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May 04, 2010 at
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I'm looking for the pictures of Robert building his sprint car in the trailer house. Does anybody know where I can find them?
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May 04, 2010 at
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in his house?
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May 04, 2010 at
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Try mermaid. She did have access to them at one time.
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May 04, 2010 at
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Yeah... he built a car in his house... They had to remove a portion of a wall to get the car out when it was complete. I saw the pictures... it was amazing.
There were pictures on his website. I can't seem to find his website though.
"If you're gonna run the bottom, you might as well get
a real job."
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May 05, 2010 at
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those pics were on here at one time ? pretty remarkable story , some race to live, some live to race ! , That reminds me, I believe, it was his car, I wondered by at Nationals last year about mid day and the heads and injection (top end )was tore off his mill,(not sure what trouble they had ) anyway , it was running that night! you dont see that with the big teams ! he's got my respect.
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May 05, 2010 at
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This message was edited on
May 05, 2010 at
01:26:35 PM by JonR
He did have his own website and the pictures were on it. I found a link for his website off of the Knoxville website, but his site is no longer active.
I will admit that I was cheering for him at the last Knoxville nationals.
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May 05, 2010 at
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Luckily I saved these before RobertBellRacing.com went down.
http://www.iowabowl.com/JCUSBCBA/arnie/Kville/robertbell.htm
Eric Arnold
Social Media Manager & Track Historian
Knoxville Raceway
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May 05, 2010 at
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Thank You for saving these. If you have never met Robert stop by and talk to very fun guy to talk with. I've got to find him again so I can get a racing shirt off of him.
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May 05, 2010 at
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really though, I dont understand, maybe just bordom on Bells mind? , but, if you take the front and rear axles out the car, its pretty narrow, and easily handeled , without the motor, its rather light and can be moved with just two or three guys ? Owell, still a classic if your moma ever said "come move this transmission out of the tub you might be a redneck" gotta love it .
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May 05, 2010 at
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In high school (a million years ago) I did a book report on Wilbur Shaw, Indy 500 champion and IMS president.
He had a similar racing car "built indoors" story... only I don't recall it being built on the ground floor. THAT, my friends, is a complication in itself.
Gotta love the little guy trying to do big things. More power to them all.
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May 06, 2010 at
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My old man built a big block(396) in the basement years ago (maybe ice age, I was a kid), the story if my uncle and father moveing it to the upstairs is still laughed over (my dad is lucky he didnt loose any fingers in the move ) some people, it doesnt matter how tall the fence is, they'll find a way to scale it.
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