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Posted: Wednesday Sep 3rd, 2008 03:11 AM |
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Looks like more Dirt Cup Elma...
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Posted: Wednesday Sep 3rd, 2008 03:12 AM |
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Not 100% sure but I think this was Skagit.....
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Posted: Wednesday Sep 3rd, 2008 03:14 AM |
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More Skagit....
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Posted: Wednesday Sep 3rd, 2008 03:15 AM |
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| The flying sheriff, Larry Arrants in the 7. Bill Deschamps in the 44
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Posted: Wednesday Sep 3rd, 2008 03:15 AM |
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Lots of California teams used to come up here for the Dirt Cup.....
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Posted: Wednesday Sep 3rd, 2008 03:17 AM |
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Posted: Wednesday Sep 3rd, 2008 03:18 AM |
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Posted: Wednesday Sep 3rd, 2008 03:20 AM |
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Back at Elma.....
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Posted: Wednesday Sep 3rd, 2008 04:14 PM |
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| Anybody notice in a few of the photos, the hauler of choice in the day???? Flatbed trucks with tire racks.......a little different than today???? I'd almost bet the thefts during that day and age aren't what they are today either. Things are just different now. Last edited on Wednesday Sep 3rd, 2008 04:14 PM by CurtK
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Posted: Wednesday Sep 3rd, 2008 04:49 PM |
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| Thanks for the piks Kurt. I was running a limited modified during this era but always hung a board on the front and served as a push truck for these events. Great fun to push off the likes of Opperman, Boyd, Croushere, McCloud, and my fave Gary Patterson!! Lots of experimenting with top wings and side boards on the nerfs. Loved the ramp trucks to, everybody knew what you were all about going down the highway. AL
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Posted: Wednesday Sep 3rd, 2008 06:46 PM |
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| Al, were you at Elma the day the little Mazda(?) pickup barrel rolled going into turn 1??? That was amazing to watch......kinda scared a lot of people.
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Posted: Wednesday Sep 3rd, 2008 07:01 PM |
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| Curt, I do recall the incident but did not see it happen. Do you know where the airplane powered chopper was built? I ran into a fellow biker up at the satsop towers that was building a custom bike of this style several years back? wondering if it might be his. AL
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Posted: Wednesday Sep 3rd, 2008 07:16 PM |
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| I don't Al.......somebody sent it to me in an email this morning and I thought it was pretty kewl. It's a 7 cylinder aircraft engine is all I know. I think I'll stick with my Harley......lol.
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Posted: Wednesday Sep 3rd, 2008 08:17 PM |
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CurtK wrote: I don't Al.......somebody sent it to me in an email this morning and I thought it was pretty kewl. It's a 7 cylinder aircraft engine is all I know. I think I'll stick with my Harley......lol.
Jeeze Curt, you would have to post an avatar that dredges up old memories. I don't know anything about the engine in the bike, but the tail with the #19 in the background belongs to an AD-Skyraider. It had a 3350 cu.in. 18 cyl. radial engine. Can't tell what design the AD is but I spent about 500 hours in the back of an AD-5Q staring at an electronics counter measures (ECM) screen looking for radar signals back in 58-60. Yeah, some people say I'm still in the dark.
Wouldn't even take a stab at the cu.in. on the bike but the pots are pretty small compared to the 3350. At least the torque shouldn't be a problem. Gonna steal the photo and send to a buddy that was with the Cossacks for 30+ years.
Loved the old Elma shots. Yeah, I remember the Mazda roll over and watching the passenger come what looked like half-way out of the sun roof before dropping back in. Eldest son and I were just talking about that a couple of months ago.
Ok, back to the car photos............
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Posted: Friday Sep 5th, 2008 04:26 AM |
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I met with Chip Clark earlier today and he gave me another handful of old stuff to use here. Including some great photos I have a 1965-66 Sky Valley yearbook with some top 10 pics with info from 1965. I will post some of the photos and then some of the yearbook at a later time. I wish that others would chime in here and participate in this with comments or pics of their own. Must be a different crowd than what we had on Hedges deal...... .
Dale Echelbarger & Dean Clark on the front row with flagmen Ted Ruele & Randy Moser.
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Posted: Friday Sep 5th, 2008 04:29 AM |
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Phil Blye...what looks like Western Speedway at an early IDC.
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Posted: Friday Sep 5th, 2008 04:31 AM |
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Ed Hoppers back up at the same race.
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Posted: Friday Sep 5th, 2008 04:32 AM |
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Earl Kelly.
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Posted: Friday Sep 5th, 2008 04:37 AM |
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I should know this but the I think the "George Hespe Syndrome" is working full time....lol.
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Posted: Friday Sep 5th, 2008 04:41 AM |
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Chip thought this might a Jimmy Collier owned car??? Can anybody confirm??? Rick Leighty???
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Posted: Friday Sep 5th, 2008 04:43 AM |
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Darrell Lopeman......I actually ran into Darrell last year in Ephrata.
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Posted: Friday Sep 5th, 2008 04:45 AM |
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Victoria again......Art????
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Posted: Friday Sep 5th, 2008 04:46 AM |
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Ed Hopper
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Posted: Friday Sep 5th, 2008 04:48 AM |
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Spanaway....Ross Fontes
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Posted: Friday Sep 5th, 2008 04:50 AM |
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Musta won the dash.....
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Posted: Friday Sep 5th, 2008 04:54 AM |
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Ok....switch gears here.
Old Sky Valley again.
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Posted: Friday Sep 5th, 2008 04:59 AM |
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These next pics are actually kinda sad to look at....the demise of a place I grew up at.....well sorta.....lol.
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Posted: Friday Sep 5th, 2008 05:00 AM |
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Posted: Friday Sep 5th, 2008 05:06 AM |
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Thanks Chip and Dean......
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Posted: Friday Sep 5th, 2008 05:07 AM |
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| Enough photos for now......pages from the yearbook later. Hope everyone enjoys.
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Posted: Friday Sep 5th, 2008 06:09 AM |
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CurtK wrote: Enough photos for now......pages from the yearbook later. Hope everyone enjoys.
Curt, I know i must sound like a broken record but...I love the old pic's your posting!
In the late 60's there was a purple 45 ( i think thats the number) with lots of chrome & polished aluminum racing @ Sky Valley. It seemed like just about every night he'd roll it in turn 1. I think he won best appearing car a few times. Do you have a pic of that?
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Posted: Friday Sep 5th, 2008 03:31 PM |
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CurtK wrote: Chip thought this might a Jimmy Collier owned car??? Can anybody confirm??? Rick Leighty???
It was Jimmy's car driven most of the time by Ross Fontes.Last edited on Friday Sep 5th, 2008 03:42 PM by PSDWILDERNESS
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Posted: Friday Sep 5th, 2008 04:38 PM |
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The baddest Super Modified ever built. The famous Jim Tipke built 4 wheel drive car of Tom Sneva out of Spokane, WA.
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Posted: Friday Sep 5th, 2008 09:31 PM |
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Some more. These from the CAMRA Website
Jerry Day - Fabulous car builder and racer from west of the Cascades
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Posted: Friday Sep 5th, 2008 09:53 PM |
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btexpress wrote:
Curt, I know i must sound like a broken record but...I love the old pic's your posting!
In the late 60's there was a purple 45 ( i think thats the number) with lots of chrome & polished aluminum racing @ Sky Valley. It seemed like just about every night he'd roll it in turn 1. I think he won best appearing car a few times. Do you have a pic of that?
I kinda remember the car.....but for the life of me I can't think of who's it was. I don't think I have any photos......I'll have look to make sure.
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Posted: Sunday Sep 7th, 2008 03:13 PM |
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Sad pictures of the demise of Sky Valley, CurtK...but at the same time they bring back some great memories. Just a shot in the dark, but isn't that Chip Clark in the background of a couple of them? Cool seeing the DeBob's Oval World truck in a couple pictures also!
"sky Valley" lived on a little bit longer than the track itself did. A year after it closed, my brother and I went up to Monroe to pay homage to the track. There were several stacks of the old plywood pit boards molding away on the front stretch. We appropriated about 10 of the ones from our favorite heroes of the day. They ended up lining the outside of our oval track in my parent's back yard where we raced our motorcycles.
I don't know whatever became of all of them, but if Jim Brill is reading this, your pit board was destroyed when my youngest brother went through it on a Hodaka 90...straight into the neighbor's yard where a woman was sunbathing.
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Posted: Sunday Sep 7th, 2008 05:12 PM |
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| Hi.AA 2000 Just a note to tell you I tolded your Mom what you and your brother did. big sky 1
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Posted: Wednesday Sep 10th, 2008 04:10 AM |
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I tried this in a smaller size but it was really hard to read...especially for old guys. Hopefully this will work.
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