Sante Fe Speedway 1987

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  • Krooser
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2012
    • 3117

    #1

    Sante Fe Speedway 1987

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    Class of 2019
  • CIRF
    Senior Member
    • Jul 2007
    • 8122

    #2
    I was in the grandstands at Santa Fe the night this video was recorded.

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    • MI Dirt Fan
      Banned
      • May 2007
      • 8806

      #3
      650 HP. Lol

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      • Krooser
        Senior Member
        • Nov 2012
        • 3117

        #4
        That was plenty in those days...
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        • CIRF
          Senior Member
          • Jul 2007
          • 8122

          #5
          Originally posted by Krooser View Post
          That was plenty in those days...
          You're right, 650 HP was a big number for dirt late models in 1987. In fact 650 HP might have been a little optimistic for that time.

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          • K1ngCat
            Senior Member
            • Feb 2016
            • 165

            #6
            It's crazy how slow they are compared to today's late model.

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            • NormP
              Senior Member
              • Mar 2011
              • 2262

              #7
              That track looked pretty flat.

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              • mskdorf
                Senior Member
                • May 2007
                • 842

                #8
                That was cool in a lot of ways. Especially that the commentators were actually at the track and not announcing it after the fact. I don't care much for the line up rules used by USAC, getting qualifying time back for consys and feature like they do with sprints. So neat to see some of those guys again. Good ole Bedford boy Godsey looked good. Not enough for Moyer on that night.
                Scott Kleindorfer

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                • Krooser
                  Senior Member
                  • Nov 2012
                  • 3117

                  #9
                  Sante Fe's surface was dirt... I mean hauled in from a construction site dirt. And the track was pretty slow... flat, narrow with tight turns. A real bull ring on Saturday (and Sunday) nights. You had better bring your A game to compete with the no holds barred style of racing they had there. What wasn't settled on the track or in the pits might be handled after you left the gates. Tough town.
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                  • 1bbmft
                    Senior Member
                    • May 2007
                    • 1388

                    #10
                    Loved to race there, miss that place. Your right it had a little banking but not much. The surface was not dirt but clay and with what ever Howard mixed in you could walk across the track after the races and it would pull your shoes off you feet it was so sticky. I won a lot of heats and semis but never a feature there.

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                    • Krooser
                      Senior Member
                      • Nov 2012
                      • 3117

                      #11
                      You would know more about the joint than I... we just ran specials there. I only remember it as being real slick in the main's ....

                      I was on Wolf Rd. last week but didn't make it to the 9500 block...
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