was Herk. I have a foggy recollection (maybe not too well possibly) of Gary B. setting the last track record at Dayton in the Ace Nut & Bolt #8 at 16 seconds flat in about '76? Thanks for the link.