To put it plain and simple.. You won the powerball for lets say 75 mill after taxes?

Besides the usual, like the nice small cabin, 5 acre lake outside the front deck stock full of Bass, Bluegill, Crappie and BIG Cats, and taking care of the family, I honestly know in my heart that Sprint car racing in Indiana would change. If only for one year, but that year would be one for the ages!

I think about this from time to time, and my wife knows that I would not hesitate to do it. One of the ideas would to be to sponsor the KISS series. Each race pay $10,000 to win, $ 1,000 to start. And make it a Big KING of INDIANA. 3 weekends of racing. Start at Gas city, next night at Terre Haute, then Kokomo. The next weekend is Bloomington, Paragon, and Lincoln Park. The last weekend start at North Vernon on Thursday, Haubstadt, and the the finale on Saturday at Lawrenceburg paying $25,000 to win, $2,500 to start. ( Guess my bias shows a little there but oh well.) The points Champion receiving a $25,000 Champions check. Would also like to sponsor three or four of the MSCS races, paying $10,000 to win.

I would sponsor some kind of race at Lawrenceburg that, well would be bigger than the Mopar Million. A one time race. How bout a cool $500,000 to win, $20,000 to start? ( Bet that might get some attention!) Just to be involved in something like that brings chills to my spine! Best of all, all frequent posters on I.O.W. would recieve half price tickets. And maybe the best thing of all, Section "A" will be reseved for Fishburger the rest of the gang that frequents this area. ( And just for you Marv, the 50-50 girls will bring you fresh food and drink direct from Bob Evans during each nights festivities!).

These are most of the things that would take place. A couple of big Midget races would surely take place also.

Oh well, it's nice to dream.

Dave Reese
Lawrewnceburg Speedway

i dont normally post on here, but since you mentioned half price tickets, i figure i better jump on the wagon...Good luck with the winning numbers!

I would buy a million dollar home in Parke County on Raccoon lake.
Buy a 2009 Corvette Zr1 (115k)
2009 Malibu for a DD
2009 Dodge Ram Diesel
2009 HD 883 Sportster
2009 Suz. DL650k5

Go on a nice long vacation. Probably go back to work p/t at a tv station or start my own production company.

I would go into a partnership with Mike King and company to help improve the action track.
Including, but not limited to.

A. Larger money for races
B. World of Outlaws race
C. Rebuild the TV Tower
D. Install a Video broadcasting system (cameras, video switcher, big monitors, etc.)
E. Install some seating on the back stretch or corners.
F. Improve pitting area (concrete all of it)
G. Move scoring stand to TV tower or somewhere other than the infield, then demolish the old scorers tand and rebuild the restroom portion.
H. All new equipment for track prep that the track would own.
I. Perm. concession stand on the infield


Put the rest in the bank to live off the interest. You can tell I thought about it more than once.

I would have another "MOPAR Million" style non-wing sprint car race, at the Burg this time. That was a great weekend of racing up at Eldora and for once, the feature lived up to it's billing! It could not have been a more exciting race between Dickie Gaines, Stevie Smith and Haudenschild (sp?)

my house now is great (maybe a big barn for all the junk, but otherwise great).
then, buy 16th Street Speedway and fix it up again (some of the best racing ever, and i wouldn't care if anyone else showed up or not, just Vicki & i & a bullring racetrack with 30 or 40 midgets).
and last, a garage for all the cars i wanna buy, first 2? a '41 Willys hot rod and a new Vette. bob:checkered:

I'd go to Vegas put it all on one hand of blackljack. If I won I'd give everyone at IOW a new complete sprint car, enclosed trailer, 2009 F650. You would all have to put my name on the side as a sponsor "aceace is the greatest". If I lost .... lets not get negative in this post.

75 million???

Im not really into richy rich things, Id buy a modest home and some acrage proabably in TENN on Watts Bar Lake. A speed and bass boat, Make sure every member in good standing of the family is taken care off say a million each. so that leaves about and put a couple million away for emergencies.

That would leave about 68 million. Id definately have to try a year of racing in a sprinter proabably USAC/MSCS and then hire a under rated gun like Westfall or Cone for a few years.

Id probably buy up some old big factory suitable and have indoor 3/8th or maybe combo quarter-half mile track that we could have a winter racing series in. seat maybe 20,000 and pay for itself eventually.

You'd need a job? You'd have a job but it wouldn't be charity. Grind some tires darn it .

Oh and a Bell Turbo helicopter with bed, mini kitchen. I LIVE IN TENN and have to make all the IND-USAC-MSCS shows possible!

I'd probably play a little JW Hunt as well and do some purse boosting for certain races.

Chuck, broke again and selling everything off fifteen years from now.

Well first like everyone else make sure family was takin care of.Then build a house.Start a new business supplying racing parts/cars/ect.My wife went to college for business management and accounting so that would help.Of course she is my wife so I get enough "management".Ha Ha.Buy a couple midgets for myself because Ive always wanted to race midgets,and run a full usac schedule for a year.But I would also build 3 or 4 regional midgets to work with the younger kids wanting to move up.After all they are our future racers.Kind of a internship or development deal.Anderson speedway needs to be bought and proper fixing up.New stands,bigger pit area and just open wheel racing with maybe a few late model races.Anderson also needs a 1/4 mile dirt track.That would half to be a plan.And once a year we would all have the biggest little 500 party in the country!All of my IOW friends and a bunch of open wheel racing all week leading up to the little 5.

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Double purse for all dirt mile races on the Silver Crown schedule.

Put together a legitimate race off for a true midget national champion. Each national series season champion and one alternate by the voting of the of other drivers in that series would go to two tracks (Irwindale and Perris). Those two events points total would determine a National Midget champion each year.

Create a triple crownin midgets, sprints and Silver Crown's. Midgets would be the Knoxville Nationals, The Four Crown Nationals and Turkey Night. Sprints would be the Little 500, Turkey Night, and the new 410 non wing nationals at Knoxville. Silver Crown would be the Hoosier Hundred, the Tony Bettenhausen 100, and the Ted Horn 100. Each race would have a second points total outside of the series points they pay. The highest points earner in each series would get a clear $500,000 and a bonus if they can win the three special races. The bonus would be $1,000,000. All competitors would get minimum $2000.00 tow money.

Series like BMARA, POWRi and ARDC would get paid tv time on their own 2 hour program every week.

I also have some really good friends I would mak sure had the best that money could possibly purchase to help them out for all they have helped me out with.