1968 Indy 500
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, May 03 2018 11:20 PM
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Posted 03 May 2018 - 11:20 PM
- mark1 and C. J. Bupgoo like this
Gregory Wells
Never forget that first place goes to the racer with the MOST laps, not the racer with the FASTEST lap
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Posted 04 May 2018 - 12:42 AM
Thanks for posting this, Greg!
Sorry about the nerf. "Sorry? Sorry? There's no apologizing in slot car racing!"
Besides, where would I even begin? I should probably start with my wife ...
"I don't often get very many "fast laps" but I very often get many laps quickly." ™
The only thing I know about slot cars is if I had a good time when I leave the building! I can count the times I didn't on one two three hands!
Former Home Track - Slot Car Speedway and Hobbies, Longmont, CO (now at Duffy's Raceway), Noteworthy for the 155' Hillclimb track featuring the THUNDER-DONUT - "Two men enter; one man leaves!"
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Posted 04 May 2018 - 08:31 AM
The Speedway sure did look different than it does today. That had to be scary for the starter standing on a platform just on the other side of the wall with 33 cars bearing down on you. LOL.
Jim "Butch" Dunaway
I don't always go the extra mile, but when I do it's because I missed my exit.
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There are three kinds of people in the world, those that are good at math and those that aren't.
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Posted 04 May 2018 - 08:35 AM
I can think of worse ways to go out. 
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Posted 04 May 2018 - 08:46 AM
I don't know about that, Brian. If he gets caught up in a fiery crash that would suck.
I use to have a Pitts airplane and the gas tank was basically in your lap. Twenty gallons of gas makes a good fireball. That's the one thing I worried about in that airplane because that is the one way I don't want to die, in a fire.
Jim "Butch" Dunaway
I don't always go the extra mile, but when I do it's because I missed my exit.
All my life I've strived to keep from becoming a millionaire, so far I've succeeded.
There are three kinds of people in the world, those that are good at math and those that aren't.
No matter how big of a hammer you use, you can't pound common sense into stupid people, believe me, I've tried.
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Posted 04 May 2018 - 11:00 AM
Rode the train to Philly with some friends to watch this broadcast live in black and white, if I remember correctly. I think we were the only three in the full theater rooting for the turbines.
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Posted 04 May 2018 - 11:24 AM
Old school indy. Great post. Turbine vs. offy, stock block, and whatever else is fast.
Unser laughing about Andretti's smack talking is really cool!
Unser laughing about Andretti's smack talking is really cool!
Mark Anderson
