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What is the difference from the racer call a outlaw form the 70's and the racer called a outlaw today.

LETS RACE BOYS

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grammer?

Aren't we the English expert? Do you possibly mean "GRAMMAR"??

My wife told me if I went to one more Sprint Car race 
she would leave me.................I'm sure gonna miss 
that ol' gal. 

thats what im sayin, grammer.

That and run this limited formula and run 2nd if you don't have enough $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$...

Fenders are like vacuums... they both suck.

From what I've heard about the old days, something like this-

Shaving in rear view mirrors.

Buying 2 for 1 pizza deals so you can eat for 3 days.

Noticing your competition has 4 rows of tires on his OPEN TRAILER while you still have 2.

Hoping you'll still be driving a good car with a good team by the time the paint on the hood has dried.

Hoping the women are pretty in the town you're going to.

Hoping the women you left behind can't find you.

Being very visible when you need good parts and you can't pay for them.

Being very elusive when said parts have met an untimely demise.

Thankful you have a 1 ton dually truck with a backseat you can sleep in. ......WHEN you have one.

Hoping you don't need a double step diamond Firestone when they get a little scarce.

Glad to know that surface rust is cheaper and lighter than chrome while at a USAC show.

Wondering if you will EVER own a "new" vehicle.

Finding out your race car hating ex wife is now a fan of the races and many of the racers are fans of hers! you know what i mean.

Wondering where the late model guys get all their 'dayum money'!!!!!

It never bothers you that there are no two matching wheels on your race car. Let alone pressure plates.

Though you would never admit it, at night you dream of Indianapolis.

I won't even bother with the modern era. Some other time maybe.

in the 70s, the teams drove away from the RAIN in order to RACE!

Lincoln 1845 ft/.35 mile T1=118MPH 
Eldora 2287 ft/.43mile T3=135MPH
Port 2716 ft/.51 mile T3=TBD
Grove 2792 ft/.53 mile T3=135MPH
Selinsgrove 2847 ft/.54 mile T1=136MPH
"I didn't move to PA from El Paso in search of better 
weather." Van May

...........rules.

"The Outlaws have people out here that don’t know 
anything about racing. I don’t understand how they 
come up with some of the calls they do. It makes me 
think that they just might be that stupid. It’s 
scary."     -Steve Kinser

tow money and point funds

You never knew your competion and you were gone before they could know you

Sprint 41 Semi-Retired 

driver owned race cars and teams as apposed to corporation funded financial marketing cars

forget my grammar you understand what i am trying to say

get balls and run the top!!!

Guys by the name of Bob Hopp, John Stevenson and Jerry Richert Sr. used to run neck and neck with Kinser, Swindell and Wolfgang when the WoO raced in Minnesota. Now we're lucky if our local guys transfer out of the B. Not that there isn't any talent up here but weekend racers can no longer keep up with the cubit dollars. Dollansky is the lone exception but his roots go back to the old days, Travis Whitney is a great racer who doesn't have the funds of an Outlaw team and we're hoping the 11au has a good year.

Stan Meissner

Running where you wanted and when you wanted to without having a sanctioning body tell you that you can't run a race somewhere just because it conflicts with one of their shows.

Top WoO engine in 1983 $18,000

2008 $47,000

Wondering why there isn't a "Miss Budwieser" sprint car.

Wondering where all the tractor pullers get their 'dayum money'!

Realizing that every Saturday night track has a local name who is known as a national legend, and he is still in his prime enough to kick your butt!

Upon hearing that you finally made 'OPEN WHEEL MAGAZINE', you hunt and hunt until you find the new issue, only to realize that you were a part of a background, in a shot of the main subject,for a big story.

You get chills when you think about what happened to Danny Smith and the Gambler team in Dallas.

Which brings up an interesting thought-You gave up motel rooms to save money. Then you find that some teams were overinflating their right rear tires and placing them in the motel shower, under the hot water. For some reason, these tires seemed to perform longer and more consistently in an A feature. So to be competitive, you start using the motel rooms again for this reason when you need to.

Then the Gambler team rig gets stolen.And if you are by yourself, you will be tempted to get a motel room for the right rear tire, while you might have to sleep in the rig!