Remember when...

[JimBo]

Remember when crew chiefs had one way radios to the driver?

[Waldo]

Remember when you were a Hero for running into a burning building to save someone's life.........Then in 2020 you became a Hero for bagging groceries at the store?

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

Remember when you were a Hero for running into a burning building to save someone's life.........Then in 2020 you became a Hero for bagging groceries at the store?

Things have changed a lot this year. Not for the better.

[Raceready]

Remember when " The Flyin Farmer " had a pair of yellow tow lights mounted to the roll bar that they used when they flat towed the late model to the race track ? He had them rigged to a switch and then he would turn them on to flash when the yellow flag came out to help warn the drivers behind him.

[Krooser]

I remember when I bought a new hauler for $1.00/ft from the rope and chain dept. at True Value...

[d-glenn]

Remember the Chinn Party at the N/S, on Friday night, 4/5 years ago?

[dirtcrazy4u]

I remember guys towing across the country with a pick up truck and a open trailer. Rows and rows of tires just baking in the hot sun. A Gaerte motor stuffed in the unlocked front compartment. If someone in a late model, remember they weren't called supers back then, had 2 cars he was living the life.

[CIRF]

Remember when Fairbury had a six cylinder division and the cars looked strikingly similar to the generic late models of that era? Remember when many of the guys who participated in that division ran tricked up 292 GM truck engines? Remember The Bohm Squad, Paul Westermeyer, Gary Eden, Ronnie Starks and all the rest who made that division so much fun to watch!

[ZERO25]

Remember when racers towed their racecars with only a towbar?

Took the axles out and rock and rolled.

My dad and uncle left Fla on Thursday nights and towed to Myrtle Beach every week and caught any other good paying races on their way back!

[HoosierDirtFan]

Remember When

DIRT LATE MODEL FLASH BACK.
Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, TN. Held on June 3, 2000
UDTRA Hav-A-Tampa Dirt Racing Series Season. Living Air 100
100 L, 53.3 M, 85.8 KM - Scheduled Distance
FULL RESULTS
Fin St # Driver Make Laps Led Status
1 4 17m Dale McDowell Chevy 100 running
2 7 6m Wendell Wallace Pontiac100 running
3 22 30 Steve Shaver Chevy 100 running
4 14 31 Skip Arp Chevy 100 running
5 17 00b Booper Bare Pontiac 100 running
6 20 1p Earl Pearson, Jr. Ford 100 running
7 25 0 Scott Bloomquist Ford 100 running
8 21 24 Rick Eckert Ford 100 running
9 27 53 Ray Cook Ford 100 running
10 10 15 Steve Francis Chevy 100 running
11 16 12 Jason Smith Ford 100 running
12 1 00 Freddy Smith Chevy 100 running
13 8 17g Mike Gault Pontiac 99 0
14 30 CV3 Clayton Christenberry Chevy 99 0
15 9 21 Billy Moyer Chevy 83 0
16 26 96 Terry English Chevy 80 0
17 13 52 Scott Sexton Pontiac 74 0
18 2 1 Chub Frank Chevy 72 0
19 24 F1 Mike Duvall Chevy 66 0
20 19 66 Bill Frye Pontiac 66 0
21 11 75h Bart Hartman Pontiac 57 0
22 23 75p Terry Phillips Chevy 56 0
23 6 18 Shannon Babb Chevy 47 0
24 3 E1 Mike Balzano Chevy 40 33
25 28 28 Dennis Erb, Jr. Chevy 31 0
26 5 99 Donnie Moran Pontiac 30 0
27 29 1m Jimmy Mars Chevy 30 0
28 12 s9 Dan Schlieper Chevy 27 0
29 18 1j Davey Johnson Chevy 25 0
30 15 h2 Duayne Hommel Chevy 2 0
RACE DATA
Failed to Qualify:
Don O'Neal
Randle Chupp
Frank Ingram
Tim Headen
Jeep Van Wormer
Ronnie Johnson
Mark Martin
Gar D!ckson
Ricky Weeks
Petey Ivey
Todd Andrews
Jody Summerville
Thomas Ware
David Smith
Steve Smith
Derrick Rainey
Jeff Smith
Jesse Lay
Jimmy Sharpe
Dabs Potts
Sandy Goddard
John Mason
Marshall Green
Gusty Christenberry
Eddie Rickman
Billy Hicks
Dennis Franklin
Eric Pember
Gary Stuhler
Ronnie Fisher, Jr.
Scott Autry
Dewayne Aldridge
Vic Hill
Chip Freshcorn
Kelly Boen
Greg Lucas
Chuck Harper
Bo Shirley
Kerry Jones
Bobby Turner
Clayton Christenberry
Brad Carty
John Thompson
Jimmy McCormick
Rick Rogers
Edwin Wells
Rex Richey
Kip Cochran
Brian Holloway
Jack Pencil
Alan Poiner
Stacy Boles
K.C. Carpenter
Johnny Johnson
Dale Ball
Craig Reece
Phil Hall
Shane Harris
Jason Montgomery
Mike Johnson
Mickey Dunn
Bob Gordon
Bob Pierce
Billy Ogle, Jr.
Lance Matthees
Robbie Starnes
David Payne
Jason Blaxton
Russ Frohnapfel
Jeff Silvers
Harold Simpson
Jim Zdroik
Rodney Combs
Steve Anderson
Chuckie May
Wayne Brooks
R.J. Conley
Bryan Durig
Jerry Redetzke
Patrick Duggan
Brett Miller
Gary McPherson
Randy Boggs
Dan Breuer
Steve Rushin
Mike Jackson
Jerry Inmon
Derrick Laney
David Crabtree
Rick Norris
Bryan Hendrix
David Eubanks
C.S. Fitzgerald
Brian Ruhlman
Steve Casebolt
Ronnie Payne
Brent Rhebergen
Shane Tankersley
Anthony White
Johnny Stovall
Archie Vinson
Charles Hurst
Noland Smith
Brian Carty
Anthony Rushing
Randy Davidson
Dale Nelson
Danny McGlothlin
Bill Reed
Craig Scott
John Tindal
Paul Jorgensen
Jerry Hemming
Larry Boutwell
Kevin Smith
Jeff Monger
Don Farmer
Ronald Sensel
Tim Frye
John Bey
Greg Hansford
Lane Culver
Glenn Morris
Tyrel Todd
Frank Smith
Kenny Lamb
Rick Rickman
Gary Blanken
Todd Rehg
Chuck Southard
Brandon Kinzer
Dan Stone
Jerry Bradley
Tim Daniels
Aaron Monger
Roger Lucas
Ronnie DeHaven
Troy Eads
Brian Rickman
Dennis Selby
Randy King
Jim Blackwell
Michael Ayc0ck
Randy Korte
Skip Freeman
Dennis Alverson
Tim Damron
Billy Dever
Alan Kirkfield Jr.
Ron Parker
Dean Bradenburg
Jason Hiett
Warren Strickler
Robert Utz
Otis Porter
Raymond Merrill
Delmas Conley
Allen Chenoweth
Todd Schroyer
B.J. McCammon
RACE STATS
Time of Race: ???
Fast Qualifier: Wendell Wallace - 16.220 sec.
Margin of Victory:Average Speed: ??? mph
Cautions: Info not available
Lead Changes: 1 among 2 drivers - Balzano, 1-33; McDowell, 34-100

[Crash 4]

You have to be at like 70 to remember when dudes built their own race cars. Buying your speed has been going on for 50+ years at this point.

Not really, 62 here, and I remember helping on one of my dads first cars. I was probably more in the way than helping. '56 Ford pulled out of the neighbors shed, they put a 368 Merc Turnpike Cruiser motor in it, That thing was a bullet, for a while.

[Crash 4]

Remember when the Green Weenie raced at Fairbury.

Yep, ole Sammy Lee, a crowd favorite for years.

[Crash 4]

Remember the smaller, tighter track configuration at Fairbury before they built the present track?

Yep. I remember Bob Pierce and Roger Long coming up North and passing the locals on the outside of that smaller track, unheard of at that time.

[Crash 4]

Remember when Fairbury had a six cylinder division and the cars looked strikingly similar to the generic late models of that era? Remember when many of the guys who participated in that division ran tricked up 292 GM truck engines? Remember The Bohm Squad, Paul Westermeyer, Gary Eden, Ronnie Starks and all the rest who made that division so much fun to watch!

Yep. A lot of the Ford guys ran the 300 truck engines also. It was a good competitive class with a lot of local talented drivers.

[late model chaser]

Remember the Chinn Party at the N/S, on Friday night, 4/5 years ago?


I think it was more like maybe 7 years ago but yes, I remember it!!