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February 17, 2012 at
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After one of Knoxville's many rule changes to "save money": Bob Trostle to pit steward Earl Wagner, "Ya gotta stop savin' me money, I can't afford it."
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February 17, 2012 at
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After one of Knoxville's many rule changes to "save money": Bob Trostle to pit steward Earl Wagner, "Ya gotta stop savin' me money, I can't afford it."
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February 17, 2012 at
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Had a racer tell me one time....A race track is like a garden,you can water the garden like crazy and it won't grow.Then a rain shower comes through,look out!!.......How many times have we seen that to be true.
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February 17, 2012 at
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February 17, 2012 at
11:01:55 PM by usa1bowtie
Here are a couple of my favorites :
The sky was blue,the track was fast,I started first,and finished last.Send me another $100 to get home on.-Don Hewitt.................
"That man right there is the best sprint car driver in the whole ---damned country!" 1974- Indianapolis- AJ Foyt pointing out Jan Opperman in the garage.
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February 18, 2012 at
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When the vetran driver I was working for went to part time he put his 16 year old Son in the car and told him "Run close to the wall because when you hit it, it won't wreck as much stuff as if you come all the way from the bottom of the track!!"
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February 18, 2012 at
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If you can't win....be spectacular!- Mike Thurman
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February 18, 2012 at
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People remember who won and who had the best get off.
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February 18, 2012 at
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We were hanging around the pit area of The Tempe Tornado after a CRA show at Huset's. Lealand was reminiscing about racing at some of the tracks in the area. Someone mentioned that they no longer raced sprintcars in Fairmont, MN., to which he replied, "Streetstocks?!?!? How does that track keep a promoter?!?!"
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February 18, 2012 at
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After a dirt midget race in California on ESPN back in the 90s, the winning driver's response to the interviewer's question "What is the key to winning at this track?" was: "Stand on the gas and don't hit the wall." I think the driver's last name was Cofer?
My favorite stock car quote, which could be applied to some sprint car tracks, comes from Mark Martin (I think) about racing at Bristol: "Like flying jet fighters in a gymnasium."
John Force - "Don't lift until you see Elvis"
The memory is fuzzy, so apologies for any inaccuracies!
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February 18, 2012 at
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From the late Chris Murray when warned that he was extremely close to hitting the wall coming off of the #4 turn..."That stationary stuff dont bother me, its the idiots out there moving around that will tear up your stuff.
One of my own from when the late Tom Folk warned me about not holding my line on the first lap..."When I paid my entry fee I paid to use the whole track!"
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February 18, 2012 at
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We were headed to Eldora back in the late 80s...Three high school boys going down rte 127 when we got pulled over by one of Darke County's finest...He asked where we were going and we told him Eldora..His reply "well you just got black flagged"
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February 18, 2012 at
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in the pits at Calistoga-wings on sprint cars ??? if thy put wings on our beloved sprint cars then every supper modified jockey in the country will think thy can drive a sprint car
Robert Bond San Jose Ca
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February 18, 2012 at
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February 18, 2012 at
05:49:12 PM by MissouriSprintFan
These are some quotes I wrote down from a similar thread several years ago. Several have already been mentioned here, but these are the ones that haven't made it into this thread, yet.
Gary Wright: "For years we thought Steve Kinser was God. We didn't realize he was just driving God's car."
Bobby Allen: " A creative mess is better than idle tidyness."
Don Lamb: "It'll do a half hour in twenty minutes."
A couple of my favorites, which show the contrast in thinking from years ago as compared to today, go something like this (one, if not both of these, belong to Bobby Allen) "It gets a paint job once a year, need it or not" and "Paint don't make it go fast."
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February 18, 2012 at
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Reply to:
Posted By: Kartiac on February 18 2012 at 12:44:10 PM
After a dirt midget race in California on ESPN back in the 90s, the winning driver's response to the interviewer's question "What is the key to winning at this track?" was: "Stand on the gas and don't hit the wall." I think the driver's last name was Cofer?
My favorite stock car quote, which could be applied to some sprint car tracks, comes from Mark Martin (I think) about racing at Bristol: "Like flying jet fighters in a gymnasium."
John Force - "Don't lift until you see Elvis"
The memory is fuzzy, so apologies for any inaccuracies!
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First time I ever heard the " jet fighters in a gymnasium " was from Dick Trickle.
I "think" he was talking about Winchester Speedway . I also have heard the remark
about " filling up Bristol with water and go fishing " credited to Kyle Petty, again I
first heard it from Trickle about Rockford Speedway in Illinois .
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February 19, 2012 at
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He doesn't need the lord on his side to win races...Hell I don't even think he needs a good race car.
Kenny Weld about Jan Opperman
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February 19, 2012 at
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One of the best engine builders in Western Australia - Geoff Kendrick - has a big sign hanging from the ceiling of his shop.
"Speed costs money - how fast do you want to go?"
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February 19, 2012 at
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SPEED IS YOUR ALLY
GOD IS YOUR CO-PILOT
DEATH IS YOUR CONSTANT COMPANION
"'ANYONE CAN SIT IN A SPRINT CAR AND DRIVE ONE BUT IT TAKES A CERTAIN BREED TO WIN IN ONE"
QUOTES FROM IRA DRIVER #5 B.K
richard petty said "you think us nascar drivers are nuts,,,then ,those guys that drive them sprint cars belong in mental institutions"...
""""IM NOT DOING THIS TO MAKE MONEY"...ira pres, steve sinclair
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February 19, 2012 at
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Rick Ferkel at Huset's " This place is a little different than last night" They were at Jackson MN Marv DeWall leans over to Rick and says " At Jackson you can read the newspaper down the straightaway, here you can't turn the BLEEPPING PAGE!!"
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February 19, 2012 at
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I believe Lealand Mcspadden once said " yea, he crashed a few, but never going slow". Man he wasn't kidding! great driver.
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February 28, 2012 at
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Reply to:
Posted By: mooner on February 18 2012 at 06:33:35 PM
First time I ever heard the " jet fighters in a gymnasium " was from Dick Trickle.
I "think" he was talking about Winchester Speedway . I also have heard the remark
about " filling up Bristol with water and go fishing " credited to Kyle Petty, again I
first heard it from Trickle about Rockford Speedway in Illinois .
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Dick Trickle said it about the one time they had an ASA race inside at the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit back in the early 80s
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