Things I miss about racing

[Barbecueboy]

I miss bright leaf chili dogs…orange crush in the brown bottle…and my grandmother’s cold fried chicken legs at rockingham.

[Snake X3]

Originally Posted by Josh Bayko
3 Wides Picture vault is probably the site you’re thinking of.

Yep! That's the one!


Here's something I miss, Eddie Carrier Jr and Jared Landers on the Lucas Tour and Casey Roberts in the Cushman 101.

[Josh Bayko]

Yep! That's the one!


Here's something I miss, Eddie Carrier Jr and Jared Landers on the Lucas Tour and Casey Roberts in the Cushman 101.

Carrier is back behind the wheel driving for Matt Conser. I don’t think they’re going to tour, though.

Jared Landers I guess is gonna run some races for his dad.

I haven’t seen Casey Roberts name anywhere for a couple years.,

[Oiler]

The most recent race I could find for Casey Roberts was the WoO race at Cherokee in March 2021.

[Barbecueboy]

A mutual friend told me that he is living his best life with his bride while doing some traveling with his work.

[Raceready]

Yep, that whole 30 seconds is a real nightmare lol.

Where had you been lately ? It seems like its been a coons age since you have been on here ?

[BTExpress]

"I grew up going to Windsor or Pine Brook, Flemington and Nazareth, then Bridgeport after Nazareth closed. My first race ever was a USAC show on the Nazareth mile when it was still dirt.

None of it exists anymore. Yeah, Bridgeport is still open, but it’s very different from what I remember."

I grew up in South Jersey halfway between East Windsor and Bridgeport, so they were the tracks I attended the most. Only made it to Flemington a handful of times, but it seemed exciting everytime I saw a race there. I remember when I was a teenager, and Billy Pauch started racing. You knew he was going to be something special when he dominated the Sportsmen class at East Windsor, Flemington and Nazareth.

I thought Bridgeport was making a big mistake when they reconfigured the track a few years ago....Boy was I wrong. I would love to see a DLM race there. They scheduled one last year but it got rained out.

[MUD MAESTRO]

Never got the pleasure of seeing Ernie run, but my all-time hero in racing is a guy that used to race against him and all the top Midwest drivers and that's Mert Williams. The most memorable sounding cars I've ever heard were Mert's Camaros back in the 1970s, especially at the big half-mile horse tracks in southern Minnesota, Owatonna and Austin. The sound of those engines was sweet music to my young ears.

Saw Mert on occasion at Davenport. he was running 55 cream colored Pontiac with a hand painted number on the door, no sponsors. That little Pontiac was fast. Mert was certainly a fan favorite.

[Snake X3]

A mutual friend told me that he is living his best life with his bride while doing some traveling with his work.

Thanks for the update. I'm glad to hear he's enjoying life. I just watched the Feb 13 and 14, 2015 races from Volusia again the other night.

[Raceready]

B main on a weekly show. I was lookin at some old pics of farmer city and all the cars were sitting in the infield after qualifying and I could count 36 cars. The thing about it is about 15 or 20 of them were capable of winning the feature!

How about way back when the "B" main was named either the Last Chance Race or The Consolation Race ? ? We would be all excited waiting for " The Consi " to run ! !

[dirtcrazy4u]

Open trailers, stick welders, rock crusher Trans, .leaf sprung cars, 750 double pumpers, open face helmets w/ goggles.

[FlatTire]

I miss late models on open trailers in motel parking lots.

[Raceready]

I miss late models on open trailers in motel parking lots.

And some had the whole crew sleeping in 1 room on cots and on the floor because that was all they could afford. I kind of shake my head when I see the big old trailers and totorhomes that some locals in street stocks and mods pull in with !

[Black F]

i miss the days you didnt know who would show up. mybe by not paying attetion or just a guy you root for pops up unexpectedly. I'll never forget the night at la salle i looked over to see if there was any cars left to qualify. bloomer was sitting there. that was pretty cool! im pretty sure he went on to win that night?

[MUD MAESTRO]

i miss the days you didnt know who would show up. mybe by not paying attetion or just a guy you root for pops up unexpectedly. I'll never forget the night at la salle i looked over to see if there was any cars left to qualify. bloomer was sitting there. that was pretty cool! im pretty sure he went on to win that night?

Yep....he won. rumors circulated that zero was spotted in the area earlier in the afternoon. Agree, it was pretty cool.