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April 28, 2009 at
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Rodger Ward , 2 time Indy winner, was born in Beloit, Kansas and started racing midgets at Wichita Falls in the late 40's? I thought that was cool.
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April 28, 2009 at
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Johnny Rutherford was from Coffeyville, KS before he was a Texan too. Rodger moved to California with his family as young boy. Johnny was a little older maybe teen years??? There was also a formula one driver from Kansas City, KS or Lenexa or one of the KC suburbs, but his names slips my old brain memory banks. And of course AJ Sheperd was from Wichita.
Warren Vincent
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April 29, 2009 at
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Don't forget the Mears clan from Wichita. I didn't pull up the picture, but the dad (Bill??)raced jalopies. before they moved to the left coast. Don't think Roger and Rick were old enough to race(or not even born) at that time. Warren has pix of the dad in cars from the 50's
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April 29, 2009 at
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Posted By: Racing From The Past on April 28 2009 at 10:25:23 PM
Johnny Rutherford was from Coffeyville, KS before he was a Texan too. Rodger moved to California with his family as young boy. Johnny was a little older maybe teen years??? There was also a formula one driver from Kansas City, KS or Lenexa or one of the KC suburbs, but his names slips my old brain memory banks. And of course AJ Sheperd was from Wichita.
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Mastin Gregory was the f1 driver from the Kansas City area.
Curt Grogan
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April 30, 2009 at
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If you can't fit a v-8 60 into your midget, you can go this route?
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April 30, 2009 at
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$1500 in the mid to late '30s was equivilant to just under $22,000 today.
A $30 payoff then would be close to $450 today.
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April 30, 2009 at
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I don't know why I always forget about Billy Mears and the Mears family? Every once and while when they are interviewing Casey Mears Bill will be in the picture. That is always a thrill to me.
Warren Vincent
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