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12-15-2018, 10:03 AM
TerryM

Pat Patrick

I know this is random, but ...

He was one of my childhood favorites. He was a local guy who was big-time nationally too. Fast forward a few decades and I was interviewing him for a feature article in DLM Magazine. I never finished it because I was going through a divorce at the time and had to give up my weekend gig, but he was the most enjoyable interview I ever had. Just a great guy and great personality. With so many great stories! Is he still alive, and do any of you longtime fans have any recollections of this legend?
12-15-2018, 10:09 AM
chupp n bloomer fan

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Originally Posted by TerryM

I know this is random, but ...

He was one of my childhood favorites. He was a local guy who was big-time nationally too. Fast forward a few decades and I was interviewing him for a feature article in DLM Magazine. I never finished it because I was going through a divorce at the time and had to give up my weekend gig, but he was the most enjoyable interview I ever had. Just a great guy and great personality. With so many great stories! Is he still alive, and do any of you longtime fans have any recollections of this legend?

He was in the P1PE car if I’m not mistaken. Don’t believe I ever seen him race, or if I did I was too young to remember. Maybe you could try and do it again if you still have your notes and contact them guys. Or Speedway Illustrated.
12-15-2018, 10:20 AM
TerryM

He drove a few different cars. I first saw him at NKS, and then my first traveling race at Pennsboro, which he won! It was the late 70's. I mostly remember him in the Stricker Streak car, because I saw him so many times locally.
12-15-2018, 10:23 AM
nc mudcat

Saw him at log cabin in the red 68 in the early 80s. Good racer!
12-15-2018, 10:25 AM
TerryM

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Originally Posted by nc mudcat

Saw him at log cabin in the red 68 in the early 80s. Good racer!

That was the Stricker Streak car. And it was badass.
12-15-2018, 10:25 AM
chupp n bloomer fan

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Originally Posted by nc mudcat

Saw him at log cabin in the red 68 in the early 80s. Good racer!

Them old pics someone had put on here awhile back that were great, had Pat in the red #68.
12-15-2018, 10:26 AM
chupp n bloomer fan

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Originally Posted by TerryM

That was the Stricker Streak car. And it was badass.

I was wrong anyway, Russ Petro was in the P1.
12-15-2018, 01:45 PM
Gary

I was really young when he was racing so I don't remember much. I just remember him winning a lot of races when we got to go to the track.
12-15-2018, 02:45 PM
TerryM

I remember Larry Moore in the P1. And then later on, David Speer in the P1 and his teammate Finn Watson in the P2.
12-15-2018, 02:47 PM
TerryM

I found a page on Facebook - Ritchie County something - with a bunch of old pics, including Pat Patrick. Good stuff!
12-15-2018, 02:51 PM
ALLDIRT

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Originally Posted by Gary

I was really young when he was racing so I don't remember much. I just remember him winning a lot of races when we got to go to the track.

Pat was a very good friend . I followed him as many do Bloomquist . He won over
500 hundred features . Hundreds of top 5 finishes . He drove the Morgan Chandler 28
for awhile , The M&M vans , And the more famous Stricker Streak . After his second
place finish in the 83 World One Hundred . When Jeff Purvis passed him with about 10 laps
to go , on a restart , after the race he got out of the car , mad as hell , he gave it to me .
Said he was buying a new one , that this one might be out of luck . I still have it .
In 2019 I plan to donate it to the hall of fame in Florence at the north south , Where it belongs .
12-15-2018, 02:59 PM
TerryM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ALLDIRT

Pat was a very good friend . I followed him as many do Bloomquist . He won over
500 hundred features . Hundreds of top 5 finishes . He drove the Morgan Chandler 28
for awhile , The M&M vans , And the more famous Stricker Streak . After his second
place finish in the 83 World One Hundred . When Jeff Purvis passed him with about 10 laps
to go , on a restart , after the race he got out of the car , mad as hell , he gave it to me .
Said he was buying a new one , that this one might be out of luck . I still have it .
In 2019 I plan to donate it to the hall of fame in Florence at the north south , Where it belongs .

Wow, that is awesome. I remember Pat in the Morgan Chandler car. White and Gold 28. And the M&M 44 -- followed by Eddie Carrier Sr and a really young Steve Francis.
12-15-2018, 07:24 PM
Clayton_Wetter

Andrew Zeter
July 6, 2017
Ralph “Pat” Patrick, 76, of Sayler Park, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, July 1, 2017. A memorial celebration in Pat’s honor to be held at “Jim and Jacks on the River” on Sunday, July 23, beginning at 1:00pm. All family, friends, fans and the racing community are invited to join us in celebrating his amazing life and to share your stories - we know there are many.

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12-16-2018, 08:30 AM
chupp n bloomer fan

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Originally Posted by TerryM

I remember Larry Moore in the P1. And then later on, David Speer in the P1 and his teammate Finn Watson in the P2.

And yes I was wrong again. I mix them up and absolutely did again. It was Larry, Russ was K1.

Speaking of Larry, you read his book?
12-16-2018, 08:31 AM
chupp n bloomer fan

Clayton

I remember that, and remember how cool it was they were going to meet at one of his old stomping grounds to shoot the bull, reflect.
12-16-2018, 09:12 AM
zooker25

I remember him racing at the World 100. Always a threat to win!
12-16-2018, 10:57 AM
Highwayman

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Originally Posted by TerryM

That was the Stricker Streak car. And it was badass.

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12-16-2018, 11:14 AM
tls5416

I remember the white and blue 44 car at Florence. Painted inside the (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)pit was the phrase "smooth is fast".
12-16-2018, 12:07 PM
ALLDIRT

Quote:

Originally Posted by ALLDIRT

Pat was a very good friend . I followed him as many do Bloomquist . He won over
500 hundred features . Hundreds of top 5 finishes . He drove the Morgan Chandler 28
for awhile , The M&M vans , And the more famous Stricker Streak . After his second
place finish in the 83 World One Hundred . When Jeff Purvis passed him with about 10 laps
to go , on a restart , after the race he got out of the car , mad as hell , he gave it to me .
Said he was buying a new one , that this one might be out of luck . I still have it .
In 2019 I plan to donate it to the hall of fame in Florence at the north south , Where it belongs .

Sorry , I was in a hurry when I made this post . When I said he gave it to me , I meant
his racing uniform , the red one . I will be glad to donate it to the hall of fame . For a famous ,
and one of the best , and cleanest racers to date .
12-16-2018, 12:34 PM
lazyifoto

Pat passed away a few years ago. He was one of those racer that other racers would like to be as good as. He raced against some of the best in the game and it was usually at Florence Speedway (Northern Kentucky Speedway )in its earlier days. I remember him in of course Strickers 68...M&M 44. a red 5..a black corvair 23 only a few times ...
12-17-2018, 02:24 PM
Clayton_Wetter

Patrick is one of my very favorite drivers. Back when I first started reading about him, I didn't like him, but my first trip to Northern Kentucky Speedway changed my mind 100%. The track was about half as wide as it is now. He was the last off the gas going into the first turn as he set the car up perfectly near the top rails. What I was lead to believe about him being a rough driver was completely untrue, as he was one of the cleanest. Just wish he could have held on at Eldora that one year that he led almost all of the feature.

He made a trip to Barren County one time and won the Kentucky Classic. He had over 500 feature wins.
12-17-2018, 03:24 PM
TS FAN

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Originally Posted by TerryM

I know this is random, but ...

He was one of my childhood favorites. He was a local guy who was big-time nationally too. Fast forward a few decades and I was interviewing him for a feature article in DLM Magazine. I never finished it because I was going through a divorce at the time and had to give up my weekend gig, but he was the most enjoyable interview I ever had. Just a great guy and great personality. With so many great stories! Is he still alive, and do any of you longtime fans have any recollections of this legend?

I always felt that Pat had as much talent as anyone who ever got into a DLM. I knew him from the start of his career, and he was a character. Enjoyed him at Tri County speedway especially in his no. 5
Couple of things kind of make me smile. First was his interviews after winning at Tri County speedway.
Short and hilarious. An interviewer's nightmare. The other was his disastrous teaming up with Jim Cook in ZERO. Everyone thought it would be a raving success. NOPE. Jim and Pat just didn't jive plus the fact that Jim thought his drivers should practically sleep in his race cars. Not Pat, he drove in those days, period. So anyway we go to Eldora early in the year to see Pat and his new ride. ZERO. Well he qualifies all right but the dash starts and here comes Pat sideways all the way down the front straight away. Knowing Jim like a did, this was just not going to work. Obviously Pat went on to bigger and better things.
12-17-2018, 03:25 PM
TS FAN

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Originally Posted by Clayton_Wetter

Patrick is one of my very favorite drivers. Back when I first started reading about him, I didn't like him, but my first trip to Northern Kentucky Speedway changed my mind 100%. The track was about half as wide as it is now. He was the last off the gas going into the first turn as he set the car up perfectly near the top rails. What I was lead to believe about him being a rough driver was completely untrue, as he was one of the cleanest. Just wish he could have held on at Eldora that one year that he led almost all of the feature.

He made a trip to Barren County one time and won the Kentucky Classic. He had over 500 feature wins.

Where you been?
12-17-2018, 03:34 PM
Clayton_Wetter

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Originally Posted by TS FAN

Where you been?

I just don't know. I was abducted and put in a cellar somewhere. Even got water boarded!!!
12-17-2018, 03:40 PM
TS FAN

LOL, but did you give in?
12-17-2018, 04:06 PM
Clayton_Wetter

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Originally Posted by TS FAN

LOL, but did you give in?

Absolutely Not!!!! :)
12-17-2018, 04:42 PM
SLIDING SIDEWAYS

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clayton_Wetter

I just don't know. I was abducted and put in a cellar somewhere. Even got water boarded!!!

That wasnt a cellar and it wasnt water boarded!
12-17-2018, 05:07 PM
Clayton_Wetter

Quote:

Originally Posted by TS FAN

I always felt that Pat had as much talent as anyone who ever got into a DLM. I knew him from the start of his career, and he was a character. Enjoyed him at Tri County speedway especially in his no. 5
Couple of things kind of make me smile. First was his interviews after winning at Tri County speedway.
Short and hilarious. An interviewer's nightmare. The other was his disastrous teaming up with Jim Cook in ZERO. Everyone thought it would be a raving success. NOPE. Jim and Pat just didn't jive plus the fact that Jim thought his drivers should practically sleep in his race cars. Not Pat, he drove in those days, period. So anyway we go to Eldora early in the year to see Pat and his new ride. ZERO. Well he qualifies all right but the dash starts and here comes Pat sideways all the way down the front straight away. Knowing Jim like a did, this was just not going to work. Obviously Pat went on to bigger and better things.

Why did Tri-County close? Wish I had got to see him race there. And where was that track at?
12-17-2018, 06:35 PM
TS FAN

Tri County was black topped in 1973 and ruined everything. It was in Reading Ohio out on rte 42. It remained open as a race track until 1988 when it was bought and turned into a truck driving school. Bill Rewine build a DML palace in 1967 but thought in 1973 black topping it was the way to go. It wasn't. Their weekly shows when it was dirt compared to what you would now see at a 10,000 race. BTW when the black top track closed after 1987, their sponsor ships and a lot of the crowd migrated to Florence which started their ascent to a top rated place for racing.
12-18-2018, 01:52 AM
kd1

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Originally Posted by TerryM

I know this is random, but ...

He was one of my childhood favorites. He was a local guy who was big-time nationally too. Fast forward a few decades and I was interviewing him for a feature article in DLM Magazine. I never finished it because I was going through a divorce at the time and had to give up my weekend gig, but he was the most enjoyable interview I ever had. Just a great guy and great personality. With so many great stories! Is he still alive, and do any of you longtime fans have any recollections of this legend?

If i'm wrong, please forgive me but I believe he passed a couple of years ago ..I hope i'm wrong about this.
12-18-2018, 07:23 AM
ALLDIRT

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Originally Posted by kd1

If i'm wrong, please forgive me but I believe he passed a couple of years ago ..I hope i'm wrong about this.

Yes he's gone . Just passed not long ago . Pat was one of the best .
read post # 13 .
12-18-2018, 02:16 PM
Clayton_Wetter

Quote:

Originally Posted by TS FAN

Tri County was black topped in 1973 and ruined everything. It was in Reading Ohio out on rte 42. It remained open as a race track until 1988 when it was bought and turned into a truck driving school. Bill Rewine build a DML palace in 1967 but thought in 1973 black topping it was the way to go. It wasn't. Their weekly shows when it was dirt compared to what you would now see at a 10,000 race. BTW when the black top track closed after 1987, their sponsor ships and a lot of the crowd migrated to Florence which started their ascent to a top rated place for racing.

So is that the track they called Queen City then, at one time?
12-18-2018, 02:22 PM
Clayton_Wetter

The first car I saw Patrick in was a white camaro with a red #5 on it, he won the feature at NKS aka Florence Speedway that night. They still had the old covered grandstand back then. If you stood up in the top row you could not see the whole track. lol
12-18-2018, 02:23 PM
RTW

I believe it became Queen City Speedway sometime after it was black topped.
I remember watching Pat Patrick drive the Morgan Chandler number 28 at Northern Ky Speedway with those big 4 barrel carbs sitting on top of a tunnel ram manifold. The carbs looked like they sitting 2 feet above the hood.
12-18-2018, 04:59 PM
ALLDIRT

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Originally Posted by Clayton_Wetter

The first car I saw Patrick in was a white camaro with a red #5 on it, he won the feature at NKS aka Florence Speedway that night. They still had the old covered grandstand back then. If you stood up in the top row you could not see the whole track. lol

That's right Clayton . When he was driving that car , he was almost unbeatable . It was
the Morrison Electric Camaro . And I still remember that restart in 83 , with a few laps to go when
What put Jeff Purvis on the big stage , passed him for the win .
12-18-2018, 11:42 PM
smith19

at first pat had a car of his own. #5 then he drove for guys like cliff polking's #48, morgan chandler #28, larry Morrison's #5, tucker #3, stricker #68, marion martin #44 just to name a few. I got ahold of Morrison's scrap books and it was ridiculous the amount of wins they had. pat took care of us when we took our stuff to don's crankshaft where he worked before working for the city of Cincinnati where he retired. pat loved to talk about the old days and have a cold beer. R.I.P pat. you are missed!
12-19-2018, 02:22 AM
Jim11h

I recall reading as kid the mid american and seeing queen city, attended several LM shows such as the Mansfield Johnny Appleseed (back in early 80s was pretty big deal) was he ever there? Also due to location did he run brown county often? Always wanted to check place out but didn't get chance. I remember seeing name in the MAARN paper
12-19-2018, 06:37 AM
Bob Hubbard

Didn't he drive The Zero car for cooks garage ?
12-19-2018, 03:41 PM
Clayton_Wetter

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Originally Posted by Jim11h

I recall reading as kid the mid american and seeing queen city, attended several LM shows such as the Mansfield Johnny Appleseed (back in early 80s was pretty big deal) was he ever there? Also due to location did he run brown county often? Always wanted to check place out but didn't get chance. I remember seeing name in the MAARN paper

He also raced at Clay City Ky. and also Whitewater Valley in Indiana

I have a MAARN paper with Patrick on the cover.
12-21-2018, 05:49 AM
Bob Hubbard

http://www.dirtfans.com/PatPatrick.html

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