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Smith "Jiggler" at Riverview Park, Sioux City, IA
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýI talked with a fellow from Sioux City, Iowa, named Mort Mulford who drove big cars and midgets from after World War II until the late ¡¯70s. He told me about a Smith Jiggler that was raced at Sioux City¡¯s Riverview Park Speedway quarter mile. ? The Jiggler was owned by Otto Hoffman who started racing before the war and mostly fielded low-bucks flathead fours. In 1949, Hoffman procured a car with a Smith Jiggler (see the clipping from the Sioux City Journal). Mort said that it didn¡¯t exactly fit the area rules at the time but, because it was it owned by Otto Hoffman, no one was worried about it being a ringer. ? (I¡¯ve attached a photo of the car and a closeup of the engine. LEEDS on the hood just refers to the Leeds section of Sioux City. All the photos are by Bob Stolze who documented racing from the first midget races in the mid ¡¯30s in Sioux City.) ? At the time, the newly formed Missouri Valley Auto Racing Association (MVARA) set the rules for Riverview. DOHC engines could be up to 105 c.i.d., OHV (in line) engines up to 125 c.i.d., V8-60s up to 146 c.i.d., and the Smith Jiggler up to 125 c.i.d. Sounded like maybe Hoffman¡¯s Jiggler used the regular V8-60 displacement of 136. (From an article in the Illustrated Speedway News, 1-28-49) ? Mort drove the car for him one night in July 1955 and ended up winning the B-feature. Otto had tears streaming down his face when Mort pulled in because none of his cars had ever won a race! (Photo of #4 about to be pushed off.) ? I have no proof, but I was told that the Jiggler in Hoffman¡¯s car may be the one in Bill Smith¡¯s museum in Lincoln, Nebraska. -- Jim Taggart
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Re: One More: IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY & DRAGSTRIP TO CLOSE AFTER 2024 SEASON
Teresa Earnhardt is planning to turn 399 acre beloved farm Dale left near Mooresville, NC into an industrial park. Earnhardt worked and improved the farm to relax, hunted on the land and cherished the setting. -----Original Message-----
From: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [RH] One More: IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY & DRAGSTRIP TO CLOSE AFTER 2024 SEASON ? I just found out.? This is so sad!!!! Just what we need is another industrial park!!!
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One More: IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY & DRAGSTRIP TO CLOSE AFTER 2024 SEASON
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Re: The "New" RUFUS
I'd be pretty sure it would be too common to copyright, even in a narrow context. ? I got directly involved in the "Scarab" issue when Chris Custer registered the copyright for auto use, as Reventlow never had. Then he took action against three other copyists who sought to use the name, and it became an expensive legal wrangle, with only lawyers coming out ahead ... and they were in no hurry to bring it to resolution. ? Had to do research on the Lexus/Lexis conflict and the Beretta/Berretta wrangle ... both too expensive for those without millions to waste on lawyer's kids' college funds ... as Chris learned! ? Registering is easy ... defending is a swamp!!! ? Cheers, Bob Storck in KCMO -----Original Message-----
From: <[email protected]> Sent: Oct 22, 2024 10:41 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: [RH] The "New" RUFUS ? I noticed that Amazon has produced their own "artificial Intelligence" (AI) creation called "RUFUS". I can't help but wonder if Parnelli Jones trademarked and copyrighted his legal name for business purposes a long time ago. If so his family should be in a great position now.
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Re: Helmets
David, thanks for posting the photos of the Skulgard helmet. For a moment I was beginning to think I was losing my feeble mind/memory. It seems like I remember seeing some midget drivers using a similar style helmet at Kitley when Dad took me there in the late 50's This was generally a bunch of?CORA?drivers?as that was the outfit Dad drove with. Bunch of "poor boys" and safety was not a high priority back then for them. And IIRC, didn't some of the boys use these same helmets at Indy back in the day? I swear I've seen photos of some of the guys with those same "ear flaps". Thanks again Smitty Houston
On Sunday, October 20, 2024 at 07:01:40 PM CDT, David Rex <david67rex@...> wrote:
SKULGARD helmet On Sun, Oct 20, 2024 at 6:50?PM Bart Stevens via <kurtis.kraft=[email protected]> wrote:
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