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Old 11-27-2009, 12:47 AM   #1
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Stan has left us. Hey Jack, wasn't that 1974? I, somehow, got my '74 Wagon over to your campground area and it took about 30 of us to put my motor back together after teardown. I remember you telling "Tomato" to "get the guy a burger, and the drinks stayed cool in the pool! That campground was unbelievable with all the things going on around us. That's when "streaking" was a big deal...........do you remember "Delaware Annie"?
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Old 11-27-2009, 08:11 AM   #2
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I was a spectator at gainesville around 1989 or 90 and we had no place to stay and not much money.we heard some friends from our town were racing and staying at the university inn,we pounded on the door til they woke up and talked them into letting us stay the night,13 of us filed out the next morning(i slept in the tub)because of that weekend i havent missed a gatornationals since
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Old 11-27-2009, 08:49 AM   #3
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Don -- Sad to hear about Stan .Could have been '74 -- maybe it will come back to me today as I've taken my meds this morning ."Delaware Annie" ? Maybe that will come back too ..........."Tomato"-- she will always have a special place in my heart.As for the Streaking -- those stories should be left untold as most wouldn't believe us anyway ......
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Old 11-27-2009, 09:23 AM   #4
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I remember the streakers at the campgrounds at the Grove. One night we were sitting at a picnic table even Greg X was there. And a couple of streakers went by us.
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Old 11-27-2009, 10:17 AM   #5
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the best I could come up with, out of a 1977 book about Indy
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Out on the road by the drivein across the street from the main entrance was this mob of guys , over 150 ,and when anyone drove by they would pick-up you car and Say " Show is your ---- , Ruth made me drive in the back way after 1 or 2 times trying to come in the front, It was WILD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 11-27-2009, 09:46 PM   #7
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I can remember driving to Indy in 71, when my brother and I where broken down on the side of the road with his 1969z/28 with a dead ignition and all of a sudden Don Prudhomme Stop with his car Hauler(he was in a station wagon chaser) his whole crew got out and started working on the car and got us back on the road with an extra tune up(I think the car pick up a second) Don didn't want to see anyone miss the show, a hell of a nice thing to do. Never forgot it, many years after I had a chance to talk with Don, and he remembered stopping. He had said "sure I remember your brother, I still can't believe he could actually fit in that car. My brother was hard to forget at 6'6" and built like a linebacker(he could barely fit in a helicopter as a Pilot)
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