Duke Cook - Lions Club Park, Clermont, IN?

SUPERDUKE · 2/22/09, 9:15 PM

WAS WITH A COUPLE OLD TQ DRIVERS AT MANZY! SONNY ATES (NOT DOING GOOD) AND PHIL DAVIS! JUDY ATES COOKED UP SOME GREAT CAT FISH (THE BEST I EVER HAD) AND MAC & CHEESE! :applaud:

Mud Packer · 2/22/09, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by SUPERDUKE

WAS WITH A COUPLE OLD TQ DRIVERS AT MANZY! SONNY ATES (NOT DOING GOOD) AND PHIL DAVIS! JUDY ATES COOKED UP SOME GREAT CAT FISH (THE BEST I EVER HAD) AND MAC & CHEESE! :applaud:

Is that the Phil Davis that lives in Yorktown, IN by chance?

Sandy Lowe · 2/22/09, 10:46 PM

Thanks everybody for the info!

SUPERDUKE · 2/22/09, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Mud Packer

Is that the Phil Davis that lives in Yorktown, IN by chance?

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE LIVES IN PHOENIX NOW!:doh:

racephoto1 · 2/23/09, 8:54 AM

Sandy,

I went to Outlaw Speedway. It was off 67 in Fortville, behind a business. It was supposed to be a day show. No water truck, was so dusty they called it. It had a dogleg in the backstretch, and 2x12's for guardrail.

Sandy Lowe · 2/23/09, 12:53 PM

When I saw the pictures the first thing I noticed was the wooden guardrail. It didn't seem to safe to me.

In 1981 UMRA did run a complete program there. I'll post who won the feature tonight when I get home.

TQ2M · 2/23/09, 1:38 PM

Outlaw Speedway was on the property that is now Ted Slinkard's Main Street Automotive. This is about 1/4 mile from Dayton Ent.
Joe

ronmil · 2/23/09, 3:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Sandy Lowe

Fast time that night was 10.695 seconds (Dave Blankenship) so a 1/10 mile track would make sense. By looking at the track records at the end of the 1981 season the only tracks to show quicker lap times were Huntingburg, IN (9.830 seconds in 1966) and the Indianapolis Coliseum (9.586 seconds in 1973). The date at the Indy Coliseum was on 3/11/73 so I would assume that to be an indoor race at the Pepsi Coliseum?

I was at that race at the Indianapolis Coliseum on 3/11/73. It was a really warm day and they opened the doors frequently to vent the fumes. I remember a driver of rather advanced age named Tommy Gray. I believe that he had had a leg removed because of diabetic complications. Perhaps someone out there will confirm whether I am correct on this.
I remember going to a USAC sprint car race at Salem the next Sunday, 3/18/73. It was about as cold as I have ever been at a race track.

2/22/09, 9:15 PM	#11 Re: Duke Cook - Lions Club Park, Clermont, IN?
SUPERDUKE Banned Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,256	WAS WITH A COUPLE OLD TQ DRIVERS AT MANZY! SONNY ATES (NOT DOING GOOD) AND PHIL DAVIS! JUDY ATES COOKED UP SOME GREAT CAT FISH (THE BEST I EVER HAD) AND MAC & CHEESE! :applaud:

2/22/09, 10:46 PM	#13 Re: Duke Cook - Lions Club Park, Clermont, IN?
Sandy Lowe Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,719	Thanks everybody for the info!

2/23/09, 8:54 AM	#15 Re: Duke Cook - Lions Club Park, Clermont, IN?
racephoto1 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 4,253	Sandy, I went to Outlaw Speedway. It was off 67 in Fortville, behind a business. It was supposed to be a day show. No water truck, was so dusty they called it. It had a dogleg in the backstretch, and 2x12's for guardrail.

2/23/09, 12:53 PM	#16 Re: Duke Cook - Lions Club Park, Clermont, IN?
Sandy Lowe Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,719	When I saw the pictures the first thing I noticed was the wooden guardrail. It didn't seem to safe to me. In 1981 UMRA did run a complete program there. I'll post who won the feature tonight when I get home.

2/23/09, 1:38 PM	#17 Re: Duke Cook - Lions Club Park, Clermont, IN?
TQ2M Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 33	Outlaw Speedway was on the property that is now Ted Slinkard's Main Street Automotive. This is about 1/4 mile from Dayton Ent. Joe