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Hales Corners Speedway 1969... #133. My Buddy Ron Kubiak was the driver...I owned the car and he owned the $110.00 trailer. Ron Herman was the other pit crew guy. $75.00 car with a $50.00 engine. Towed with a '66 Charger...
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Last edited by Krooser; 10-05-2017, 01:58 PM.Member of the Luxemburg Speedway Hall of Fame
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Thanks... just found that photo after years of thinking we never had any on track pix...Member of the Luxemburg Speedway Hall of Fame
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Cool man! No power steering or women in the pits! LolComment
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My story......at birth. As I was born at Halifax Hospital (the same where they took Earnhardt) breathing gas fumes from DIS. My dad was crew member for Ray Fox and I was drug to tracks like Daytona, Darlington, Atlanta, and Charlotte as a little child. Then it was to every dirt track in Ga and Fla.
My dad passed away in 2009 but because of him, I enjoy stock car racing, especially dirt! Thanks dad!Turn LEFT, Vote RIGHT!Comment
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Well I know where Dale Earnhardt learned his running in the infield move from now lolOriginally posted by Krooser View PostComment
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Open face helmets, those were the days.Comment
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Thanks for sharing .... My dad got me hooked on dirt racing too .... Sometimes when I walk through the gates at the local track I think of him & his stanley thermos bottle filled with coffee .... Thanks dadRetired - Snowbird ... Living the DreamComment
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Keep those stories coming...Member of the Luxemburg Speedway Hall of Fame
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I got started late in life a little bit my 1st dirt race to watch was at I-55 Raceway at pevely mo in 1986 got hooked the 1st night still going to races and I'm 65 now and of course my favorite track is i-55 Raceway Been to a lot of different tracks but none quite like your 1st one I Love dirt racing my wife don't much but she understands Ain't nothin like a good fast pace fast Action DIRT RACEI am what I amComment
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Krooser: the photo is a little later than when I started attending race (40's coupes. 50's chevy's), but (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word), it brings back a bunch of good times and memories!!!
sidebar: maybe why still enjoy many of the support classes. great racing by teams that can still build a race car out of a junk yard and not an online catalog.And the days that I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations, well, I have really good days - Ray Wylie HubbardComment
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As a follow up.....heres some pics and info about my uncle who mainly raced on dirt all over the southeast. My dad was his crew chief back in the day. He's the reason my dad fell in love with dirt racing. He won nearly 400 features during his career.Originally posted by a25rjr View Post
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First race I was ever at was a Silver Crown race at the Nazareth Mile in 83. Started a love affair that has lasted 34 years and counting.Comment
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My earliest memories were going to Slinger Super Speedway on Sunday nights, probably late '70s, and getting to see the hotshot in the 97 WLPX car, who I later learned was Alan Kulwicki. I most certainly admired his determination in getting to where he did.
Around the same time I got to see my #1 guy of all time, A.J. Foyt, run a stockcar race at the Milwaukee Mile. I remember him getting tore up, come into the pits, but go back out onto the track every time the field was coming around under caution. My dad explained to me he was doing that to stay on the lead lap, and it was there that I first became aware of strategy and it's part in racing.
And my grandfather took me to Crazy Jim's demo derby at Hales Corners, probably around 1980. Seeing a school bus demo derby and roll-over contest blew my mind!
Around 1984 we moved to Illinois and Sycamore Speedway became the place to be on Saturday nights. Wanting to be a racecar driver virtually all my life, I bought my first car (a 1975 Monte Carlo street stock) and entered my first race in the spring of 1988. I knew absolutely nothing about cars, so I filled all four tires up to 32 psi, and away I went. I made it about 4 laps and got a flat. Didn't even have a spare, and didn't care! I was hooked for life!!!Comment
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The pic of Krooser's '60 Ford Starliner about brought tears to my eyes as that was one model I lusted after as a young guy just out of high school. It's fate was probably the same as the many '39 & '40 Ford sedans I cut down, raced and, usually, ended up hauling to the scrap yard for $15 or, on occasion, just left at the track when they were too torn up to flat tow home. Still doing it but it's Camaros we butcher now.Comment
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