Right here in our own back yards we have tracks that are holding on by a thread. I think it is a shame that for many racing is a sport that families are into together, they work on cars together during the week, help others in the pits during race nights and the few that fight should be taken out of the tracks and told they are not welcome to come back anymore, even if they are one the winning race teams. Before publishing an articlesuch as "If It's Got Wheels", maybe you should verify a fewfacts. if( Tv.charAt(0)!='/' ) Tv="/"+Tv; This isn't aman who is stuck up. So please, you may not like himbut you have to give the boy credit. Stock Car Racing is no Little League Baseball game and you all know what can come out of parents behavior at these games. Dick Hope won the feature that night, and I remember a car called the "Purple People Eater" driven by Jimmy Alvis, I believe it was no. Especially to a couple of the driversthat DQ'd themselves because they knew that their's hadbeen shaved to lighten it up. I used to go to the Airport garage to hang around and listen to racing stories. I know there will be bitchin and moanin and every track, I am not new to the sport,but I think the safety of the spectatators is a #1 priority,and I also believe that Saturday night racing should be fun,BUT SAFE. I have a couple of good photos of Billy I will scan to you. "When a person is drowning and you try to help them, be careful! Our family began a Winston Cup team, Tilitco Enterprises, in late 1972 and we made our debut at Atlanta in July 1973 with Tissot as the driver of our Chevelle. I am so glad you are trying your best to get the track going again. This person would not come forward with as much as Email address. We are glad to have found it.Thank you, Michelle & Chuck, I am sooo thankful. You have some mighty big fans down here too. He wasa good friend. THEY'VE HAD SOME GREAT CARS THROUGH THE YEARS. The rest of the season would end up repeating a cycle of bad finishes below 30th followed by a good finish above the top 20. They had 694 - yes 694 cars show up for the event. In the season finale at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, Reutimann claimed his first career pole position, becoming the 23rd driver to win poles in all three of NASCAR's top series. Im Nextel Cup sollte er den Toyota mit der Nummer 00 fahren. Auch in der Nationwide Series, der ehemaligen Busch Series, war er wieder aktiv mit dem Ziel, den Titel zu holen. What a terrific job he did as he started outside pole and went to third on the fire then managed to come to the front and lead the last three laps.I have watched the fans in the spectator side when the winners are being interviewed and you see children come to the fence to see the drivers. I remember the stands were totally full, and as the cars steadily streamed on the track, suddenly the whole place errupted in clapping and applause when a white Chevy coupe with a dark blue top and glittering gold double zero numerals pulled onto the track. Lettris is a curious tetris-clone game where all the bricks have the same square shape but different content. Diese Leistungen blieben auch in höheren NASCAR-Divisionen nicht unbemerkt und so kam David Reutimann 2002 im Hardee’s 250 auf dem Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia zu seinem Busch-Grand-National-Series-Debüt bei NEMCO Motorsports. Thank you.Corey MartinDexter, MissouriYou can contact Dave at announcerdave@usa.net, We will be coming to Pensacola for the ASA race. Everything is all together andhard to read.Thank YouA fan up north!!! My dad raced around Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York and places like that, you could race Thursday through Sunday at a minimum. I used to follow NASCAR. A great thing you have done for the sport and the drivers. In the summer of 1958, I witnessed my very first stock car race. I was wondering if you could direct me to some information regarding Golden Gate Speedway. See when we go out of town and stop at restaurants, gas stations, hotels, etc.. we are asked about what we race, where we race, and when we race. The speedway can do much to help themselvesby ensuring they do have a media person on staff thisyear. Whichthis is the way everyone thought the rule book meant. But all in all it was my son's best finish so far, 4th out of 20 cars. This morning I came across the pre 1991 results, which should fill in some blanks. i LIVE VERY CLOSE TO cITRUS cOUNTY sPEEDWAY. ( It's amazing to me how these details have stuck in my memory all these years since).But I also need to talk about the Class "A" Modifieds that night. Also, if some of the tracks could switch away from the only Saturday night to race Friday or Sunday we could all benefit too. I just thought to myself, ‘Well, this is not going to go over well. Dyno them. If the GC ever again becomes as popular and prestigious as it once was, it will in be, in large part, due to your efforts. In 2004, he won NASCAR Rookie of the Year honors in the Craftsman Truck Series. I would do anything........chores, errands, to earn enough money during the school year to spend my summers in the Tampa area and go to those very competitive close races.Eventually, we left Phillips Field and followed the traditional Modifieds to SaraMana and Sunshine Speedway, and eventually I got to see Wayne Reutiman drive the no. I understand entire pit crews are attending, the ones that hold the drinks. After several years, Reutimann got his first three wins in 2002 and finished second in the overall championship standings. Again Nascars formula or a form of it would work for us. Your article was a wonderful reminder of what has been and what we need to hold on to. I remember the "A" cars were much faster and louder and had three to six gleaming chrome carbuerator caps on overhead valve V-8's. I was at Hialeah the night he was hurt in 1961 and it was a terrible sight. I saw my first stock car race at Medley Speedway. We haven't really decided where, but we're thinking about Orlando, Lakeland or Stuart. Emil David Reutimann (born March 2, 1970) is an American professional stock car racing crew chief and former driver. Baloney!Anyway, I've read that the morons in these seats didn'teven pay for them. Kudos for a fine way to let the local racing community know what you do and where you are from. A number of us became very upset since we work hard every week for little and no money to keep the fans inform. Tv = Tv + "_";} He is the son of Buzzie Reutimann. Paramedics came to the wreck, extinguished the flames, and helped a sore, dazed Reutimann out of his racecar. Terms of Use, 2009 Gillette Young Guns Prelude to the Dream, 2010 Gillette Fusion ProGlide Prelude to the Dream. I have virus scan but this sureslipped by it, if you could recommend something I sure would bethankful, take care. I must say that I can relate to the syndrome. Thank you, for listening. I think he could really add some past to your Legend page. Take care and Be Safe.Joanne Lucas, Bin Laden Defeats KolanIt wasn't even a battle. We are even better off than our WesternAllies in Europe. How do you forget roots that deep?I wonder if Miller knew about the "Coo Coo and the cow"story? You can’t always be lucky.On the way out of the track the smell of fuel was hanging in the air and the track worker was relaxing with a smoke at the puddle at the exit of pit road. As for NSS, Idon't know who does their's.Thanks again - Jane. You need to write the track and ask them why they arenot putting out a story and maybe this will help.Jane SmithEditorKARNAC.com. Man he sure gotyour little buns where he wanted them. The answer was "because they let them".Racing isn't any different. All I can say is God Bless you and God Bless Charlotte County speedway, the racers and fans! I have seen him happily sign 10items for one lady even though the people in charge hadsaid only one signature per person. I am 56 years old and owe my lifetime interest in stock car racing to the Reutimann family. They fielded late model Chevys for Randy Tissot and later the Fords Billy drove. I’m like, I don’t make the rules, Rodney made a good call, I stayed out and it all worked out like he planned on. It was on May 25, 2009 that he earned his first career Cup win in a rain-shortened 600. SO PLEASE PONCHO AND RAYMOND ARE GETTING UP IN AGE.PLEASE REMEMBER THEM AND THE RACING CONTINUES WITH OUR FAMILY. While the comment about NASCAR forgettingits roots is somewhat valid, its preposterous to claimthat Marlin's forgotten his. 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