POWRi and WAR Merge, Bring Wingless Sprint Car Racing To POWRi Country!

[CIRF]

You guys know how to push my buttons!! LOL!!

The conversation I had with Mr. Anderson at Springfield that day could have gone on for hours, hell, maybe days!! LOL!!



There are 5 dominant race cars that I remember from back in the day.

In no particular order they were:

8 Ball

The #B4 sprinter owned by Unk Blacker out of Champaign and driven by Larry "Boom-Boom" Cannon

The #44 Janes & Addems yellow 57 Chevy driven by Lynn Wilson

The #8 '66 Fairlane owned and driven by Darrell Dake our of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

The #55 1955 Chevy owned by the same gentleman who owned Kartville in Peoria and driven by Johnny Beauchamp at Peoria Speedway.

Ironically enough the first 3 on that list were raced at Fairbury at about the same time period. The #8 was totally dominant at Sterling Speedbowl Park in Sterling, Illinois. The #55 Chevy was dominant at Peoria Speedway.

All that said, I believe 8 Ball was the most dominant of all of them. Bugsy would start dead last and literally be leading by lap 6 or 7 of the feature and proceed to drive away from everyone and dang near lap the field!

Fun trip down memory lane, guys!! Merry Christmas!!

[kidrock]

They would have a great conversation about racing. It would be fun to sit back and just listen. Kidrock I think CIRF would have a good laugh about our fist 2 months with the SS. That was a hell of learning experience. One experience that I will not forget.

Yes i would have to sit back and just listen because as you remember I wasn't as big of a race fan as you was. I was more of a stick and ball sports fan and wasn't a big race fan but, did go to Pittsfield, Jacksonville, Farmer City, Springfield, Macon ect.

Yes Remember Renfro saying he could right a book of all the bad luck we had. he said in all the years he raced he never remembered having as much bad luck as we did in just a few short months lol


Merry Christmas to you C.I.R.F and the rest of your family!!

[ss12]

I remember the B4 at Shaheen's and didn't Bubba Jones also drive it? It was always a nice looking car.

[calverton]

Ole yeah ole bubby johnny meyers wib spaulding bill myers all come to mind also

[kidrock]

Dik Taylor, Joe Ross, Joe Ross Jr, Ronnie Milton, Bubby Jones, Dean Shirley, Jay Ackers, Jim Aggins, to name a few

[CIRF]

I remember the B4 at Shaheen's and didn't Bubba Jones also drive it? It was always a nice looking car.

An absolutely gorgeous race car! You're correct, Bubby Jones drove it as well as Larry Cannon. Bubby won a bunch of races with it, too. It was yellow and had chrome everywhere.

Bobby Carrigan is the winningest driver in Fairbury sprint car history but he was just a bit before my time. I was really young (7 or 8 years old) but I remember Larry Cannon driving the B4 at Fairbury and because he won so often he sticks out in my memory, nonetheless.

Shaheen's was one place I wish I'd have attended more than what I did. My Dad was mostly a stock car guy and wasn't nearly as interested in the open wheel racing thus we didn't go to Little Springfield all that much. That's where I get my love for late models to this day but there always has been a soft spot for the open wheel. Unfortunately, I was at Shaheen's maybe a half dozen times. Wish we'd have gone there more.

Speaking of Bubby Jones, I went to the Oval Nationals out at Perris Auto Speedway just outside of LA, California several years ago and ran across Bubby in the pits. Had a very nice conversation with him. Actually made him smile a couple of times with my reminiscing's about watching him race at Fairbury. Larry Cannon and Bubby Jones were barbers before they went racing full time and actually had a two chair barber shop together in Danville, IL. Both of those guys ended up racing in the Indy 500 in the early to mid 1970's.

[CIRF]

Dik Taylor, Joe Ross, Joe Ross Jr, Ronnie Milton, Bubby Jones, Dean Shirley, Jay Ackers, Jim Aggins, to name a few

WOW!! There's some names for ya'!!

Dean Shirley used to run Fairbury every now and again in his sprinter.

Watched Dik Taylor win the Herald & Review 100. Watched Dik's son Matt win it, too.



Here it is Christmas Eve and we're reminiscing about racin' in the day!! Gotta' love it!!

[CMatich]

CIRF, wasn't the track in Springfield an old board race track that was covered with dirt? Think I remember hearing stories about the boards sticking up thru the dirt.

[kidrock]

CIRF, wasn't the track in Springfield an old board race track that was covered with dirt? Think I remember hearing stories about the boards sticking up thru the dirt.

I don't know about that but, the retainging walls were made out of wood. as a matter of fact i remember a bad wreck one night where a board from the wall came through the car one night. I can't remember if it was the firewall or front door.

[calverton]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4bKon5-mSE

[Stede Bonnet]

what ever you say midget brain , real race cars don't need to be pish started

I strongly disagree.

[calverton]

well maybe yours needed to be because you don't maintain it , but sorry put a (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) starter on the car

[kidrock]

well maybe yours needed to be because you don't maintain it , but sorry put a (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) starter on the car

Why just because you don't like they way they start their cars. Give it rest the world doesn't revolve around you.

[calverton]

many fans like myself won't go to a event like that it takes to long to put on the show promotors are not getting the full potential on a good pay out

[kidrock]

many fans like myself won't go to a event like that it takes to long to put on the show promotors are not getting the full potential on a good pay out

and guess what many fans are going and don't mind. like I said the world does not revolve around you.