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April 18, 2023 at
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Soppose a traveling tour came around that featured older drivers who used to be very good, but retired or just cut back. Mixed in with them would be some guys like Sammy Swindell, or Danny Smith. Would you buy a ticket?
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April 18, 2023 at
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Posted By: Murphy on April 18 2023 at 12:44:02 PM
Soppose a traveling tour came around that featured older drivers who used to be very good, but retired or just cut back. Mixed in with them would be some guys like Sammy Swindell, or Danny Smith. Would you buy a ticket?
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No. That's what Smoke is doing with SRX and I have no interest in it.
Within hearing distance of Tri City Speedway
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April 18, 2023 at
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Yup. To see the old guys I've heard more about than I have watched and just because there are sprint cars available to watch. But I have such a small diet if real life racing I'd buy tickets to almost any sprint car event if in my area
Even though I may not know you, I
care what most of you think!
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April 18, 2023 at
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It would cost too much, but a good idea if i were billionaire. Put Steve, Sammy, Doug, and anyone else who can still go jn equally prepared 305s with their most iconic paint schemes, do a 12-15 race national tour.... I'd probably buy a ticket.
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April 18, 2023 at
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Posted By: sw1911 on April 18 2023 at 01:26:37 PM
No. That's what Smoke is doing with SRX and I have no interest in it.
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To be honest, I had to google SRX series to see what it was. That's fendercar IROC racing with a mix of old racers and young guys. I'm thinking more like sprint cars.
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April 19, 2023 at
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Posted By: Murphy on April 18 2023 at 12:44:02 PM
Soppose a traveling tour came around that featured older drivers who used to be very good, but retired or just cut back. Mixed in with them would be some guys like Sammy Swindell, or Danny Smith. Would you buy a ticket?
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They had ledgens race at Lincoln several years ago. Todd Shaffer won it. I wasn't there but heard only a few of them really got up to much speed.
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April 19, 2023 at
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Same as Knoxville's Masters Classic, for over 50 year olds?
might have to raise it to 60 year old and add starters...hahaha
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April 20, 2023 at
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If it was all non active sprint car drivers I would definitely be very interested. Stewart's SRX was billed as former stars but I could not figure how Mikey Waltrip & Willy T Ribbs were considered Stars!
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April 20, 2023 at
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For sure an unpopular opinion, but Super Chuck has no interest in seeing his racing heroes injured. Watching the Masters Classic back in the day always turned his stomach when a 60-70 year old dude flipped his d!ck off. There is a good reason that most of these guys hung up the helmet, Father Time is undefeated. Let's just keep it a young man's game.
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April 20, 2023 at
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Posted By: Super Chuck on April 20 2023 at 09:13:55 AM
For sure an unpopular opinion, but Super Chuck has no interest in seeing his racing heroes injured. Watching the Masters Classic back in the day always turned his stomach when a 60-70 year old dude flipped his d!ck off. There is a good reason that most of these guys hung up the helmet, Father Time is undefeated. Let's just keep it a young man's game.
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50 was way to young as guys like Danny Smith Lasoski Sammy and several others were still racing competitively and easy money. Leroy Van Connett climbed in one and Bob Kinser ran Gils car good to see them having fun but when things go bad there was a reason they werent still doing it. Golf carts would be a better alternative for those in their 70s
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April 20, 2023 at
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Sammy would smoke em hands down...
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April 20, 2023 at
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Posted By: dsc1600 on April 18 2023 at 03:28:05 PM
It would cost too much, but a good idea if i were billionaire. Put Steve, Sammy, Doug, and anyone else who can still go jn equally prepared 305s with their most iconic paint schemes, do a 12-15 race national tour.... I'd probably buy a ticket.
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i would totally buy a ticket for that. would be good to see thats for sure
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April 21, 2023 at
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Posted By: Shortie12 on April 20 2023 at 10:16:22 AM
50 was way to young as guys like Danny Smith Lasoski Sammy and several others were still racing competitively and easy money. Leroy Van Connett climbed in one and Bob Kinser ran Gils car good to see them having fun but when things go bad there was a reason they werent still doing it. Golf carts would be a better alternative for those in their 70s
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Not just golf carts, but golf itself. It's a boring game. There's only one entertainment for old people there - golf carts 
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April 22, 2023 at
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Posted By: jlloyd31 on April 20 2023 at 10:45:54 AM
i would totally buy a ticket for that. would be good to see thats for sure
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Tons of people would buy a ticket, and then spend more money on cool retro/repro merchandise. How many youngsters or oldsters would love to have a cool old repro shirt from one of their dirt track heros? Run five or six races at high profile events across the country for a championship.
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