USAC sprint car division

Pavement Dave · 3/13/15, 12:46 PM

1988 was the last year a USAC champion won the title using the same car on dirt and pavement. Steve Butler turned the trick in the Jeff Stoops #1. Another interesting fact about that scenario. Butler ran the Kings Royal at Eldora on a Saturday night and was at Salem the next day with the same car! We will likeley nexr see those days again.

treecitytornado · 3/13/15, 10:10 PM

It worked out well at the time to get car counts up. I saw a few good USAC Winged shows back then!

Charles Nungester · 3/13/15, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by treecitytornado

It worked out well at the time to get car counts up. I saw a few good USAC Winged shows back then!

It stunk in my view as it was always cherry picked by ASCOC or even WoO cars and it didn't raise the count much at all.

fish · 3/13/15, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Charles Nungester

It stunk in my view as it was always cherry picked by ASCOC or even WoO cars and it didn't raise the count much at all.

Did you attend any of the races?

Charles Nungester · 3/13/15, 10:53 PM

Yeah, Did you?

fish · 3/13/15, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Charles Nungester

Yeah, Did you?

http://www.fscpictorial.com/r/g128.html

fish · 3/14/15, 2:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Pavement Dave

1988 was the last year a USAC champion won the title using the same car on dirt and pavement. Steve Butler turned the trick in the Jeff Stoops #1. Another interesting fact about that scenario. Butler ran the Kings Royal at Eldora on a Saturday night and was at Salem the next day with the same car! We will likeley nexr see those days again.

sprintracer82 · 3/14/15, 9:30 AM

I forgot how cool your site is fish! Now I have to waste an hour or so going through pictures!
Nick Landon

trecraft · 3/14/15, 11:20 AM

Was the Dave Blaney driven #40 pictured there one of the Stanton cantilever chassis?

And where could a list of the USAC wing shows of that period be found?

BrentTFunk · 3/14/15, 1:07 PM

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Originally Posted by treecitytornado

It worked out well at the time to get car counts up. I saw a few good USAC Winged shows back then!

It did not help with the car counts. I believe only 2 teams made all the races.

3/13/15, 10:53 PM	#15 Re: USAC sprint car division
Charles Nungester Senior Member Race Count This Year: 6 Race Count Last Year: 14 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 22,021	Yeah, Did you? __________________ Charles Nungester

3/14/15, 11:20 AM	#19 Re: USAC sprint car division
trecraft Senior Member Race Count This Year: 2 Race Count Last Year: 14 Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 271	Was the Dave Blaney driven #40 pictured there one of the Stanton cantilever chassis? And where could a list of the USAC wing shows of that period be found? _________________________________________________ Last edited by trecraft; 3/14/15 at 11:48 AM. Reason: additional question

3/13/15, 10:10 PM	#12
treecitytornado Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 4,019	It worked out well at the time to get car counts up. I saw a few good USAC Winged shows back then!