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Post by bobjeffreson on Nov 15, 2008 7:28:39 GMT 10
How lucky were the Yanks back when drivers like A J Foyt, Andretti, Jones, Rutherford etc, would run a Midget Feature, next day go out and win the Indy 500, then back up the next day and win a sprint car Feature, in cars as pretty as this.
The world is a different place now. Corporations and Insurance Companies would not entertain the idea for 1 second. 
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Post by sprintmen on Nov 15, 2008 8:59:21 GMT 10
Most of the modern Indy racers wouldn't know what hit them if Donny,Steve or company put a slide job on them at Eldora or Knoxville.
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Post by PeterR on Nov 15, 2008 9:20:35 GMT 10
They dont make drivers like that anymore.
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Post by sprint98 on Nov 16, 2008 16:03:58 GMT 10
A slide job on them at Indy would be even more impressive! ;D
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Post by sprintmen on Nov 17, 2008 18:31:15 GMT 10
Marie and I were at Surfers Indy some years ago watching Danny Sullivans crew work on the car when they spotted my Australian Sprintcar Title T-shirt ,with which they stopped work came over and asked about Australian Sprintcar racing.A comment along the lines of "now thats a real racecar"was one of the comments along with them telling us they get to the Sprints whenever time allows.Still thought a Champ Car going past at over 200mph was pretty impressive.
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Post by bobjeffreson on Nov 29, 2008 10:13:29 GMT 10
Hey G
How lucky were the drivers of these good ol' days....
To race in front of crowds like this....unfortunately there is no mention where this photo was taken.
Who bags being in the very back row....waaaaaay up there. 
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Post by laurie27 on Nov 29, 2008 10:30:30 GMT 10
Ah,, those were the days  ,, even our own Sydney Showgrand was a sea of spectators |
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