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[Hatin Since 87]

Paragon SpeedwayNO WAY OUT 40 POSTPONED​

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We got hit pretty hard with the storm that just passed through unfortunately it did do some damage and we are moving the race to Friday March 29th, sorry for the inconvenience!

Dang. Thanks for the heads up. In the old days, we would sit around saturday waiting to hear if it was called or not.

 

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Next weekend….

 

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Next weekend just got interesting…

 

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Things are shaking up in the Dirt Late Model Series is…..

 

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Big weekend for Dirt Late Model

 

[Stang51d]

Ill be there. Buddy is running the modified this weekend, hopefully the weather cooperates

I think Ill be there. Used to race sprint cars there a long time ago.

 

[Hatin Since 87]

I think Ill be there. Used to race sprint cars there a long time ago.

How long ago?

 

[Stang51d]

How long ago?

25 years

 

[Stang51d]

How long ago?

 

[Hatin Since 87]

Im sure you know glenn and jake scott then

 

[Stang51d]

Im sure you know glenn and jake scott then

I should, but I'm not sure that I do. It's been a long time and I'm getting old.

 

[Hatin Since 87]

I should, but I'm not sure that I do. It's been a long time and I'm getting old.

The taterhead cars and haulers. Jake still runs a lot, Glenn quit running a few years back. Our shop was right down the street from theirs. We built a small go kart track over there when i was a teenager and used to have some pretty big races.


Now we all go out to my buddy richies and race. He built a dirt track, actually installed lights and a flag stand lol. During the month of May its packed out there, lot of fun to go play around. Usually races once a month on sundays, races the modified friday and saturdays.

Is paragon the main track you ran?

 

[Stang51d]

The taterhead cars and haulers. Jake still runs a lot, Glenn quit running a few years back. Our shop was right down the street from theirs. We built a small go kart track over there when i was a teenager and used to have some pretty big races.


Now we all go out to my buddy richies and race. He built a dirt track, actually installed lights and a flag stand lol. During the month of May its packed out there, lot of fun to go play around. Usually races once a month on sundays, races the modified friday and saturdays.

Is paragon the main track you ran?

Paragon, Putnamville, Bloomington, Gas City for weekly stuff. Just wherever we felt like going. The last year or 2 was just on asphalt, like Winchester, Salem, IRP, Louisville, Anderson….

 

[Hatin Since 87]

Paragon, Putnamville, Bloomington, Gas City for weekly stuff. Just wherever we felt like going. The last year or 2 was just on asphalt, like Winchester, Salem, IRP, Louisville, Anderson….

Oh cool, pretty much all the same tracks we ran. We went to danville illinois a lot too, and terre haute.

Whyd you quit? Back then paragon had 2 sprint car features, had a ton of drivers show up every week, a lot of them quit driving seems like its about half the cars now.

I saw paragon paved the parking lot recently. Gonna feel weird pulling in to a paved lot after parking in grass for all these years

 

[Stang51d]

Oh cool, pretty much all the same tracks we ran. We went to danville illinois a lot too, and terre haute.

Whyd you quit? Back then paragon had 2 sprint car features, had a ton of drivers show up every week, a lot of them quit driving seems like its about half the cars now.

I saw paragon paved the parking lot recently. Gonna feel weird pulling in to a paved lot after parking in grass for all these years

It turned into just another job. Kinda got burnt out. I ran Terre Haute too. Along with Eldora Red Hill and other scattered usac stuff. Even ran in Phoenix some.

 

[Hatin Since 87]

It turned into just another job. Kinda got burnt out. I ran Terre Haute too. Along with Eldora Red Hill and other scattered usac stuff. Even ran in Phoenix some.

Oh i forgot about red hill! I loved going there. And sullivan when they opened.

I dont know how those sprint car guys get in those cars with those big watermelon balls in their shorts. Theres no way i would feel comfortable on a track like eldora with that little bit of roll cage around me.

 

[Stang51d]

Oh i forgot about red hill! I loved going there. And sullivan when they opened.

I dont know how those sprint car guys get in those cars with those big watermelon balls in their shorts. Theres no way i would feel comfortable on a track like eldora with that little bit of roll cage around me.

My first time at eldora, Hewitt told me that if you jump the cushion, to make sure your foot is in the floor when the right rear hits the wall. The idea is, if you get off the gas, when you hit, the front end will swing into the wall and you are in for a ride. If you’re wide open, it will bounce off. Wasn’t long after that, that I got the chance to try it out. Only ended up with a bent Jacob’s ladder and rim.

 

[cbhausen]

It’s a lot of fun going to Eldora for non-wing sprint cars when the place gets super hard and slick with the cushion right up against the fence with the drivers practically running the right front on the cushion. Like ants on the rim of a cup with big slide jobs being the only way to pass.

I remember it being like this when I was a kid and having dad show me and @tbhausen the difference between Pancho Carter and some other drivers’ way of going fast there:

You could see the white Goodyear logos spinning slowly on Pancho’s rear tires while the guys he was driving away from showed white rings on their rear tires.

Skill: some have it and others never figure it out.

 

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Absolutely…. Cool body style also!