USAC in the Fall...In Missouri!

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USAC in the Fall...In Missouri!

Postby HomeRacingWorld » Mon Oct 15, 2012 1:20 pm

I updated the photo at the top with a shot of USAC Stock cars crawling through the Missouri countryside.

Mid America Raceway was in Wentzville, MO about an 1 and 1/2 hours from here. Famous for Drag racing along with USAC and SCCA.

That photo is good, but here is the original.

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Re: USAC in the Fall...In Missouri!

Postby olskoolslotz » Mon Oct 15, 2012 1:54 pm

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Re: USAC in the Fall...In Missouri!

Postby Cjent » Mon Oct 15, 2012 2:31 pm

Funny how many great road courses came and went in the '60's and '70's in the Midwest. I raced at Wentzville in SCCA a couple of times. Fun track and really scenic.
Great picture to top the Forum, Harry!
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Re: USAC in the Fall...In Missouri!

Postby HomeRacingWorld » Mon Oct 15, 2012 2:47 pm

Makes me want to help Jim work on his scenery :)

Think he would mind? :)
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Re: USAC in the Fall...In Missouri!

Postby TsgtRet » Mon Oct 15, 2012 3:01 pm

THAT is the kind of racing I wish they still did....big sedans, twisting roads, one of the reasons I like the old Carrera Pan Americana so much. And of course the Fall foliage just makes it that much better!
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Re: USAC in the Fall...In Missouri!

Postby nhdungeonracer » Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:05 am

Now that's a cool pic!!
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Re: USAC in the Fall...In Missouri!

Postby dreinecke » Tue Oct 16, 2012 7:05 pm

Great picture! I love these kinds of pictures! It really captures the spirit of racing in an era that I love.

The PDR follows the same spirit.
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Re: USAC in the Fall...In Missouri!

Postby KnowtoriousWon » Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:28 pm

Great picture!
I love the old tracks like this.
But I look at all those trees and think how insanely dangerous it is to race on tracks like this.
We won't see tracks like this anymore.
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Re: USAC in the Fall...In Missouri!

Postby Slottus » Wed Oct 17, 2012 1:53 am

Awesome picture, emanating "that" atmosphere that hooked me up to motorsport.
Got some more of that kind? ;)
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Re: USAC in the Fall...In Missouri!

Postby DixonJohn » Wed Oct 17, 2012 4:30 am

I grew up around that track. I got to see the Camel GT series there and met both David Hobbs and Paul Nueman there in the late 70's. It was a grand old track.
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Re: USAC in the Fall...In Missouri!

Postby HomeRacingWorld » Wed Oct 17, 2012 5:56 am

I have a few but not very good ones. Doing a little research and trying to collect more :)
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Re: USAC in the Fall...In Missouri!

Postby ListerStormGT » Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:08 am

That is a great picture! Reminds me of some of the roads Dave and I took to get to Harry's. :)
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Re: USAC in the Fall...In Missouri!

Postby moparjenny » Thu Oct 18, 2012 8:18 am

What an awesome picture! I'm saving that one to my computer just because. lol
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Re: USAC in the Fall...In Missouri!

Postby Noahracing » Thu Oct 18, 2012 9:28 am

When I first opened this thread the picture at the top really caught my eye. Excellent picture. My track is modeled with a fall theme and that pictue is one of the reasons why. Love it!

If anyone knows where to maybe finds actual prints of these kinds of photos that woul dbe great. Would love to frame some of these to go in the mancave.
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