Kev, you make me remember my younger days even more fondly. There's no job like it, no view like the one you have, and no feeling like it when you've got it all going. People who've never been there don't realize the feeling that goes into that job. It's almost like driving, because you're a part of the race, and (especially on a short track) the competitors are depending on you to be their stationary eyes and to keep them from harm.
I love a good midget race here is Shane Golobic going for his first USAC West midget win last year at Altamont. Next up for Me is a SMRS Midget race at Cowtown spdwy in Mansfield Tx.They already have over 30 cars entered. biggest midget turn out in quite some time out this way maybe. $3,000.00 to win on Sat along with a Fri night show paying $1,000.00 to win
aXe
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now wouldnt it be neat to go back to here? check out the ticket prices.
aXe
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its easy to look stupid up there, and real tough to learn how to make it look so easy.Originally Posted by indybigjohn
And its the only time in my life that Ive been booed by 1000 people
I will do it again, but Ive gotten a bit picky about where that will be.
Faster than a bullet from a gun
He is faster than everyone
Quicker than the blinking of an eye
Like a flash you could miss him going by
No one knows quite how he does it but it's true they say
He's the master of going faster. -George Harrison
Cowtown Speedway is in Kennedale Texas not Mansfield. It is not far off of the Mansfield Hwy though. It is located across the street from Texas Raceway, an 1/8 mile drag strip and literally right next door to Kennedale Speedway park another 1/4 mile dirt track that runs virtually many of the same classes as Cowtown on the same night. Go figure.I love a good midget race here is Shane Golobic going for his first USAC West midget win last year at Altamont. Next up for Me is a SMRS Midget race at Cowtown spdwy in Mansfield Tx.They already have over 30 cars entered. biggest midget turn out in quite some time out this way maybe. $3,000.00 to win on Sat along with a Fri night show paying $1,000.00 to win
aXe
I personally go to Cowtown more because they run weekly sprints with good car counts and ASCS comes there more than KSP.
Some people will do nearly anything in order to be able to not do anything.
I know exactly what you mean, Kev. The only saving grace in that kind of situation is that you know you've done the right thing. As I mentioned in one of my "Driven to the Past" columns on frontstretch.com last summer, I followed directions from the tower once at Michigan and got booed by more than 30,000. The next year I had a choice and did what I thought was right.
[QUOTE=Lucky161]Cowtown Speedway is in Kennedale Texas not Mansfield. It is not far off of the Mansfield Hwy though. It is located across the street from Texas Raceway, an 1/8 mile drag strip and literally right next door to Kennedale Speedway park another 1/4 mile dirt track that runs virtually many of the same classes as Cowtown on the same night. Go figure.
I personally go to Cowtown more because they run weekly sprints with good car counts and ASCS comes there more than KSP.
Thanks for the correction,I was told it was in Mansfield,having never been there assumed He was right.
aXe
[QUOTE=aXe]Mansfield is close being the next town down the road, but the race tracks are in Kennedale. There was a track in Mansfield at one time owned by the father of the current Cowtown promoter, but it was short lived.
Cowtown will be having a lot of good races this year, lots of ASCS, both Lone Star division and Gulf Coast division will run races there. I expect to see the Sprint Series of Texas (305s)a few times there, topless modifieds more than once and if they have a midget race, I'll be there. If you come up this way, give a holler and we can probably get R22 and perhaps rrrr to attend as well.
[QUOTE=Lucky161]That would be great I havent seen That guy with all those r's since probably the Chili Bowl last year 08. At this time I am planning on being there next week at least fri and sat, maybe even practice night thrus?
aXe
[QUOTE=aXe]I didn't realize they were racing this early, but if they are running and it looks like they are, then I'll give it a try. I could only get a weather forecast through Friday the 13th, but it should be high of 60, low of 32 and clear. Damn that's cold for an old guy, but I'll bundle up. I may have to check out some of those hand warmers at Academy Sports.
Ray Evernhams new toy. East Lincoln Speedway about 25 miles West of Charlotte, NC. Nice place. They had to be happy with their first night of racing
April 4, 2009
Veteran Jim Birges receiving the Supermod trophy and youngster Tanner Swanson the BCRA/USAC Midget trophy with a packed house on a beautiful Spring night at Central California's Madera Speedway
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Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati
As a follow up, Jim decided to go race motorcycles on Sunday (he used to race moto-cross professionally) and crashed big time. He broke two vertabrae and an ankle. He's to have surgery on the ankle, but the back will heal on its own. Jim will be out of the Supermod for at least one race but hopes to be back at Madera in May for the Vukovich Memorial.
A good race driver, given adequate seat time, can drive any well prepared racecar on any track surface or configuration at competitive speeds. Remember, I said a GOOD race driver!!!
F1 Stockcars on a rainy afternoon at Buxton Oval, England.
Courtesy Rogers racenews UK
that looks like alot of fun. Like Washington State, they cant wait for the next clear day to race I suppose.F1 Stockcars on a rainy afternoon at Buxton Oval, England.
Courtesy Rogers racenews UK
Remember that Dave Edmunds video form the 80s with those UK short track cars?
Anderson Speedway. South Carolina Firday, April 17, 2009
The car counts sucked in every class, but it was still an entertaining evening
Great photos! But WHAT are those things in the third picture down?
they were called B-Modifieds. Id never seen them before, but up close they all looked like they were built by the same manufacturer.
So I dont know if its all spec like Legends or what.
Pretty cool looking machines. Very unorthodox for the South
Nothing like them over here. They run UMP mods without roofs sometimes in Mississippi, but not with those winglets on top. Cool. Wish I had asphalt closer to me...
Years ago we went to an NDRA race at Knoxville TN and in addition to over 100 NDRA late models, they also had about 40 6cyl late models running inline 6s. They put on some good races. I asked around and found that around that smoky mtn region that they were a popular class.
I think the inline 6 is about the worst sounding race motor I have ever heard.
Wall Stadium ran a class called Modern Stocks for years. Late Model-ish cars with a Striaght 6.
Looked great
sounded awful
The Canadaian Vintage Modified club up here runs straight 6's and they don't sound bad.
Those modifieds you photo'd look alot like the Pro-4 Modified division at Flamboro Speedway,not far from my house.Cool cars,but they never have very big fields...
My dad would have strongly disagreed with you on that. His all time favorite short track class was one where most of the cars were early 50s Chevys with a long tail pipe. His second favorite, ironically was called B modifieds, which were dirt supers with 6s. I never saw any of the first ones, but I did see a few of the B modifieds run with 6s.
And those 6s at Knoxville were pretty fast race cars. One guy told me high performance parts were hard to find and expensive for them though and he thought he had as much in his 6 as the NDRA guys did with V8s.
Tony 'The Tiger' Simon and The WRA at Walt JAmes Stadium, Willow Springs, CA
(photo courtesy Randy at Trackchasers)
Open Wheel did a feature on him some 25+ yrs ago
Not too many one armed sprint drivers I guess
Bowman Gray Stadium- Winston Salem ,NC May 30, 2009
Finally was able to get there last night, its been on my must see list since the 1980s
180 miles from the Sofa Vista, and it was worth every mile
Wow I'm surprised that there is no fence for the fans to get that close to the action. Still would be a great place to shoot from. Looks like there is not a bad seat in the house. How was the racing?
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Racing was what one would expect on a narrow flat quarter mile. Lotta freight trains but thats OK.
Not too many bad seats in the place but there were some down low in the turns where you couldnt see all the track
Travelllers Rest Speedway. Travellers Rest, SC June 27,2009.
A run down crap hole of a short track.
We went for the ASCS Sprints. 14 sprints signed in and had the highest car count at the track. The other 5 or so divisions has 10 car features.
This track is typical of every thing that is wrong with SC race tracks. They actually had to go yellow one time cuz one of the plywood billboards in turn 2 fell onto the track during a race.
Been there, done that.
Wont go back
Wow that opening at the flag stand looks like a bad accident waiting to happen. Well at least you got to see some sprints!
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