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the IHRA Spring Nationals from BRISTOL in 1983. The sportsman eliminations are from the 27 minute time mark to near the 35 minute mark. THIS IS GREAT VIDEO. I wish today's drag racing coverage for sportsman was as good as this video. You will see a lot of familiar names.



http://www.tv4u.com/show-large-video...pionships&cat=

Phil

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Rampy wins again.

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And Rickie Smith got the holeshot over Lee Shepherd

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man how long does it take to download before you can see any of it? i've got high-speed cable internet and it's downloading slower then dial-up what's the deal?

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I was there! Watching that was like meeting an old friend you have not seen in years. My Brother (David)started started racing a 1958 Chevy wagon in SS/3JA 2bbl class in 1981, and before the wife and kids I pretty much went to every race that he did. That 50 Olds rocket 88 was a favorite of mine, I think it fit in Z/SA I always enjoyed the wagons,oddball combos, and the slow "come catch me" cars. It sure was neat watching a "stick" in the finals of H/R, and it was a pleasure to NOT see a heads up car with electronics "coast" for 2 seconds. I used to watch the heads up classes back then, but not now. I had forgot about Johnny Mcquirt (sp?) having the nova in SS, I did remember his SS/FA corvette. After watching Ricky Smith give the camera man a ride, I remembered Mike Bowles giving (I think) Vern Gosden the country music singer a ride in the Good Ol Charlie Brown Wagon at Farmington Dragway in North Carolina. Thanks for making the evening a good one! Don Jackson

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that was 10 times better than the wally and john tribute hour they tried to pass off as a drag race sunday night somebody should forward this to espn and nhra so they could see how to cover a race and if paul page watched it he might learn how to announce a drag race

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That natural high nova car is still around with the same paint(I Think).
How about Terry Taylor in the finals of SS as a teenager.
Truman Fields car.
The front engine dragster in Q/R (would be the same as T/S-T/D) now.
Tommy Mauney in Modified.

I was probably there too, but by the finals we were already on the way home.LOL


Chip Johnson


p.s. LONG TREE

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Very sweet! Loved the sportsman action.

Anybody else notice that Mark Oswald won $20,000 for winning Funny Car??? In 1983...

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Looked it up on the "Cost of living Online Calculator:

http://www.aier.org/research/col.php[/

$20,000 in 1983, would be $41,305.22 in 2007.