I started going in 1989 to the "World's 100" as Mr. Clum and track announcer Terry Baltes (Earl's son) used to call it! Here is an amazing stat: Freddy Smith made the feature 17 consecutive years from 1981 - 1997! It is still a record! In those days you had over 200 cars trying to make a 24-car feature!

@joshpitts7256

3 жыл бұрын

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@bjwhite

2 жыл бұрын

89 was my first also. You remember that felling seeing that track and all those cars. Chills! Thanks for sharing.

@jeffreynolds1679

2 жыл бұрын

@@bjwhite YES! And the rain! Had to go back the next month!

Any one have videos of the heat races from 87? It rained that year and the heats were late getting started. I remember a film crew from Australia interviewing us after our heat.

I loved watching the evolution of the late model. It's incredible how much they changed from 75 to 85.

@George-xz9wu

3 жыл бұрын

I miss those wedge cars with the big rear panels. They died way too soon.

16.11 was the track record in 1987 and today it is 14.76. Late Models have come a long way.

@kyleolson279

3 жыл бұрын

What makes that really crazy is that the non wing sprint record is 14.71, and I'm sure the lm's will break that mark soon.

@jamescarver5897

3 жыл бұрын

Costs have raised exponentially in 30 years, yet the track record has only dropped 1.35 seconds. At least safety has come a long way.

The late models raced at Hales Corners wi. certainly looked cleaner and faster in 75’

cool vid

Any videos of the '77 World 100?? I was a big Doug Kenimer fan way back then.

@bjwhite

5 жыл бұрын

No. That would have been awesome to see.

@mike.j4893

4 жыл бұрын

bj white cool video bj white , do you have any video of Freddie Smith , and billy Moyer , racing at whynot motor speedway, Billy Moyer won the first big dirt track race I went 2 with Freddie Smith second , they both were good drivers!

@jackrucker5049

Жыл бұрын

Doug was one of the most fierce competitors to ever come out of north Georgia. A good guy and great racer.

@jamiecrawford8133

4 ай бұрын

Never saw him race but IMO Kenimer is the best ever in dirt late models. Won all kinds of races at many different tracks before racing was a he who spends the most wins the most game.

@cumminsrealpower680

4 ай бұрын

@@jamiecrawford8133 ABSOLUTELY AGREE

Its EAKER. No s.