Dick Wallen sprint car videos on YouTube
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Below is a link to one of Dick Wallen's videos, this one on sprint car racing up through the 1963 season (it is his volume 1; apparently there is a volume 2).
Some of the highlights: - It includes some good color on USAC, CRA and IMCA events.
- There are all of the notable sprint cars from the era:? The Konstant Hot (which Foyt drove for a while); Bobby Marvin running a roadster on dirt;? Foyt in Watson's Blue No. 9: Foyt in his own sprint car at DuQuoin; Fike Plumbing and Hurtubise's?No. 56.
- Some of the races include the late Steve Stapp running?with the leaders.
- IMCA ran 52 events in 1963.? Check out the fair at St. Paul, MN.? There were 50 drivers entered for two days of racing, including Jud Larson on a comeback.? And check out the size of the crowd in the stands.
- The flagmen?of the era were in my opinion just a little bit crazy.? You will see them on almost all the tracks standing halfway across the main straight?waving their flags as the winner -- or the field -- comes roaring by.
This is a good video. Enjoy
Bill Blaylock
-- Bill Blaylock
Sanbornville NH USA
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