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OLSON: East Coast Trip
OLSON: East Coast Trip
One of my goals in life has been to live forever. So far, so good. But it seems like my monthly column has been somewhat of an obituary of many great old friends and racers. When my shoe phone rings these days, I am always afraid to hear someone on the other end say…Premium
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BACON: Special Influence
BACON: Special Influence
Along with the rest of the open-wheel racing community, the news of Doug Auld’s passing came as a shocking surprise to me. Doug’s contributions to the sport of sprint car and midget racing are immeasurable and people with far more experience in motorsports journalism…Premium
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HOLLAND: Popular 305s
HOLLAND: Popular 305s
The Racesaver 305 sprint car class has taken off tremendously and become greatly popular at central Pennsylvania and New Jersey dirt tracks.There are two different groups. The oldest is PA Sprint Series (PASS) and the second is the Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series (MASS). …Premium
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DOTY: Sadness
DOTY: Sadness
I don’t consider myself a writer, so I may not be able to put into words as eloquently as others in this publication exactly how shocked and saddened I was — and still am — by the sudden passing of my friend and colleague Doug Auld.As the editor of this magazine, Doug…Premium
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ARGABRIGHT: The Next Chapter
ARGABRIGHT: The Next Chapter
With the stroke of a pen and the shake of the hand, a key element in motorsports history has moved to its next chapter.Emmett Hahn has sold the American Sprint Car Series (ASCS), ending a 30-year run that had a profound impact on sprint car racing. ASCS official Terry…Premium
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BAKER: Remembering
BAKER: Remembering
Many of us reading this will know Doug Auld as the founder and of Sprint Car & Midget magazine, after his run with Open Wheel magazine concluded.His editorials on the state of sprint car and midget racing in his column every month, were looked forward to with the…Premium
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KERCHNER: Passionate
KERCHNER: Passionate
It’s a word used to describe Doug Auld throughout this edition of Sprint Car & Midget Magazine.And he most definitely was that, but as we scrambled to put the pieces together to keep this brand chugging along after his untimely death, it didn’t take us long to …Premium
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SULLIVAN: USAC Nationals
SULLIVAN: USAC Nationals
There is an old adage in the promotion world that suggests it takes three years to determine if an event is going to be successful. Exhibit A in support of this theory is the Chili Bowl Nationals. I left the inaugural Chili Bowl easily convinced that I had witnessed…Premium
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OLSON: Uber Car Racing
OLSON: Uber Car Racing
Recently I attended the Rockford Speedway National Short Track Nationals, which very well could be the first Short Track Nationals – and was the brainchild of my friend Bill Earnest and his partner Hugh Deery. Today every track has some type of Nationals whether it…Premium
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