Wanna Build a Race Track?
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I agree 100% somebody has to start over. I also think the timing is right. And I ...like you bopper am a dreamer. Dangerous, huh?
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I agree 100% somebody has to start over. I also think the timing is right. And I ...like you bopper am a dreamer. Dangerous, huh?
Racers Reunion & Jeff Gilder
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Thanks, Barb! It is truly an honor be recognized there. Darwin Doll does a helluva job for the heritage of racing!
I NEVER THOUGHT THIS DAY WOULD COME FOR ME, BUT IT HAS.
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Pay attention Mr. Legend! BB has given you good advice! And W, thanks for letting everyone know I managed to hit the only wall on the track.
New NASCAR Study Says Sport Needs New Fans
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Fortunately I'm not yet so far over the hill that I can't remember 2003, 2004, & 2005 when they were "reaching out" to "new markets" to "broaden their fan base. In this process they dumped the existing fans. I do remember saying many times...these new fans you're seeking are here to day and gone tomorrow. Where are they this day?...Gone! Where will the new ones be in a short time...you guessed it...gone!. They just can't continue to run through sponsors and fans at this rate. We're not making them so fast that you can kill off 40 million at a time. Same advice as before NASCAR, give the fans what they want, rather than trying to find fans that like what you've created...they'll take care of the sponsors...should have started with the ones you had. We told you we didn't like the top 35 BS. We hate the car and you can take the lucky dog....and your gopher family and introduce that to yer new friends. But...you'll probably keep running through the 18 to 34s looking for some that say they like all you have to offer. And they might...for a very short period of time. Next!
BETCHA DIDNT EVEN KNOW THIS HAPPENED
Stock Car Racing History
Here is where NASCAR.com reported it. http://www.nascar.com/news/110629/dearnhardtjr-daytona-win-2001/
There are other news reports of it all over the web still....as there were when it occurred. I remember hearing about it then as well. Sounds pretty real to me.
Remember, he was popular then...but no where near being "the most recognizable and prominent face at Daytona...yet" I think the security guard's job would be in jeopardy even today if he didn't do the same.
Question on dirt track open wheel modified racing in south and when did it become popular again
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Seems to me it was late 80's...maybe early 90's when UMP (the first I can remember) began sanctioning open wheel modified...and it did begin in the Midwest and move east....prolly west, too. I was running street stocks with Jimmy Owens and made the switch to asphalt late models. A lot of guys, including Jimmy went to these low-cost e-mods as a much cheaper alternative to late models. Dirt late models were especially pricey then as the crates weren't born yet and only the richest could compete.
There is another piece of history I'm not familiar with and that is those northeast dirt mods. I'm not talking about the big block mods with the sheet metal bodies. I'm talking about the ones like Bodine (the famous valiant) drove....Ray Hendrick....etc. Those things have been running in the northeast and continually evolving since those early days...I don't think they ever really died.
Dave I guess when NASCAR ran them off they went back North and stayed there until recently when they have been emerging in the South running in Vintage divisions.
Interesting topic.
Fred Lorenzen
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Bridgeway Christian Village
111 E. Washington
Attn: Fred Lorenzen
Unit E #146
Bensenville, IL 60106
updated by @jeff-gilder: 12/03/16 05:54:26PM
Bodine Loses Lawsuit - Sounds Kinda Stupid
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I would be one of those...whatever it is...if that is what they are...if I could wave a wand and install a HOA in our neighborhood.