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Glory Days: Indy 500 Winner Tops Hoosier Hundred
Glory Days: Indy 500 Winner Tops Hoosier Hundred
Less than four months after winning the 1970 Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Al Unser was back in Indianapolis and in victory lane again. Unser wheeled his Johnny Lightning Special to a dominant triumph in what was at the time the richest race on dirt. Unser claimed the Hoosier Hundred for USAC champ cars […]
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Glory Days: Haudenschild Wins The Big One
Glory Days: Haudenschild Wins The Big One
Jac Haudenschild sped around Mark Kinser on a late-race restart and went on to win the inaugural Historical Big One at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway on Aug. 14, 1993. Driving Jac Elden’s familiar Pennzoil No. 22, it was the first victory of the season for Haudenschild, who held off Kinser and Keith Kauffman for the victory […]
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Mahoney’s Memories: Indianapolis Speedrome 1982
Mahoney’s Memories: Indianapolis Speedrome 1982
Editor’s Note: In this monthly photo essay feature, National Sprint Car Hall of Fame photographer John Mahoney shares his memories and images from some of the most amazing and historic sprint car and midget races. USAC Midgets, Indianapolis Speedrome, Sept. 18, 1982 Indianapolis Speedrome owner John Stiles loved midgets and worked with USAC to organize […]
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Glory Days: Williams Conquers Paragon
Glory Days: Williams Conquers Paragon
Rip Williams (pictured) got the jump on polesitter Larry Bland and led every lap of the California Racing Ass’n non-winged sprint car feature at Indiana’s Paragon Speedway on May 15, 1992. But while Williams set the pace throughout, Jack Hewitt gave the crowd at the quarter-mile dirt track thrill after thrill. Hewitt started last (20th) […]
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Glory Days: Page Jones Wins At Berlin
Glory Days: Page Jones Wins At Berlin
Page Jones, pictured aboard the 6R Racing No. 26r sprint car, led flag to flag to win the USAC national sprint car main event July 2, 1994 at Berlin Raceway in Marne, Mich. Jones held off a late charge from Randy Tolsma to secure the victory, while Eric Gordon, Greg Staab and fast qualifier Brian […]
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Glory Days: Outlaws At Tri-State
Glory Days: Outlaws At Tri-State
Steve Kinser passed Sammy Swindell on the white-flag lap to win the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series feature at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind., on July 14, 1991. Swindell finished second after leading 39 laps, while Dave Blaney, Bobby Davis jr. and Danny Smith completed the top five. Johnny Herrera (pictured racing with Jeff […]
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Plymouth Goes Indy Car Racing
Plymouth Goes Indy Car Racing
In auto racing’s topmost tiers, Plymouth is a brand more often associated with NASCAR than IndyCar. On Aug. 24, 1969, however, not only did a factory Plymouth-powered car win an Indy car race, it did so at what would become a legendary NASCAR track — Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway. The story started with a surprise […]
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Glory Days: Gaines Hangs On At Winchester
Glory Days: Gaines Hangs On At Winchester
Dickie Gaines (pictured) ran down leaders Darl Harrison and Benny Rapp during the closing laps to win the 50-lap ASA sprint car main event at Winchester Speedway on Aug. 2, 1970. Harrison and Rapp battled for the top spot throughout, but with the track getting slicker by the lap, Gaines hung it out a little […]
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Glory Days: ‘The Flying Shu’
Glory Days: ‘The Flying Shu’
Ron Shuman was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 2003 after a tremendous career in open-wheel racing. Shown (photo) here qualifying at Ohio’s Limaland Motorsports Park during a 1991 California Racing Ass’n event, Shuman won four CRA championships and another four titles when the club gave way to the Sprint Car […]
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