Oldtimers race fans poll!

SPRINTCAR · 6/8/09, 12:28 PM

Hell I don't know. I was three years old when I started going to races. That was 1959.

nonwing · 6/8/09, 2:45 PM

I was born in 1961. My dad had raced midgets right after WWII until the early 1950's. In about 1963 he bought a Helliguas Offy and we ran with IMCA. For many years I got to see several state fairs every summer as we followed the IMCA circuit. I remember Jerry Blundy, Dick Sutcliff, Cliff Blundy, Bill Utz, etc. It was a fun time and I can still hear those guys qualify as we sat under those covered grandstands. I loved the cars that ran their tail pipes all the way back and behind the rear tires. Now that was a great sound.

Later, in the late 60's and 70's we started to run over in Ohio at tracks like Lima, Eldora and Fremont with Hal Minyard as our driver. My Dad did not care for USAC in those days. They had their noses up in the air and when we ran with IMCA and the local Ohio tracks we were always treated like they wanted us to be there. So we did not race with USAC until I started driving midgets in 1986.

George Wilkins

Amatiforever · 6/8/09, 2:49 PM

Of course I have! Some of the best races ever. The "one-armed bandit" made it look easy.

interpreter66 · 6/8/09, 2:57 PM

imca in the 70's at plant field

Beer Goggles · 6/8/09, 3:10 PM

Toledo in the 60's for me.

SUPERDUKE · 6/8/09, 4:28 PM

Please tell me was racing a hell of better then and everybody had fun!!!!!!!1

billyb · 6/8/09, 5:21 PM

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Originally Posted by SUPERDUKE

Please tell me was racing a hell of better then and everybody had fun!!!!!!!1

You Bet Duke, Big time auto racing today, got to have a stable of multi-cars. I remember we had to change the one car over from dirt to pavement & run the same car on weekends. If you crashed , you used cutting torch, welder & porta power, & raced the next day. Now its just a money game.

brc · 6/8/09, 6:53 PM

Seadog,

Wow!...Cool been going to races since '55! I admire anyone that sticks with anything!!!,,,for the log of time. Just curious. Think about it,,,from all the races you've seen, who would you say was your favorite driver to watch when He/She,,

... showed up? I wonder how many tracks you could think of when you first started going to races are now strip malls,or sub-divisions?,,,

I can think of several around here that urbam sprawl has consumed.

Take Care,
Barry

Danny Burton · 6/8/09, 7:16 PM

1st USAC race I can recall had to be Salem, early 60s. 1st car I remember was the Fike Plumbing #51 driven by Rufus. Been going off and on ever since.

6/8/09, 7:35 PM

My first race was Bloomington in April,1964 when I was 2 months old. I couldn't see the races because a large breast was in my face...

6/8/09, 6:53 PM	#38 Re: Oldtimers race fans poll!
brc Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 52	Seadog, Wow!...Cool been going to races since '55! I admire anyone that sticks with anything!!!,,,for the log of time. Just curious. Think about it,,,from all the races you've seen, who would you say was your favorite driver to watch when He/She,,... showed up? I wonder how many tracks you could think of when you first started going to races are now strip malls,or sub-divisions?,,, I can think of several around here that urbam sprawl has consumed. Take Care, Barry

6/8/09, 7:16 PM	#39 Re: Oldtimers race fans poll!
Danny Burton Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,340	1st USAC race I can recall had to be Salem, early 60s. 1st car I remember was the Fike Plumbing #51 driven by Rufus. Been going off and on ever since. __________________ http://www.hoseheads.com/dannyb.html Quiet, numbskulls. I'm broadcasting.

6/8/09, 12:28 PM	#31 Re: Oldtimers race fans poll!
SPRINTCAR Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,501	Hell I don't know. I was three years old when I started going to races. That was 1959.

6/8/09, 2:45 PM	#32 Re: Oldtimers race fans poll!
nonwing Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 208	I was born in 1961. My dad had raced midgets right after WWII until the early 1950's. In about 1963 he bought a Helliguas Offy and we ran with IMCA. For many years I got to see several state fairs every summer as we followed the IMCA circuit. I remember Jerry Blundy, Dick Sutcliff, Cliff Blundy, Bill Utz, etc. It was a fun time and I can still hear those guys qualify as we sat under those covered grandstands. I loved the cars that ran their tail pipes all the way back and behind the rear tires. Now that was a great sound. Later, in the late 60's and 70's we started to run over in Ohio at tracks like Lima, Eldora and Fremont with Hal Minyard as our driver. My Dad did not care for USAC in those days. They had their noses up in the air and when we ran with IMCA and the local Ohio tracks we were always treated like they wanted us to be there. So we did not race with USAC until I started driving midgets in 1986. George Wilkins

6/8/09, 2:49 PM	#33 Re: Oldtimers race fans poll!
Amatiforever Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 44	Of course I have! Some of the best races ever. The "one-armed bandit" made it look easy.

6/8/09, 2:57 PM	#34 Re: Oldtimers race fans poll!
interpreter66 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 4,383	imca in the 70's at plant field

6/8/09, 3:10 PM	#35 Re: Oldtimers race fans poll!
Beer Goggles Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 184	Toledo in the 60's for me.

6/8/09, 4:28 PM	#36 Re: Oldtimers race fans poll!
SUPERDUKE Banned Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,256	Please tell me was racing a hell of better then and everybody had fun!!!!!!!1

6/8/09, 7:35 PM	#40 Re: Oldtimers race fans poll!
aceace Posts: n/a	My first race was Bloomington in April,1964 when I was 2 months old. I couldn't see the races because a large breast was in my face...