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Andrew S. Quinn (Offline)
#14 8/14/22 3:13 PM

Originally Posted by Vookie:
Or "Mortifieds" as Morty used to called them.

I just had a memory come up the other day on Facebook where I went to the Arnie Knepper Memorial at Little Belleville,and I had stopped to see Morty in the hospital in St Louis that afternoon before the races.A couple weeks later,on the final day of the Smackdown he passed away. Sure miss him and his funny stories.....And his laugh......

Originally Posted by mlamb:
I’m sure many on this board remember the old Namars 5 Crown (I believe it was called) midget/sprint cars series that ran in Indiana years ago. I remember seeing greats like Kevin Doty in a midget and Steve Christman’s #25 sprint car. Man those races were priceless.
And if I remember right, those races were just midgets and sprints.

I used to go to the NAMARS 5 crown on my way back to Maine after Knoxville. You are right,many of those races were great. Usually 50 or so midgets and sprint cars.

The early Indiana Midget week races were in August,basically around the same time frame as the NAMARS races had been.

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