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Illiana Speedway, NW Indiana.

+/- .3 is 600 thousandths of an inch. As a comp 5/8 of an inch is .625.

Very interesting. Was told many years ago that the car was named in honor of Japanese Admiral Soemu Toyoda.

This^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If your a blue collar guy from Chi-town (raises hand) you get called much worse before morning coffee break & you feel cheated if body parts & functions are not included with the ?greeting? :)

Ran the 10th Rockford 200 IIRC it was '75.

Was looking for a 12 - 13 Boss Stang & happened on this puppy, '12 Roush stage 2 its #50 of 125 with 12K on the clock.. It rides like a brick, handles like a short track pavement car & its noisy = exactly my cup of tea. Battery & MC covers are signed by the 4 guys that built it.

NASCAR gets my bonehead award. Cars are are allowed in & out of the garage area for mechanical repairs during a race the entrance / exit to the garage area should be kept clear of foot traffic.

IIRC he was piloting a Frings chassis @ the time. After Larry's passing the ARTGO series added a rule you needed to install a length of roll bar tube from the left front frame rail to the door bars.

Reducing speedway blow over my take on it. The 9" tall speedway blade. Roof flap tethered open @ 90* to the roof it should be allowed to open flat to 180* & have less effect on blow over. 9" tall model I made of the speedway blade. What I think should happen to the speedway blade when your junk...

I'll play, y'all missed some. Chevy Gen 1 roller blocks mid 80's through 96 use 7.180 it is the average length of the factory pushrods. 7.200 is the common length available in the aftermarket. '97 the length was increased to 7.4.

ARTGO twin 75's invitational @ Raceway Park a 1/4 mile bull ring south of Chicago in the mid 70's. Mark Martin won the gold, presenting the trophy to Mark is Bill Furuyama & track announcer Wayne Adams. I phoned Wayne on 4-15 this year to wish him a Happy Birthday on his 102nd!!!!!!

Here's the new Great Pyrenees boy pup his name is-------DEGA! He is in his spot for watching races with me.

The promoter put them in 2 field fillers & bought tires for them.

Good option & a just in case back up plan but for now my Irish red head mate takes care of that when she fetches one for herself. She has her own garden tractor ya know, 46" cut, its black with a #3 on each side. I'm her CC I service, fuel & clean it after use = good to go for next week. My...

Thanks, have been looking to adopt a shelter rescue pup will call it DEGA. My Great Pyrenees can carry his own brew + mine in HIS back pack he weighs 153lbs.

Raceway park in Blue Island IL a paved 1/4 mile bull ring that ran from 1938 to 2000. They paved paradise put up a parking lot.

JR's Red Hots? No peppers & with cuc's for me, belched all afternoon & "graced" the home with flatulence in the evening. DAMN I miss Chi-Town chow no hot dog stands, greasy burger joints or Tom-Tom tamales around here. No bakeries & the pizza joints suck.

1980 Bobby Dotter pictured with car owners Richie & Willie Halligan. That year Bobby won the track championship @ Henry's speedway a 3/8 mile pavement track in Chase IN. In 1981 Bobby won the track championship @ Illiana Speedway a 1/2 mile pavement track in Schereville IN driving for Fred Rompler.

Have 13 acres of that "dirt" here in SE TN it does not absorb H2O the first 2 inches will get slicker than owl poop under that its damp but stays packed. A lot or iron in it concrete will stain I use Ospho rust killer to clean the concrete. The Cherokee Indians used this clay to make pottery...