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CurtK
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Posted: Wednesday Aug 27th, 2008 02:33 AM |
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Ok....I found a few Sky Valley pics again......
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CurtK
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Posted: Wednesday Aug 27th, 2008 02:34 AM |
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Another one from early 60's......or late 50's.....lol.
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CurtK
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Posted: Wednesday Aug 27th, 2008 02:36 AM |
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One more from that era....and I'll shift gears one more time....lol.
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Posted: Wednesday Aug 27th, 2008 02:38 AM |
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Ok....guess I'll shoot for that 1100 post all by myself......sheeesh...... .
Cecil Walker on pavement???????
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CurtK
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Posted: Wednesday Aug 27th, 2008 02:43 AM |
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One of the sports great guys and one nice r/e car. His widow still has it and brings it out for show at special events in the Boise area.
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CurtK
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Posted: Wednesday Aug 27th, 2008 02:51 AM |
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| Ok.....I'm done for awhile. I'll be back with more later.
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btexpress
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Posted: Wednesday Aug 27th, 2008 07:28 AM |
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What year did Sky Valley start holding races? When was the last race there?
I love those old pic's...please keep em coming!!!
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rickt
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Posted: Wednesday Aug 27th, 2008 03:23 PM |
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WOW Curt.. those early pics from Sky Valley really bring back my childhood memories of growing up at West Capitol. I used to have the privedge of cleaning my dads car after a night of racing and thought it was one of the coolest things to do. We used to call cars like that Hardtops there. Another big deal for kids at WC was we could ride in the back of pickups during packing. Very Cool for a 9 yr old! 
Thanks for pics and keep it up. You are doing great and I thankyou for it!
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CurtK
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Posted: Wednesday Aug 27th, 2008 03:34 PM |
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| In '67 when we went to Sacramento Rick, we stayed at the El Rancho.....which I believe was right down the street from West Capitol. My first time at that track they carried some lady out of the grandstands because she got whacked in the head from a big dirt clod and it knocked her out. I learned early don't sit low in turn 4. This was back in the day that most of those guys raced both dirt and pavement and were equally good at both. I wouldn't trade growing up around this racing stuff for anything. Myself, Mickey Beadle and Jay Barnes used to hock programs and Racing Wheels in the grandstands at Sky Valley for Betty Gardner, Kenny Gardners wife. She had a photo booth just as you came into the grandstands area from the spectator parking lot. Geez....that was just yesterday.........lol.
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rickt
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Posted: Wednesday Aug 27th, 2008 03:43 PM |
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CurtK wrote: Geez....that was just yesterday.........lol.
yep..hear that. I am still a member of the WC Alumni to this day and have sported the sticker on my truck for years  Attachment: vintage_logo.jpg (Downloaded 278 times)
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Posted: Wednesday Aug 27th, 2008 04:01 PM |
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CurtK wrote: Before ya'll give me too bad a time...lol.....I was ONLY 15 at the time.
Hey how come there are no young pictures of "just an old guy"?? Has he always been old?
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CurtK
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Posted: Wednesday Aug 27th, 2008 04:07 PM |
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What do YOU think the answer is Greg??????????
 .....sorry George.....lol.
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sprint_car_fan2007
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Posted: Wednesday Aug 27th, 2008 08:49 PM |
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| Well I wasn't around when all these pictures was taken, let alone the one im gonna post here. Here is my dad racing in 1982 at Elma. Attachment: Dad.jpg (Downloaded 257 times)
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CurtK
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Posted: Wednesday Aug 27th, 2008 08:57 PM |
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| The more that post their "older" photos the better....imho of course.
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Posted: Wednesday Aug 27th, 2008 09:04 PM |
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| I am going through a bunch of pictures my mom and grandmother have, I will post what i can find, I am currently going through some stuff from the 80's at Elma.
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CurtK
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Posted: Wednesday Aug 27th, 2008 09:14 PM |
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btexpress wrote: What year did Sky Valley start holding races? When was the last race there?
I love those old pic's...please keep em coming!!!
Sky Valley originally started out on a little track down by the Lewis Street bridge by the river in Monroe, I believe in the late 50's. They then moved across town on some land that the county leased them for $1 a year, I think that was 1960. I would have to check with Gene (Guptill....he's the guy in the b/w photo #11 car with a trophy in his hand), he would remember the exact years on this. I believe in about '78 or so they moved to Evergreen on the pavement.Last edited on Wednesday Aug 27th, 2008 09:15 PM by CurtK
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Posted: Wednesday Aug 27th, 2008 09:32 PM |
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I just scanned some old pics
more to come!
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CurtK
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Posted: Thursday Aug 28th, 2008 03:55 AM |
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Here's one more from early Sky Valley days....then I'll post some early Dirt Cup at Elma photos that I already have scanned. These are some that ended up the other board and the long thread a few years back. Rick Leighty helped name most of them....I had forgotten who or what I took pics of.....lol. Anyway.....
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CurtK
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Posted: Thursday Aug 28th, 2008 03:58 AM |
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Oops...not Elma but back from that era anyway......
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CurtK
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Posted: Thursday Aug 28th, 2008 03:59 AM |
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I'm afraid I may have already resized alot of these and they won't come out much larger than Freddies pic above...sorry....
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Posted: Thursday Aug 28th, 2008 04:01 AM |
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Maybe not....lol.
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CurtK
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Posted: Thursday Aug 28th, 2008 04:02 AM |
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Jimmy Boyd?????
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CurtK
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Posted: Thursday Aug 28th, 2008 04:04 AM |
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The infamous Gary Patterson orgy scene helmet....he was really good about it when I asked if I could take a picture of it.
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CurtK
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Posted: Thursday Aug 28th, 2008 04:05 AM |
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I think this was at Skagit....Sammy Swindell when he was a teenager....
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Posted: Thursday Aug 28th, 2008 04:06 AM |
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Dub May???? Mr Day could probably verify that.
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CurtK
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Posted: Thursday Aug 28th, 2008 04:08 AM |
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I forgot I had some of these...again....lol.
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Posted: Thursday Aug 28th, 2008 04:10 AM |
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I think I see Mike Stowell on the left in the funny hat and the guy on the right I believe is Bob Trostle.
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Posted: Thursday Aug 28th, 2008 04:14 AM |
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| Enough for tonight......now I'm down to where I get lazy because I have to start scanning new "old" stuff.....lol. I'm heading to Hoodsport for the weekend....hope all the racers have a great weekend at Skagit and GH this weekend. Have fun all......I'll post more next week. And I still invite the rest to post their nostalgic stuff.......feel free please.
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Posted: Thursday Aug 28th, 2008 02:43 PM |
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Have fun Curt.. will have to get together up there sometime. I am due for another trip to the Hoodsport Winery for supplies!
Thanks again, Rickt
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CurtK
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Posted: Thursday Aug 28th, 2008 03:05 PM |
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| Just an fyi Rick.......go into Hoodsport and stop at Laurie's Gift's and Liquor.....Hoodsport wine for 1/2 the price. Same vintage and everything.
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Posted: Thursday Aug 28th, 2008 03:12 PM |
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CurtK wrote: Just an fyi Rick.......go into Hoodsport and stop at Laurie's Gift's and Liquor.....Hoodsport wine for 1/2 the price. Same vintage and everything.
Sweet, thanks for the tip
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Posted: Thursday Aug 28th, 2008 03:18 PM |
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| Hey just a reminder Rick........Oysterfest at the Shelton fairgrounds.....first weekend in October. I met Jay Cole there last year. Lotsa seafood and drink. My kinda fair.....lol.
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Posted: Thursday Aug 28th, 2008 05:54 PM |
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| Curt, is that Don Perry with the beer walking out of the picture? First started going to the champ car races at the Fairgrounds in '65. The midget races at Altamont and Stockton and the supers at West Capital and Roseville made for a great weekend with my dad.
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CurtK
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Posted: Thursday Aug 28th, 2008 06:01 PM |
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| No it isn't.....although I spent alot of time around Don & Ginny growing up, they weren't with us on that trip. I think if I remember correctly it was one of Foyt's crew guys. Does kinda look like a younger Don tho doesn't it.
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Posted: Thursday Aug 28th, 2008 08:09 PM |
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CurtK wrote: Hey just a reminder Rick........Oysterfest at the Shelton fairgrounds.....first weekend in October. I met Jay Cole there last year. Lotsa seafood and drink. My kinda fair.....lol.
OK..On my calender http://www.oysterfest.org
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Posted: Friday Aug 29th, 2008 12:18 AM |
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| Large black and whites of Elma looks like 23/Skaggs 55/Sutherby 12/Wixson, AL
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Posted: Sunday Aug 31st, 2008 07:40 AM |
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Oil can Al wrote: Large black and whites of Elma looks like 23/Skaggs 55/Sutherby 12/Wixson, AL
My grandfather owned the 23 car that Bill Skaggs drove, so i have a whole scrapbook full of old pictures of cars my grandfather owned
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Posted: Sunday Aug 31st, 2008 04:12 PM |
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| My album is mostly jalopies so I enjoyed seeing the old 1/2 mile modified pictures show up. Elma had several track photographers during this era so there must be more photos out there!! AL
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CurtK
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Posted: Wednesday Sep 3rd, 2008 03:08 AM |
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Here's a couple more from early Sky Valley......
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Posted: Wednesday Sep 3rd, 2008 03:09 AM |
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A pretty familiar face....
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