sgtone
#82
10/25/09 8:53 AM
Saw my first at bellclair speedway in the early 50's. Dandy don wasn't there yet but came in like a thunderstore in 58. But in 76 at lake hill speedway, he only lost one feature, in a ford powered mercury capri, to kenny schrum, a long time rival. I still have the program from that night and enjoy sharing the memories. Yes dandy don is still racing a late model at bellclair and just completed 54 seasons, in 6th place in points. Not bad for an old guy.
btownracer (Offline)
#83
10/25/09 9:01 AM
My very first race was in 1976 at the Bloomington Speedway. I don't remember who won , all I know was it hooked me on sprint cars for life.
Kevin Chambers
Eatin Dirt (Offline)
#86
10/26/09 10:25 AM
I was about 5, so let's make it 1965 at Lawrenceburg Speedway. Have been crazy about it ever since.
davidm (Offline)
#87
10/26/09 11:47 AM
My first race was at Hagerstown Speedway in the summer of 1965. I don't remember much about the race as I was only 3.5 years old, but I do remember seeing a race car at a local garage and we started going to the races shortly after that.
aXe (Offline)
#88
10/26/09 11:47 AM
About 1956 at 13 years old, A little known track Alviso spdwy, Just North of San jose Ca. Most memorable part was as we sat down in the first row a Big Purple sedan hit the wall head on not 10' in front of us. Sendind dirt and wood splinters all over us, My Introduction to the Mad Man Marshall Sargent. That rack is now gone as are most I ventured out to in Ca.
Some of those there that day were Boots Cantrell, Don Loyd, Dean Holden, George Roggie and many more it seems those old hardtops always had over 30 car fields back then.
aXe
JJMooney (Offline)
#89
10/26/09 1:02 PM
Very first race: Shangri-la Speedway, Owego NY. The date was most likely Sunday May 1, 1966. I was three months old at the time. My father worked on a modified stock car driven by Don Diffendorf (# S/360) who was the winner that day. The top three finishers were: Diffendorf, Jim Shampine and Billy Blum.
I saw my very first open wheel race (supermodifieds), at a pavement track, Oswego Speedway, Oswego NY some time in 1972. My first open wheel show on dirt was a URC winged sprint race at Weedsport Speedway, Weedsport NY on July 4, 1976. That race won by Randy Wolfe.
batch56 (Offline)
#90
10/26/09 1:54 PM
1971, Jasper County Speedway, Rensselaer Indiana