This is what made the early Outlaws truly great! It was simply 'run whatya brung'. You can see how every car was somewhat unique. So many different wings, chassis, engines, etc. The guys who had it figured out were the big shots. Now, the specs are so exacting and the cars and parts are almost all identical. The unique nature of the sport is gone forever. RIP Ted Johnson...and thank you for your WoO concept!
The guys who figured it out THEN did it with brains. NOW, it's done with truckloads of money. They have to save the sport from egomaniacs with bottomless wallets.
Man, this makes me even feel older than I am. I remember in early March of 1978 getting ready to go to Dallas for the spring nationals. I lived in Tulsa and we ran 100 inch cars then. At that time, they were kind of like a Silver Crown car except USAC didn't call them that then. Also, we ran a small displacement engine similar to the 305's of today and with carbs. Every year the first race of the year was in Dallas with the sprints running a companion race. Actually, nobody knew exactly what we were getting to see when we got there. Nobody, not even Lanny Edwards or Ted Johnson actually knew what was going on. I think if you could have asked anyone what they thought they would accomplish, all they probably would have said was they were trying to figure away where they could guarantee having a good car count. I remeber seeing the first rule book,l It was typed on a page of typing paper. The basic rules were you had to have a roll cage and it couldn't be aluminum. They allowed bolt on cages, though. In a way, the lack of rules made it good but with no rules, money takes over. With too many rules, money does the same.
This is what made the early Outlaws truly great! It was simply 'run whatya brung'. You can see how every car was somewhat unique. So many different wings, chassis, engines, etc. The guys who had it figured out were the big shots. Now, the specs are so exacting and the cars and parts are almost all identical. The unique nature of the sport is gone forever. RIP Ted Johnson...and thank you for your WoO concept!
The guys who figured it out THEN did it with brains. NOW, it's done with truckloads of money. They have to save the sport from egomaniacs with bottomless wallets.
This is like NFL Films for Sprint Car Racing!
'When Men were Men and Ships were made of Wood'. Thxs
great music to go with this
Man, this makes me even feel older than I am. I remember in early March of 1978 getting ready to go to Dallas for the spring nationals. I lived in Tulsa and we ran 100 inch cars then. At that time, they were kind of like a Silver Crown car except USAC didn't call them that then. Also, we ran a small displacement engine similar to the 305's of today and with carbs. Every year the first race of the year was in Dallas with the sprints running a companion race. Actually, nobody knew exactly what we were getting to see when we got there. Nobody, not even Lanny Edwards or Ted Johnson actually knew what was going on. I think if you could have asked anyone what they thought they would accomplish, all they probably would have said was they were trying to figure away where they could guarantee having a good car count. I remeber seeing the first rule book,l It was typed on a page of typing paper. The basic rules were you had to have a roll cage and it couldn't be aluminum. They allowed bolt on cages, though. In a way, the lack of rules made it good but with no rules, money takes over. With too many rules, money does the same.
@cmoore185 With over regulation, money becomes the rule!!
Real Outlaws.When you raced What you brung .
THE GREATEST SHOW ON DIRT !!!
Now that's what we are missing- a Sprint Car racer in a cowboy hat with a feather! Chuck Amati, I think!?
That was the one armed bandit!
That was alot of fun back in the late 70s and early 80s .
Awesome couldn't get any better.
I liked Ferkel,Allen &Jack Hewitt,not as munch fun without these cool dudes.stoney Lima,Ohio
Special time when real drivers raced real cars.
Music is awesome moody blues knights in white satin
Nights ... That be "Night's in White Satin". You're welcome!!
cool man!!
back in the day thank you
Back when we built our parts with what we had.
that dude at the end was on fire
Thanks
Where is Gary Patterson?
Dick Whelen Tape. I have them.
He was the best