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Spent some of my youth at drag strips and dirt tracks.Quote:
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The Lakeside Speedway still stands. It was a circular race track that was used through the 80s. After multiple deaths though it was closed for good.
Pook, I'd only been to Lakeside once or twice when I was a kid, spent a bunch more time down at Englewood cause my dads boss was a co-owner of a super modified, and dad was on the pit crew. Spent lots of summers, Sat and Sun there. That figure 8 class was crazy fun. Fond memories of those days for sure. Jerry Hocker was the driver, but in that class, Opperman was the shit. Fritz Wilson was the shit in the late models.. in the early 90's I had some help from Lucky Beikman and Don Wilson Sr. and Jr. help me build a super stock to run up at CNS. There's nothing like the feeling of being behind the wheel, on the track.
Once a driver, always a driver.... I really miss that aspect of it, but the insane costs of prep and being there every week....and fixing damage from some other assholes mistake during a race or blowing a motor, is just too much. Especially now a days.
That was fuckin' AWESOME!! Thanks for sharing!
Just watched that again! Wish I could restore all those wrecks!!
Had to look close in the first scene. Car #16 looked like the Scarab I am restoring now. But it wasn't.
Killed Myself When I Was Young. I just resemble the title. [Abused] And yet I'm still here. F-U DEATH!! [Coffee]