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1/17/16, 9:13 PM | #11 | ||
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One difficulty with this is that some of the more recent standouts have moved up quickly to other series. Many probably never got to their best because they moved on. Gordon, Yeley, Stenhouse, even guys like Bell and Abreu who are trembdous talents don't stick around long enough to reach greatness. Our loss I guess.
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1/17/16, 9:16 PM | #12 | ||
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1/17/16, 9:33 PM |
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Re: Dream Race, All eras best, all in their prime.
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Parnelli, Herk
Foyt, Horn Bigelow, Steve Kinser Branson, Jud Larson Sheldon Kinser, Hinnershitz G. Bettenhausen, Dickson Pancho, Rich Vogler Dick Gaines, Clauson Jack Hewitt, Dave Darland Robbie Stanley, Opperman In no particular order. |
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1/17/16, 10:04 PM |
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Re: Dream Race, All eras best, all in their prime.
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Adding to my last post.
Missed Tony Stewart. He certainly deserves to be in there somewhere and I don't care what some drunk in Tulsa says about that. Sammy Swindell. Not my favorite but I admit he is worthy without a doubt. Mario and Jeff Gordon: Certainly worthy. I put Robbie Stanley in there instead because of his record. Bobby Grim. I don't know if he would make it but I would have loved to see him in the Black Deuce. Allen, McSpadden, Oskie, O'Connor, Amati, Schatz, Haud...all good choices. I will put one more name out there who I've read about, mostly in other's biographies. Al Gordon. He won a slew of races starting in the 1920s on up to his death. He was a mentor to some drivers most notably Ted Horn. Like Dick Gaines he never made the big stage (Indy 500). I would like to know how he would stack up among the greats. |
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1/18/16, 3:01 PM |
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Re: Dream Race, All eras best, all in their prime.
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I have looked a 3 or 4 of the dream race lineups in this thread. If there was a way to make something like that happen I can guarantee you nobody would finish last in those fields.
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1/18/16, 3:31 PM |
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Re: Dream Race, All eras best, all in their prime.
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in a way. Some of today's races are almost dream status.
In no Sprintweek race are you going to find any slouches in the A main and most of the B.s would be any tracks dream normal feature.
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1/18/16, 3:33 PM |
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Re: Dream Race, All eras best, all in their prime.
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Mine would look like this: Tough choices but I gotta go with my heart
S.Kinser , B.Kinser J.Opperman, L. Thickstun D.Gaines, B.Short D.Darland, B.Clauson T. Bigelow, B. Unser R.Vogler, J.Hewitt S.Swindell, L.Rice J.Stanbrough, S.Cottle AJ Foyt, T.Stewart D.Wolfgang, C.Gilstrap |
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1/18/16, 4:33 PM |
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1/18/16, 5:35 PM |
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Re: Dream Race, All eras best, all in their prime.
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If it was a champ car race mine would be:
1. A.J. Foyt 2. Jan Opperman 3. Jack Hewitt 4. Tony Stewart 5. JJ Yeley 6. Chuck Gurney 7. Dave Darland 8. Jerry Coons Jr. 9. Tracy Hines 10. Pancho Carter 11. Steve Kinser 12. Shane Cockrum 13. Jimmy Sills 14. George Snider 15. Mario Andretti 16. Levi Jones 17. Kyle Larson 18. Gary Bettenhausen 19. Don Branson 20. Bobby Marshman |
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1/18/16, 11:17 PM | #20 | |
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It wouldn't be a dream race with out " Super Duke Cook" lol
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