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Thanks Brian, and I hope you had a great Christmas, and have a wonderful new year.

Half the lies they tell about me aren't true. 

Much thanks for the work you put in on these vids Brian! That sure looks like it was a spooky fast joint. It's a shame the producer chose not to show Kinser's run from the back after his flat. Did I hear an announcer make mention of helium in a wing or was that an audio hallucination?? HA!

Good stuff, Thanks again!

Take it to the Top & let it Rock

Loved it right along with you guys! Wished I could have seen the Kinser run too.

Yeah I heard the helium comment too, but wouldn't that contradict the point?...................Uh mean, ........if ah wonted thuh car lighter, ah cood always turn thuh wang upsighed down.

Thanks for putting up the vids. I haven't watched them yet but I will.

Was there a clear plastic wing in the field? I thought those were the ones they tried the helium in for a short time.

Thank you Brian, you made my day. I remember Jac Haudenchild in the Kenny Rogers car being the 'wild child' and gassing it, making a complete somersault over the turn four fence and landing on the tires! I remember Sammy Swindell in the Nance 1n, I could not believe a sprint car could go that fast on a dry slick track! I remember making the three hour trip from St. Louis to camp and party in the parking lot! Thanks Brian and Shane, you guys brought back alot of memories.

If u want copies of this just click watch on youtube in the bottom right. Copy the url and paste it at www.savevid.com select the format u want to save it in and right click save target as. Boom you own it. Works for any youtube video. Happy hunting

More weight, more regulation, more similarity in the 
cars.... that will ensure plenty of thrills for years 
to come.  Only the most average talent behind the 
wheel will be needed with such awesome equipment on 
the track!
minthess 8.28.14

You mean one like these. I didn't see any in that field.

thank you for all your hard work ,happy holidays to you n ur family and everybody here on hoseheads

Great video! Thanks for posting it. I got a kick out of the winner in victory lane accepting his trophy. Go to the 5:42 mark of part 6. LOL. Nice.

Yes Slink, those are the wings I was thinking of.

Wow... I saw myself on tv from 29 years ago! I was taking photos down in turn 3/4 close to were Haud launched out of the track. Here is a quick 4 photo sequence I took that afternoon.

Lee

Brian, Thanks for the videos!!! I got to watch a sprint car race at a track I have only heard of, never seen! Pete, Incredible photos of Jac going out of the park!

We're all getting an education the way things were, I still love the old days better, but yes the tracks could get bad then too. There's an OkC video I'm bringing in that had a huge hole in turn 4. No one wanted it there-but on race day, it wouldn't go away.

Bad tires seems to be a matter of perspective. Rules, cost,politics, and trends direct the tire choices. Tire companies will only make and sell what people buy--in the long run. It's a business.

EVERYONE IS TO BLAME ON THE TIRE ISSUE. Really look at what's going on, really. we are all to blame on that one.

If Kinser took a twenty lap tire, and made it last 30 and win the feature-everybody would go to that tire, thus a trend was born. When those tires began popping, the complaints went to the tire maker.

I'm in the tire business--michelin.......................It happens to us too. That's one reason michelin doesn't have the balls to go where the other tire makers go--like an I-70 kinda place. Or Indy, Daytona, etc.

Many thanks. Some of the best day time stuff I have ever seen.

Luna's Ford engine style that won 2 WoO titles and 3 
Kings Royals before a weight rule against the best EVER
in their prime and now DOMINATES super dirt late model
racing is no longer allowed/wanted in a WoO sprint
car.... Was Luna a miracle worker?

NICE STUFF! Thanks to Shane and Brian26 for sharing this.

I was there that day as well., however I don't recall ever seeing this broadcast, so yeah, I enjoyed it. Jenkins and Nuber were the best.

I do remember standing on one of those "humps" near turns 1&2 when Haud launched outta the place in the feature.

Many times I've told people that if you never saw I-70 with dirt, you've never seen banks.

FAST? Heck yeah! Scary? You bet!

Seems that back then, when tracks got slick, rough, hard, dry, whatever, there wasn't nearly the complaints we hear today, but we didn't all have the web then either.

Nowadays, everyone wants everything perfect.

You definately found out who had the "KAHOONIES"!

WAY COOL STUFF!!

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Geat video but hearing Sammy say he changed tires to run 4 laps made me think the rule if you change a tire you go to the rear was a good rule.

now you're just sucking up to Ref

The greatest knowledge is to know that you know nothing
at all.

Not a chance buddy as I like Sammy, its the tire rule I was talking about...lol

Thanks for the videos but the sad part is that Nance, Gambler and for the most part Stanton are no longer in racing not to mention Firestone and Hoosier.

I sure miss those days.

Part time racefan, part time race photographer.