Not a tractor,,but a race car show

larry@stinescorner · Sep 9, 2018

There was a car show today,,not very far from us,The flyer said rain or shine,so the wife and I went to check it out.

I didnt expect to see much,it was lightly raining and cool

No regular cars were there at all,but somehow a race car collecting club hung in for the day.

I did get a picture of this rig to tow racecars.

I dont know much about race cars,,but thought maybe you all might like to see some pictures

this one was running for a while when we were walking in,,man,,was it loud!

After he ran it,a while later he put his pipe covers on it!

Im not sure I could fit in there

Some stayed right in the trailers

Thanks for joining the wife and I today

Phil9N3667 · Sep 9, 2018

Nice pics!! Daddy talked
about going to Williamsport,
Pa years ago to see sprint
cars on dirt. Said they had
a beautiful sound with those
Offenhauser engines!!

Dean · Sep 9, 2018

There is a 1/4 mile banked dirt race track near me.

Everything is changed now, mufflers, etc., and highly regulated like slot cars, but I am just old enough to remember the glory days of sprint car racing in Lawrenceburg, IN.

I was small and it was rare when I could see the sprint cars race in the late 50s - early 60s, but I remember watching the mostly Oldsmobile and Cadillac powered cars with 3, 4 or 6 Stromberg carburetors and open exhausts roaring around the short track, drivers looking out of the side windows (if any) to see where they were going, wildly cranking the large (no power assist) steering wheels side to side to avoid hitting the cars just feet or inches from either side.

Yes, the track is still there and they still hold super modified and WOL events but I do not attend. The thrill is gone.

Dean

coshoo · Sep 9, 2018

I'll bet their race got cancelled, so they decided to do something else, as long as they were all there.

gtractorfan · Sep 9, 2018

It would take guts to sit behind the engine and over the differential in that "slingshot" dragster at full power!

J. Schwiebert · Sep 9, 2018

Thank you for posting those pictures. I wish you would have taken more pictures. J.

larry@stinescorner · Sep 9, 2018

there wasnt many cars there today,it was raining a bit,,and cool

grandpa Love · Sep 9, 2018

Man! That's cool. I love the old
Ford truck.

showcrop · Sep 9, 2018

Thanks for posting Larry.

730virgil · Sep 9, 2018

sprint cars on dirt tracks! Tall Kid and I went to the Nationals at Knoxville Ia. for many years.
I wonder if they are still as exciting?

DoubleO7 · Sep 9, 2018

Is that a lever sticking out of the chrome dragster diff?
Going side to side?

Vito · Sep 9, 2018

Thanks for bringing me along.

Vito

johnlobb · Sep 10, 2018

Wow, Larry! Thanks for taking the time to post the pics! They look really neat! I've never seen VW powered midgets before.

CaseChev · Sep 10, 2018

Neat stuff......I have an original Solar rail frame dirt midget built by the Solar Aircraft Co. in San Diego Ca. after WWII. Always great to see restored open wheel cars. Thanks

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