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3/8/20, 6:23 PM |
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Who was it that owned a foundry in Winchester and had a car in the 500
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3/8/20, 6:38 PM | #2 | ||
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Sherm Armstrong
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3/8/20, 6:40 PM |
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Are you thinking of Sherman Armstrong? He owned Armstrong Mold, which I think was a Winchester, IN company. Purchased Salem Speedway in 1977. Owned and sponsored USAC Sprint cars from 1977 through about 1980/1981. Owned and sponsored USAC midgets for Mel Kenyon (1 year I believe) and his sons Sherman Armstrong Jr. and Sherwin (? not sure of that name). Won the USAC sprint championship with Tom Bigelow in 1978 and Greg Leffler in 1979. I BELIEVE he owned and/or sponsored cars in the Indianapolis 500 from 1978-about 1980.
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3/8/20, 10:59 PM |
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I'm curious. Is this the same family of driver Caleb Armstrong?
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3/9/20, 6:44 AM | #5 | ||
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No
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3/9/20, 10:31 PM | #6 | ||
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Yep that’s the one I was thinking about
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3/9/20, 10:32 PM | #7 | ||
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What ever happened to his sons ??
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3/10/20, 6:36 AM |
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I think one of them had a bad crash in a midget. Also I think he ran into some money problems, cooked the books and did some jail time.
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