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I still say Steve Kinser!!!!

Long Live  20 Time  World Of Outlaws Champion Steve 
Kinser #11 

Dave, your idea of a Dusty Heroes/Stand on the Gas type book would be excellent! When you consider the changes in the sport since those books were written, I think you'd be the man to get everything up to date.

Jim and James McElreath. Jim McElreath raced everything stock cars, Indy cars, sprint cars, champ dirt cars and midgets. And won! He built all his sprint cars {27total} in his garage the old way, even without a tubing bender or any fancy tools they use now. He deserves a book written about him.

Dave, the rivalry between Opperman and Weld, focus on the summer of 72'.

Kinser still isn't done and a book now may serve an injustice to his career.................but doing one now just might stimulate the economy enough to get the US back on track to a financial recovery.

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

A. J Watson

A book about Bubby Jones would be great.  Is there anyone else with such a varied resume? 

An outlaw before the WoO.

A USAC racer with a healthy dose of pavement racing.

The Indy 500.

A successful stint with the CRA.

Architect of the Perris Auto Speedway, including track maintenance.

Crew chief/mentor for hire.

Tiger Woods or Ron Jeremy

do it in the dirt

Rick Ferkle (the Ohio Traveler) is a good choice. Rick was good for the sport, and always very fan friendly. Very nice man to talke with,

Rim Rider

Wow!! This gets really tough. I would buy a book about Ferkle and Steve Kinser and also one about Karl Kinser. One about Steve Kinser could go back to his childhood when his Dad, Bob Kinser. was driving. I think that would be a great read.

Rim Rider

I think that a book about a race would be interesting. I think a book following a few drivers over the course of the 4 days of the Nationals would be cool, maybe follow a big time outlaw team and also show what its like to be a small budget team.

Books about people are very interesting and there are a lot I'd like to hear from if I had to give my top three for people I'd say....

1 Karl Kinser

2 Bobby Allen

3 Rick Ferkle

Kevin Eckert. Having said that I guess he could write his own with the help and discipline of Dave to oversee. It just might be the best point form book and maybe only one in History? Telling stories is something these two fellas do a whole lot better than most on this planet and certainly are the leaders in this sport. Take It Easy....

I was thinking along the lines of Bob Trostle, Shane Carson or Sammy Swindell.

Part time racefan, part time race photographer.

Patterson would be a great read as would Jones. Patterson's tragic death at Calistoga still haunts me. Pancho Carter's career also.

"Ralphie, Senor, muchas gracias por una mas cerveza"  -
Scott Daloisio @ the PAS

The Triple Crown, Knoxville Nationals, Western World Championships,( Manzanita), and the Pacific Coast Nationals (Ascot) during the 70's & early '80s when they ran with no wings and basicly "run what you brung" race cars.

I recently started ready the "Best of Times" section in the Sprint & Midget Magazine! Where Dave writes about Jimmy Wilson, its a fiction based story! Its really good! But I have missed out on the first 50 chapters so I would really like to start from the beginning!

"The winner ain't the one with the fastest car, it's 
the one who refuses to lose."

Larry Moore would be amazing, he's the best of the best we ever saw in Australia, including Charlie Swartz Ray Godsey, and Rodney Combs.

Laverne nance, bobby allen, bob trostle.

Dave, like I suggested to you last August: Jac

My wife told me if I went to one more Sprint Car race 
she would leave me.................I'm sure gonna miss 
that ol' gal.