Open Wheel 101 with Bobby Allen Part 1
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- čas přidán 21. 06. 2017
- Bobby Allen is the subject of this Open Wheel 101 interview presented by EMi. We were fortunate to sit with Bobby for an hour for an "unplugged" interview discussing his race career, the state of sprint car racing, the Shark Racing team and his opinions on various topics. Bobby has many great stories from when he started in racing as the 1960 World Go Kart champion, to working with Indy 500 champion Jim Rathmann, his move to central PA, his exploits with teammate Lynn Paxton, and much, much more! Thanks to the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum for hosting this event!
Grew up in So-Calif & have a great friend from San Berdo name of Dave West. Dave & I raced together & ran the streets together for many years. He is a Master race mechanic who worked for Ed Pink & later for Keith Black. I always since about 1980 was a Kinser fan & always proclaimed him the best. Dave would always shake his head & say "Nope, Bubby Allen is the best" don't know why, but he always called him Bubby & so for quite awhile I thought Bubby was his name! 😂 Dave was a high strung guy & always kinda grumpy, but the happiest I ever saw him was when Scruffy Won Knoxville 😃!! I certainly got an ear full of "I told you so" after that night 😆 Haven't seen Dave since I left Cali & that life style in 92, but I hope he's doing well 🙏 Great to see this interview with The Legendary Scruffy Allen, really happy he's still kick'n! Thanks for posting this 💪😎👍
Fascinating interview. Bobby definitely needs a biography published, he's done and seen it all. Thanks for sharing.
One of my favorite memories of watching Bobby race was the early 80s Ohio sprint speed weeks at atomic speedway and it was a nasty nite with rain showers off and on and all the heavy hitters were there at 2 o'clock in the morning on the low side he beat them all couldn't have been happier a very popular win the stands were all off their feet never seen anything like it
That's just crazy! Jim rathman Chevrolet in Melbourne Florida. I stopped in there And talked to them a d and they asked me if I knew Bobby Allen. I said no not. Really but my brother built some engines he ran. Outta gaerte engines shop. I had no idea they had a connection. Damn it .I should have checked into better. I lost 5 years of my sons life because I came back to Indiana. But I probably learned more in that 5 years I could have ever learned in my life. I learned how to be me. Thank you God .
Legend!!! Thanks for posting the interview with scruffy
Excellent interview
I remember watching Bobby Allen Drive modified at Reading, PA and sprint cars in Hagerstown Maryland
The best channel on you tube and I'm a drag racer
I grew up in Miami and remember Bobby well. I raced karts along with Bobby and watched him race the 1/2 midgets on Sundays on a track they set up on an empty parking lot on LeJune Road across from the airport. We recall his Dad, Joe, was doing everything he could to groom Bobby to be a big time racer. Bobby never won the Indy 500, but a lot of big time racers never did either. These interviews are golden and I wish only the best for Shark Racing.
Scruffy,,, one of the best ever to turn a wheel,,,
scruffy my favorite driver.with jan opperman.