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2/3/23, 6:49 PM |
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Was that the time you guys were late to staging and they put him to the tail and he won the race going away? That lit a fire under him.
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2/3/23, 7:06 PM |
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2/3/23, 7:15 PM |
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I’m fortunate and proud to say I’ve been to both Ascot and Manzanita before they closed. I’ve seen WoO, CRA and USA sprint cars and we also saw midgets at Manzy, and saw both CRA sprints and USAC midgets at Ascot. Both special places, and it is such a shame they are gone.
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2/3/23, 7:44 PM |
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2/3/23, 8:48 PM | #105 | ||
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Great post Chuck. Nate beat me to it but Sante Fe Park in Hinsdale Illinois is a track I wish you all could’ve been to. I raced it in a midget a time or two, but that’s not why I miss it. It might be the only track that I don’t care if it was wingless or not, maybe even preferred wings. The place had 2 tracks in one. A quarter and what they called a half but was 7/16 at best. The tracks shared the same turns 3 & 4 but 1 & 2 were different. It was nicely proportioned for the quarter but on the big track it was a real paper clip. When the Outlaws ran there, it was wheelie city. And not just coming off the immediate corner. Going about a quarter of the length of the back straight you had to rejoin the quarter. This meant already carrying some speed over the banking of the small track. Like it or not, if you were on the hammer it was wheels up for at least some of the back straight away. Only 45 minutes from the house if traffic was good. Lots of great memories there. In fact it almost cost me my wedding day. But that’s another story
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2/3/23, 8:52 PM | #106 | ||
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2/3/23, 8:56 PM |
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While it's been awhile Im not sure Manzy qualifies as a rare track for sprint cars. Kinda really talking about those that at most run a few here and there. Like in my origional post about Old Portsmouth It was a mini sprint track and they ran a All Star sprint show at it.
Lots of great post and tracks mentioned, Glad I could think up a unifying topic.
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2/3/23, 9:15 PM | #108 | ||
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Yes it did! I forget what year that was.
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2/3/23, 11:26 PM |
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Martin Michigan 131 Speedway. WoO was supposed to run a 2 day show. Second day was cancelled because of poor track conditions.
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2/4/23, 3:02 AM |
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