1991 Salem - USAC Sprints

[@LukeDodge916]

Man i remember thede Saturday night Thunder races! It was such a special time, the early 90s! This and Ama Supercross was everything for me then... Id give anything to return to that time. Thanks for posting these to KZbin

[@ThomasFerner]

I know what you mean about going back to the good ol days !....I TOTALLY know what you're saying there !......Such a better simpler way of life....I'm probably a few years older than you but I feel the same way.....When I was growing up I was at these tracks every weekend in the summer with my family my Grandfather owned a sprint car going to the races was just magic !.....Those were the days !

[@andycrookston2907]

Awesome to see Tony Stewart's first sprint car race

[@manga12]

and salem of all places it has killed so many, that is a baptism of fire but he was tallented he could and did handle it, funny though rob gorden as of last year 2022 and I think stanly still races at least a little in silver crown. heh this is what put indiana on the map cars corn and carbon steel and courtous small towns.

[@rickkilimun5430]

Family size bag of Doritos, an icy Coke, and the living room at the house to myself. Happy days...

[@ThomasFerner]

Wow cool story about the ol #20 car and its best driver Bob Frey ....I'm a little bias since Bob is my uncle I have a lot of memories of racing when Bob drove for my Grandfather......Good times !

[@bryonkidder6199]

Rich Vogler was a badass!

[@Chives5150]

Damn, I can't believe I've just now gotten interested in USAC racing. Those last 15 laps in the main feature were absolutely intense!

[@Quintal]

00:28 - 01:06 Any knowledge (name) of the soundtrack?

[@tkanaan11fan48]

Big Open - composed by B Parr it's on Firstcom's FC-A6 / Hardline

[@rrevved]

WOW!! Thanks, sir!

[@VolcanoTimeLapse]

I was here this night!!

[@Raellives]

Great race!!

[@HisBortness]

The Gary and Larry show, and a Rick Mears pole hype for good measure.

[@libertarianman69]

Old Steve stapp was giving him a piece of his mind.

[@racermac1988]

Yeah, THAT is how you intro a race...

[@joshturner1205]

Man the track has changed over the years

[@GrocMax]

And the nickname Smoke is born.

[@davdhartung9817]

Music from TNN staples NHRA Today and Race Day.

[@SwineBrothers]

forgive the stupid question but when did sprint cars get away from running v6s? at least one is in the first heat. sorry, this is slightly before my time

[@charlesintestine]

Not a stupid question at all. It kind of went away after the 1995 season because the V6 had so much of an advantage in weight. The V6, which is obviously inferior to a standard V8 in terms of horsepower, had its weight advantage taken away starting with the 1996 season. So, at that point, the use of the V6 engine slowly disappeared except for a view pavement short tracks where horsepower isn't as big of a factor as it is at big tracks such as Winchester/Salem/IRP. You will still see two or three running at Anderson's "Little 500" each May.

[@SwineBrothers]

thanks for the info! sadly i don't know a lot about sprint car history. which is a shame as i quite like the racing. i know in the 50s they used offenhauser motors. someone needs to do a few books on the history of sprints and midgets. robbin miller maybe?

[@VolcanoTimeLapse]

I was here on this night.

[@tannerVBHC]

man that 65 is quick

[@WSBT960]

Chet Fillip one of a handful of guys to both start an Indy 500 and a Daytona 500

[@randydubin7118]

AJ, Mario, Lone Star JR also accomplished the feat.

[@RC.41]

Kurt Busch?

[@dshiznit12a]

And the little 500