Midco Motorsports - Extended Interview with Doug Wolfgang

Rod Pattison sits down with Doug Wolfgang to talk about his past, present, and future of sprint car racing.

[@richjohnson3948]

I met Doug Wolfgang at utters in Knoxville,2001. I was star struck, he walked to my table and talked to me. He called me Mark Kinser ( I used to resemble Mark)enough that people asked me for autographs. no bs. Doug was way cool and we had a real nice visit. He asked where I was from,I told him that I saw him race in Topeka first in the late 70's Made my week end. My buddies gave alot of FU mans.

[@davebarcelon]

One in a million guy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jimheckert5383]

Thanks Doug. Great interview 🇺🇸

[@brettmiller7984]

What a great interview, as a teenage kid in Central PA Wolfe was larger than life. I had ever Wolfgang/Weiket #29 t shirt that was made. Wish I still had them!

[@sirensc3566]

I met Doug at the Gold Cup in Chico Ca. Stood on the ramp of his trailer and talked to him for several minutes. He was so kind and cool. He made me a fan forever! Doug! Love ya man!

[@joevald3]

Doug Wolfgang got my attention at the Knoxville nationals when he had no chance to win it and did . He was the hardest driving man I watch . I was totally hooked on Doug Wolfgang

[@troyw1000]

Steve Kinser may be considered "the king", but no one drove like this guy. Never saw him make a mistake.

[@Mark-pp7jy]

You can tell that Doug cares very much about the future of the sport. He is articulate, and honest. Much respect.

[@Left-Foot-Brake]

Wow - everything I have ever heard Doug Wolfgang say has been 110% on the money. I have a massive Wolfgang picture framed in my trophy room - been a hero of mine since I was kid!

[@silentwhisperstudios7808]

One of the best I've ever seen. I've seen him race alot , back in the day. I remember him driving. The Payless hardware & rockery #8. Doug Wolfgang , Steve Kinser , Jan Opperman. My top 3....

[@kevinkelly5430]

I remember him being the wheelman of that car also.

[@Hermanb1915]

Never met him never saw him race but read about him and listened to him whenever it became available...brilliant man and a brilliant interview!

[@amoruzz]

This is a Godsend! I hope it takes root. Both Marlon's dad and mine were racing when Doug got started when we were kids. Later Marlon got into gocarts, if I remember correctly, before sprints. I realize this is six years later, but I'm curious about this less expensive car class geared for young fellas?

[@RichardRiedeman]

Wolfgang is good man love you ! ❤

[@extramile150]

well done interview...and Wolfgang was one of the very best I ever saw run.

[@BigWheelHawaii]

The Wolfie,,,, One of The Best To Ever Turn a Wheel,,, What a Great Talent,,, What a Great Man,,,

[@mountmepython2206]

Such a humble man

[@numbzinger350]

Great interview. I was lucky enough to be the right age to witness the talent of the great Doug Wolfgang. Allow me to recall a few memories. Around 1986 or so at Lakeside Speedway both front shocks on his car had mounts broken mid-race causing the front end to bounce like a pair of basketballs. It was a heat race where Doug had built such a lead that he was able to hang on for the win. That might have been the Howells #4 car. At I-70 in possibly the Weikart Livestock car I saw Sammy punt him in turn 3 on the last lap to pass for the win. Thanks for not asking him about that one. It's been a sore subject. At the Chili Bowl he ran a red midget in what I remember was his first return to racing after the horrible crash at Lakeside on asphalt. He tangled with someone in his heat race and it damage his front torsion tube to the point it bound up the front end quite a bit. He still wrestled that car through the alphabet up to the C feature where the car met it's limits. The year he spoke of the book signing at Knoxville Nationals I waited in line for what seemed like forever for an autograph. This autograph session was outside in the HOF parking lot. It was mid-day, hot and sunny, and I was next in line to advance for my turn for an autograph. Unfortunately I was wearing a Sammy shirt and once he looked up and saw it he turned around and went in his motorhome, session over. That's as close as I got to ever getting the chance to meet him. I always assumed it was because I was wearing the wrong shirt for the occasion. Had I been wearing a Kinser shirt I'm pretty sure I would have gotten my chance to meet the man. It was so awesome to be the right age to see so many Doug, Sammy, and Steve shows. Everyone else ran for 4th and that's just how it was!

[@johnhendricks813]

Lakesides an 170 man myself from S Dakota so he was my man until his mishap at lakeside than it was the man from Dover Mo. Great memories an great racing

[@musicstewart9744]

If memory serves, at Knoxville Speedway the 305's are now running at the speeds the 410's were running in the mid to late 1980's. That is plenty fast.

[@dee3368]

Guys a class act very modest

[@mikeuunderwood9545]

He could muscle a car like knowbody. He and Kinser and sometimes Sammy were my picks. All 3 Atitudes in 1 Race was a Blast to watch. There'll NEVER Be A Crowd Like That Again.

[@ldnwholesale8552]

A well performed driver of the past when invited to drive one of his old cars I own as a classic said yes,,, then changed his mind. Saying if he did he would get sucked back in again. Like drugs!!

[@jkdwayne]

I knew Doug well , awesome guy , smart as hell , practical joker extreme! Helped build that Twig of a Car that he got hurt in a Kansas .

[@chrisburnsed6349]

Your a goddamn Lier!!!!! My family actually does know Doug. NOBODY worked on his cars except Doug himself and Fred Grenoble. Stop trying to act cool.

[@davebenton9833]

Ryan Jones is Marlon's son

[@floydlivingston6762]

This right with pretty much all classes.now you see a lot of crate motor classes it’s not really what I like. This is why I got out of racing

[@davidjessee7701]

I remember Jeff Gordon winning against wolfie and kenser !!! When he was 16

[@butchknouse8316]

Who is the son of Marlon Jones racing at Huset's. No Joneses in the points.

[@dennysmith5235]

That is Ryan Jones

[@butchknouse8316]

@@dennysmith5235 Ryan Jones hasn't raced since 2014. This show is from 2015

[@dennysmith5235]

Maybe a stepson?

[@harlandharmon8697]

The wolf and alpha bet soup at box D 2 the A 5th place non better HHR