What was the World 100 like in the beginning?

[dirtracing62]

I think the biggest differences were the absence of high-tech racing and ANYBODY had a chance of winning.

[buster83]

it was cool sitting on the bank drinking a few beers and how lucky can u get favorite driver wins first world 100.

[oldmodhasbeen]

Thsi sums it up for my experience

after the qualifying on friday night of 200+ cars, there would be the eldora stocks. there were campers on top of the turns instead of bleachers and we would go to our friends camper in turns 1and 2 and watch racing till 2:30 or so. the stocks weren't the thrill. it was just sitting around with your friends all night. my first world was in 78 or 79. there was a guy who set up tables outside the main gate along the fence. he cooked and sold chicken dinners and cold slaw and potato salads. it was the 70"s so things were real cheap like $4.00 for a big dinner. sunday's race was hot and dusty, but you still talked about it all year.

[TS FAN]

Flying Floyd Gilbert, my pal. I am glad Earl's newest idea worked out better than trying to run modified/sprint cars for 500 laps in 1965. I eventually fell a sleep on the hillside. I noticed a few of the drivers were taking short naps on the straight aways too/smile

[84wedge]

I would have loved being a kid at the track with cars going all day.