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Charles Nungester (Offline)
#21 2/9/15 4:44 PM

Originally Posted by bigq11:
There must have been exceptions to this rule as I was there when a 13 year old Jeff Gordon raced there. It was an ASCOC Speed Week race, maybe they allowed someone of that age to race and Earl went by their rules as they sanctioned the race. One thing I noticed about Jeff at this race and the other Speed Week races that year was that he seemed the have a tremendous awareness of what was happening around him on the track at all times.

I still think it should be 16 or older to run a 410 sprint car.

I think your mistaken. Gordon got a exemption at age 15 to run the kings royal because it was only a couple weeks till his 16th in August but was banned before that. Not sure on the sprintweek, He might have for that as well but Earl was a flat 16 the entire time he owned the track. He raced the 16car then got the 6 Winterbothem. He did drive at Millstream and other tracks like Attica as I watched and talked to him there before he was 16. Raced Lawrenceburg almost weekly at 14-15 along with Joey Saldana, Huntley, Briscoe, Randy Kinser, Shields' Blands and Rice's.

Charles Nungester

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