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PostPosted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 8:06 pm 
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canadian oddy wrote:
Just checking something out here. Want to see if this thread shows when I hit active topics.

I haven't been too active on it anyway. Man, saw your posts on your crash. I am glad I always had a good cage around me. I was upside down so many times I cant count them. But going over the edge blind must have been really freaky! The closest I ever came to that was at the very end of the San Felipe 250. I got to the last road crossing and the flag guys were not around since we were pretty late. I hooked a sharp left to go down the side of the road and dropped straight down about 15 feet into a gully. And it was pitch black except for our lights. Fortunately I was able to drive it out and on to the finish. It would have sucked to go 245 miles and crash into a dark hole. They wouldn't have found me until the next day. Glad you are better.


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PostPosted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 11:34 pm 
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redskinman wrote:
Superlite_Don wrote:
Guys- (and maybe gals), your responses have blown me away! When I was in the middle of it, I guess I didn't realize that others could not do it as well. I kind of thought of it as a quirky hobby that consumed ALL MY TIME AND MONEY. I spent all my time at these races where the REAL stars were the Sport Trucks, Ultra Stocks, and Stadium Buggies. We had great races, but were always second to those guys. I have been going through boxes of old magazines and honestly am floored by how many I have with pictures of my cars and the races we were at. Dirt Wheels, ATV Sports, SCORE News, Dusty Times, 3&4 wheel action, 3 Wheelin, Crash & Burn, ETC. It was very special for me, but your response is special too. I was very lucky to have been part of it.

BTW, that LA race I posted was actually in the early 90's. That second place Briggs car that passed me was Rene Awana. He was employed full time by Natures Recipe to keep their stable of cars in perfect shape. They had a full test track they built right next to the shop. I got to test at it once. It was a great advantage for them. And the winner was some punk named Jimmy Johnson. Yep Mr. NASCAR himself. So I don't feel too bad with my 3rd place finish. Check out this picture and caption.

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So I scanned in another mag article. I was hanging around Pro-ATV one day and the mag guys were there and asked me to help out on a photo shoot. "Uh, do you want to thrash a brand new FL350 before the public gets to drive one?" UMMMM, YES! I think that was the ONLY FL350 that I ever drove. Fun day though. Fun reading
https://www.dropbox.com/s/j6buttr3fhv9r ... t.pdf?dl=0

I have some more tidbits to post later after I scan them. Maybe another vid too.


Man whoever wrote that caption for that pic sure knew what the hell they were talking about :-)



Jimmy Who? Ha Ha! :-)

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2016 7:07 pm 
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2016 8:31 pm 
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LOL. Had a bunch going on this last month. Had some eye surgery and am now working on Pinewood derby cars with my daughter! Been lurking but not posting. I will dig through some more stuff when I come up for air! Really wish I had a toy to play with in the dirt. But Seadoo season is almost here! 800 CC Rotax motors on water!


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