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Topic: Blast from the Past - Ronnie Daniels 1980
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March 12, 2010 at
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A shot I took of Ronnie Daniels at the Knoxville Nationals in 1980.
Lee Johnson
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March 12, 2010 at
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Awesome photo! Ronnie was always a pleasure to watch weither out on the road or at home at Riverside Speedway.
Part time racefan, part time race photographer.
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March 12, 2010 at
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Fantastic, keep em' comin' Lee. Thanks!!
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March 12, 2010 at
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he came to riverside the last time the outlaws were there
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March 12, 2010 at
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Stanton racing had such a nice chassis!
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March 12, 2010 at
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And the body work to match
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March 12, 2010 at
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Posted By: PorschePeteTx on March 12 2010 at 10:04:06 AM
A shot I took of Ronnie Daniels at the Knoxville Nationals in 1980.
Lee Johnson
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Loved Ronnie... & I remember that car. My daddy's car. Ronnie was a great driver.
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March 12, 2010 at
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Posted By: jscott20_3 on March 12 2010 at 06:43:00 PM
Loved Ronnie... & I remember that car. My daddy's car. Ronnie was a great driver.
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My old friend RD. What a character...we had a lot of fun on and off the track back in the day.
Rick Ungar
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March 13, 2010 at
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Ronnie was a hell of a driver I used to work on Jimmy Cofers sprinters and a old Frayser guy myself. Who was your dad that owned the 17 car Gene? One more thing , I can still remember that old Ford van you used to drive around in Rick.
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March 13, 2010 at
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Posted By: spurgear712 on March 13 2010 at 12:11:15 AM
Ronnie was a hell of a driver I used to work on Jimmy Cofers sprinters and a old Frayser guy myself. Who was your dad that owned the 17 car Gene? One more thing , I can still remember that old Ford van you used to drive around in Rick.
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I am also an old Frayser guy Spurgear. I think both of my older brothers went to Westside High School with Ronnie. I am younger than they are, so I don't know Ronnie. I used to like watching him race. What is Ronnie doing now??? I'm sure my brothers would like to know.
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March 13, 2010 at
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Posted By: ruracing on March 12 2010 at 09:20:43 PM
My old friend RD. What a character...we had a lot of fun on and off the track back in the day.
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Oh I love you too Ungar...  & yes the car owner was Gene Langdon..
Hey Lee? Is there any possibility you could email me this photo? [email protected] I would very much appreciate it!
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March 13, 2010 at
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Here are a couple more of photos I took of Ronnie in the 17 car;
The black car is at Knoxville in June of 1980 sprouting one huge wing!
The white and yellow car is at Devils Bowl in 1982, looks like they switched to a Gambler.
Lee Johnson
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March 13, 2010 at
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Posted By: spurgear712 on March 13 2010 at 12:11:15 AM
Ronnie was a hell of a driver I used to work on Jimmy Cofers sprinters and a old Frayser guy myself. Who was your dad that owned the 17 car Gene? One more thing , I can still remember that old Ford van you used to drive around in Rick.
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Yea that was a good old van. It came out of my dad's wrecking yard in Ohio as did all my vehicles until I was in my mid 30's. It blew up once on the way to Eldora and I had it towed back to Memphis and our old friend Dannies Engine Service rebuilt it for me. RIP Danny.
Rick
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March 13, 2010 at
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Posted By: jscott20_3 on March 13 2010 at 01:16:42 PM
Oh I love you too Ungar... & yes the car owner was Gene Langdon..
Hey Lee? Is there any possibility you could email me this photo? [email protected] I would very much appreciate it!
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Love you too Fir.
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Hey jscott tell your dad Danny Griffin said hello I work at Cam Motion in Baton Rouge now. Hey Rick Cofer sold his body shop in Memphis and is now retired. What about you what are you doing now a days. I know you have made quite a few laps in your life and was good at it to.
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March 14, 2010 at
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Posted By: spurgear712 on March 14 2010 at 03:08:50 AM
Hey jscott tell your dad Danny Griffin said hello I work at Cam Motion in Baton Rouge now. Hey Rick Cofer sold his body shop in Memphis and is now retired. What about you what are you doing now a days. I know you have made quite a few laps in your life and was good at it to.
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Hey Danny how are you doing? Good for Jimmie tell him I said hello. I've been selling trucks for a Freightliner dealer here in Indy for 12 1/2 years now and doing fine, thanks for asking. You take care.
Rick Ungar
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March 14, 2010 at
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<<<also went to westside.. ronnie took ocer the family pool bussiness catilina pools still in frayser
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March 15, 2010 at
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I personally like the "big tail"... not the small fuel tanks they put on them now. I bet with the real fuel tanks they could run the full 50 laps at Knoxville for their anniversary without a fuel stop. Sorry to interrupt the conversation - I've really enjoyed it. And - to Rick Ungar - thanks for all of the excitement watching you race. And thanks Porsche Pete for all of your photos. Sometime it would be fun to meet up.
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March 15, 2010 at
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Posted By: carol14 on March 15 2010 at 04:28:22 AM
I personally like the "big tail"... not the small fuel tanks they put on them now. I bet with the real fuel tanks they could run the full 50 laps at Knoxville for their anniversary without a fuel stop. Sorry to interrupt the conversation - I've really enjoyed it. And - to Rick Ungar - thanks for all of the excitement watching you race. And thanks Porsche Pete for all of your photos. Sometime it would be fun to meet up.
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You're quite welcome Carol 14 I'm glad you enjoyed watching me race I really appreciate it.
Rick Ungar
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March 15, 2010 at
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I asked a much younger Mr. Ungar years ago at Limaland, Whats it like to drive a sprint car. His response was, wild man wild.
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