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Originally Posted by jim goerge
Years ago Tom;s Dad Ed ran a couple of 2 days shows late in late Sept. I;m thinking One was a sprint weekend and the other a late model. Thinking they time trialed on Friday night and ran heats and the the A;s on Saturday night. They were 15 lap heats and a 100 lap feature I am pretty sure Shane Cockrums dad Cliff won one maybe a couple as he was always tough in those kind of races hell he was tough in any race I also remember one feature a car backed in to the guardrail and burst in to flames and rolled into the infieid were they pitted and Chuck Amati threw a bear hug on the driver and got him out of car (Chuck had dropped out earlier) Remember a pavement late models from Rockford won once only cuz he had a windshield on the car and I think pavement tires cuz track got blue grooved during those long races . Hard to remember all the stuff cuz of age lol I;m sure the beer had nothing to do with it  |
Jim,
That was when Thrust Industries was a sponsor. You are correct; the sprint cars and late models had 100 lap features on separate weekends. Back in the day, TSS ran special races several times a year, usually scheduled around a holiday. They ran 50 lappers for the stock cars (they were called hobby cars then) and 100 lappers for sprints. Cliff Cockrum won a lot of those 100 lap features, and Gene "Pappy" Henson was a regular contender in his Buick powered sprinter.