The Official Dirt Track Racing Thread

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#27
live in west tn. and my brother in law races hobby at Atwood. remodled the place last year and its a great race track. also race in memphis from time to time and acroos the creek in MO. love the dirt
 
#28
#28
rbroyles said:
It's called an In-'n-out box, it does have a nuetral although it can be hard to get out of gear when stopped. That's why you see the track workers rocking a stalled car, to get it to pop out of gear. In any case, on board starters would speed up both cautions and more so red flags. They would also speed up lining the cars up by a large amount. Now they have to wait until a push vehicle is available, and the straight is clear of the cars already started that have to idle around wasting fuel. It would make a tremendous difference in time, thus making it more attractive to live TV.
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Good call on the in and out box,it has been a while. Would you recomend an 8 ball shifter?
 
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**ORANGEBLOOD** said:
We used to have a tranny like that in a super stock. What they called it in that class was...cheating.:)
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I believe in Smokey Yunickism, "it ain't cheating, it's just interpreting the rules different", and "It ain't cheating unless you get caught".
 
#33
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doozer said:
i prefer, "if you ain't cheatin, you ain't tryin".
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Do you or anyone remember the Chevelle Yunick entered at Daytona that was a perfect 7/8 scale in size. He almost got it into the race, he told the driver, who I think might have been Bunkie Blackburn, to not run the car 100% during practice, and in no case stop it next to another Chevelle. They sand bagged the Qualifier, but after the race another Chevelle pulled beside it and someone noticed. That is one of the things that lead to body templates.
 
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#34
do i remember the car? no, i don't think i've ever seen it, but i know the story and you got it right.
 
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#36
Hohenwald opens this weekend! Big $3,000 to win late model show! If I wasnt stricken with this God awful flu bug I would be there!
 
#38
#38
I raced quarter midgets as a kid from 4 years old to 15and there was a weight the driver had to weigh. light class 0-104 heavy 105-up.
Well I weighed 103 for a while and that was a big disadvantage in the light class.So maybe.......:whistling:when I weighed in there could have been lead in the soles of my shoes?:eek:hmy:
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#39
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Fine Vol said:
I raced quarter midgets as a kid from 4 years old to 15and there was a weight the driver had to weigh. light class 0-104 heavy 105-up.
Well I weighed 103 for a while and that was a big disadvantage in the light class.So maybe.......:whistling:when I weighed in there could have been lead in the soles of my shoes?:eek:hmy:
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I raced Enduro karts at Mid-Ohio, Waterford Hills, Indianapolis Raceway Park and Pocono, and the weights included the driver, which put me right on the bubble of light & heavy classes. Somehow, the pockets of my leathers got filled up with wheel balance weights!
 
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rbroyles said:
I raced Enduro karts at Mid-Ohio, Waterford Hills, Indianapolis Raceway Park and Pocono, and the weights included the driver, which put me right on the bubble of light & heavy classes. Somehow, the pockets of my leathers got filled up with wheel balance weights!
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:thumbsup:Hey sometimes jackets need streaching out.:yes:
 
#41
#41
Ronnie Johnson won the $10,000 to win crate race last night at Phenix City,AL. Then won the $5,000 to win sportsman division in a borrowed car. The Chattanooga Flash strikes again!
 
#42
#42
Found this thread buried thought I'd try & bring it back. Anyone else a dirt track fan? Specifically the super late models?

I was raised on this type of racing, I prefer it over NASCAR. My dad use to travel all over the US back in the 80's & early 90's before I became old enough to go with him. From the time I was 5 until about 13 or 14 me & him would go to Volunteer Speedway every Saturday night. I remember as a kid going to Atomic, Volunteer, Tazwell, & Cherokee speedways to watch the old Hav-A-Tampa series. Those were some great racing days. My dad is a big Scott Bloomquist fan, I use to be until Jimmy Owens joined the series.

Speaking of Owens, he is on quite the roll. 3 straight Lucas Oil Championships, has won 11 races this year including 5 of the last 10. He is currently leading the point standings again, on pace for his 4th straight Championship.

I'll be down at Volunteer Speedway for the annual Scorcher race.
 
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#43
#43
I love it! When I was a kid we would go all over to the big races. Eldora, Pennsboro, WV, Dixie Speedway, Atomic, Tazewell, Bulls Gap, Lake Cumberland, Crossville, Scenic Raceway, Bristol on dirt etc. We play a dirt track racing game with the Late Models as well on the PC here and almost all those tracks are on it.
 
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#45
This is huge, some are saying the guy passed away. I really really hope that isn't true. I don't think we'll be seeing Tony in NASCAR anytime soon, probably not tomorrow either:

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Shocker0 said:
This is huge, some are saying the guy passed away. I really really hope that isn't true. I don't think we'll be seeing Tony in NASCAR anytime soon, probably not tomorrow either:

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There is a rule to not get outta your car until track officials arrive. Tony shouldn't have hit him though.

Edit: There has to be a video somewhere. Just read where he reved the engine up and it kicked out the rear end clipping Kevin Ward Jr
 
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#47
#47
From Deadspin

Tyler Graves, a sprint-car racer and friend of Ward's, told Sporting News in a phone interview that he was sitting in the Turn 1 grandstands and saw everything that happened.

"Tony pinched him into the frontstretch wall, a racing thing," Graves said. "The right rear tire went down, he spun on the exit of (Turn) 2. They threw the caution and everything was toned down. Kevin got out of his car. … He was throwing his arms up all over the place at Tony for most of the corner.

"I know Tony could see him. I know how you can see out of these cars. When Tony got close to him, he hit the throttle. When you hit a throttle on a sprint car, the car sets sideways. It set sideways, the right rear tire hit Kevin, Kevin was sucked underneath and was stuck under it for a second or two and then it threw him about 50 yards."
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