Dog Soldier Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 On 1/18/2019 at 6:04 PM, DrB said: Yep.... I remember those days Do you remember Spider Webb? He was an Offenhauser Piolet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrB Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 Nope.. My days growing up and watching Offy. are here. https://www.enginelabs.com/engine-tech/engine/immortal-offenhauser-racing-engine/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann6 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann6 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 This is what I concider my home track. It's 2 hours away now, but used to be only an hour. Still a great place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann6 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) This is my true home track. About 6 miles from me. Sadly it closed around 03 and was converted to dirt several years later. The collapse of the US auto industry killed racing in Michigan. There was 6-7 tracks within an hour of each other. All had full classes every week. After Buick City, Delphi and Saginaw Steering Gear shut down, along with the draw-down of Dow Chemical, the racing suffered. A skilled auto worker could afford to race a late model or at least a street stock. Then all those jobs were gone. When at one time you would get 20-30 late models at each track every weekend now they struggle to get 20 at one track a weekend. I may have been at the 94 race. Edited January 23, 2019 by Hauptmann6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrB Posted January 26, 2019 Author Share Posted January 26, 2019 On 1/23/2019 at 12:19 AM, Hauptmann6 said: This is my true home track. About 6 miles from me. Sadly it closed around 03 and was converted to dirt several years later. The collapse of the US auto industry killed racing in Michigan. There was 6-7 tracks within an hour of each other. All had full classes every week. After Buick City, Delphi and Saginaw Steering Gear shut down, along with the draw-down of Dow Chemical, the racing suffered. A skilled auto worker could afford to race a late model or at least a street stock. Then all those jobs were gone. When at one time you would get 20-30 late models at each track every weekend now they struggle to get 20 at one track a weekend. I may have been at the 94 race. What was the length of that track? Nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann6 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 14 minutes ago, DrB said: What was the length of that track? Nice... Half mile. The little track you see that uses the front strait and goes into the infield was a quarter mile IIRC. They ran the slow classes on that part and the fast classes on the big track. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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