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July 22, 2011 at
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Posted By: laudarevsonhunt on July 22 2011 at 03:15:37 PM
Brian Paulus ran some races as Rusty Pipes.
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any more funny names? These are great.
ride hard and others will follow
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July 22, 2011 at
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Posted By: threadkiller on July 22 2011 at 01:08:07 PM
The first win that I remember was in a midget at Chico. But I'm getting old and memories are getting fuzzy :-)
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You might be right, that his first Norm DePlume win was in a midget. My recollection his first win was in a sprint car. Now you got me thinking if it was a midget or sprint car. Oh well, does anyone know what sprint car Luke Warm Water's first win came in? It wasnt Henderson's 7n.
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July 22, 2011 at
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July 22, 2011 at
05:24:00 PM by Grove
Luke Warmwater was in Jerry Ponzo's blue #12J.
When he was interviewed by Bobby Gerould after the win Bobby played it straight for a while. A lot of fans were thinking they saw some unknown hot shoe from Arkansas coming to the left coast to make a name for himself.
Then Bobby said, "Some people think you bare a striking resemblence to Jimmy Sills." Luke said, "yeah, I get a lot of those comments!" Jimmy then went on a tare winning in sprints, midgets, and what ever else he could get a ride in. . . .
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Just checked the archives . . . it was friday May 12, 1989. Luke started inside 2nd row next to BK. He took the lead from Bobby McMahan with an outside pass in T-1 & 2 on the 13th lap.
Awe yes . . . . "in the good old days!"
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July 22, 2011 at
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Thanks Grove. And everyone. Cool thread.
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July 22, 2011 at
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Posted By: Grove on July 22 2011 at 04:39:44 PM
Luke Warmwater was in Jerry Ponzo's blue #12J.
When he was interviewed by Bobby Gerould after the win Bobby played it straight for a while. A lot of fans were thinking they saw some unknown hot shoe from Arkansas coming to the left coast to make a name for himself.
Then Bobby said, "Some people think you bare a striking resemblence to Jimmy Sills." Luke said, "yeah, I get a lot of those comments!" Jimmy then went on a tare winning in sprints, midgets, and what ever else he could get a ride in. . . .
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Just checked the archives . . . it was friday May 12, 1989. Luke started inside 2nd row next to BK. He took the lead from Bobby McMahan with an outside pass in T-1 & 2 on the 13th lap.
Awe yes . . . . "in the good old days!"
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At Chico, right?
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July 22, 2011 at
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Oh yeah - Chico.
Dennis Gage was the talker and he played along with the joke knowing it was Jimmy.
I ran into Jimmy at the pit gate that afternoon but, he didn't let on to me what his new name was! I had done a video the October before at Baylands where Dave Vodden had him on the flag stand to present him with a plaque commemorating the retirement of a future "Hall of Famer!"
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July 22, 2011 at
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July 22, 2011 at
09:03:49 PM by Dhowe11164
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Posted By: Grove on July 22 2011 at 04:39:44 PM
Luke Warmwater was in Jerry Ponzo's blue #12J.
When he was interviewed by Bobby Gerould after the win Bobby played it straight for a while. A lot of fans were thinking they saw some unknown hot shoe from Arkansas coming to the left coast to make a name for himself.
Then Bobby said, "Some people think you bare a striking resemblence to Jimmy Sills." Luke said, "yeah, I get a lot of those comments!" Jimmy then went on a tare winning in sprints, midgets, and what ever else he could get a ride in. . . .
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Just checked the archives . . . it was friday May 12, 1989. Luke started inside 2nd row next to BK. He took the lead from Bobby McMahan with an outside pass in T-1 & 2 on the 13th lap.
Awe yes . . . . "in the good old days!"
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Ding, Ding, Ding,we have a winner, Grove to the rescue, haha.
Jerry Ponzo's car it was, except i thought it was the 0 car, thanks for setting me straight Grove.
I forgot it was a different # to keep the deception going.
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July 25, 2011 at
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July 25, 2011 at
07:23:28 PM by PetalumaPits
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Posted By: Grove on July 22 2011 at 04:39:44 PM
Luke Warmwater was in Jerry Ponzo's blue #12J.
When he was interviewed by Bobby Gerould after the win Bobby played it straight for a while. A lot of fans were thinking they saw some unknown hot shoe from Arkansas coming to the left coast to make a name for himself.
Then Bobby said, "Some people think you bare a striking resemblence to Jimmy Sills." Luke said, "yeah, I get a lot of those comments!" Jimmy then went on a tare winning in sprints, midgets, and what ever else he could get a ride in. . . .
Edit!
Just checked the archives . . . it was friday May 12, 1989. Luke started inside 2nd row next to BK. He took the lead from Bobby McMahan with an outside pass in T-1 & 2 on the 13th lap.
Awe yes . . . . "in the good old days!"
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Weren't rookie stripes flying as well? Seem to remember that..he had retired "officially" at Baylands as the all time winningest driver there. Vodden played that up to much fanfare, a plaque, etc. His retirement ride? A special one race only car for that race at Baylands owned by Marks & Kepler, numbered 21 and flying the Kodiak chewing tobacco sponsorship. He finished third.
Ron
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Mike McCann he was a somewhat well known Super Mod driver also Track Promotor. Did the I'm retired and came back as Rusty Nutts as driver name.
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August 09, 2011 at
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Any other stories behind drivers using fake names?
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