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Glad to see the sport having a resurgence.
Goes with my mantra of brakes being overrated. The smell, noise & action is great stuff. The Harley folks come for Harley night, take your street or TT bike and race the oval. I mentioned a BSA or Triumph bike maybe being competitive too and I got the stink eye. 2 big differences from 50 years ago; The girl riders got the biggest cheers, back then none existed. The "wave" for the crowd in the stand is now done with your cellphone light.
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When we lived in upstate NY we had a speedway track about 20 minutes away . We used to go quite often , a rowdy crowd for sure .
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05-11-2025, 09:45 AM
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 Flat track  I’ve done flat track but always wanted to try Speedway.
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likes to left foot brake.
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OC fairgrounds in the 70s with MC Larry Huffman. More Beer! he would yell.
Bud played the young son on Father knows best was racing too. I liked Bruce Flanders too but didn't hear him at Speedway. |
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I may be wrong but weren't most of the speedway bikes made by Jawa ?
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2002 Boxster S . Arctic silver + black top/int. Jake Raby 3.6 SS engine " the beast ". GT3 front bumper, GT3 side skirts and GT3 TEK rear diffuser. 1999 996 C4 coupe black/grey with FSI 3.8 engine . Rear diffuser , front spoiler lip with ducktail spoiler . |
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Back in the 1970's ESPN showed Speedway a lot and if memory serves, Bruce Penhall was so popular that he became a cast member on 'Chips' with Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox?
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Shape shifter, Excellence magazine 11/2010.
lil' black
1988 Chevy Camaro IMSA GTO/Trans Am series spec.
Andy Porterfield's last race car.
