rebelracewriter Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 Again this is another non-Texas related story, but this reminded me of the days before SAS fixed the walls. Anyone remember how many cars sailed over it that one year? Thankfully the driver walked away. Link to Shasta Spwy Win-River 150 "Houston we have lift off....." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin35251 Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 i remember john kelley going over in turn 1 & 2...... those were the days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Aramendia Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 Put me down for the over the wall gang Joe Aramendia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 Didn't Johnny White go over the wall at CC way back in the day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelracewriter Posted October 7, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 Joe, I was there the night you went over it. Didn't someone else go over the same night too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickHolt Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 Joe, I remember that night too. Broke your thumb in the steering wheel, right? I also recall the FAA at San Antonio International called the track wanting to know why someone didn't file a flight plan on that one... Nick Holt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Aramendia Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 Sorry Nick no broken bones just one bad headache for about week. And Scott Holland still owes me 3500.00 for that helicopter ride. The broken wrist was from a traffic accident, I think the year before. And Reb it was Lance Gaither. Lance I'm sorry if I spelled your name wrong. Joe Aramendia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickHolt Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 Joe, Oh yeah... I got the wrecks mixed up.. lol If you happen to locate Mr. Holland lemme know. You going to the suspension seminar this fall? I think this will be your third time through and, as you might recall, the third time is free. Nick Holt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Aramendia Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 I may just do it Nick, let me know when it is. Joe Aramendia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ups88john Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 i went to school in houston with a guy that ran that race, in a modified last year, he was supposed to run this year, but i couldnt get ahold of him today, i saw his dads name, but not his, guess he didnt make the show. ironically, eric schmidt is good friends with him and i have been to their shop on one of my visits to cali. small world huh. big john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerboy2002 Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 i remeber the worst over the wall wreck as to be brandon bendle soaring over the wall in to the mud. rumor as it joe that u werent going to get i nthe helicopter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modracer Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 I can remember a guy going through the turn three wall at the old Longhorn Speedway. I cant remember his name but I think the car was a number 35. This probably happened about 20 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FryarFan Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 Hey racerboy...... I didn't see Bendele's wreck.....but another of the worst ones at SAS was when Greg Davidson wiped out about four cars in the parking lot after using David Truepers LM for a launching pad. One of the all time weird ones was years ago(too many to count) when Eddie Bierschwale went over between turn 3&4 and aims it as well as he could at a RX7 that picked the wrong time to park in the NO PARKING zone. And Reb's link up top reminds me of several stories from Pcola where (before they put walls on the place) some LM's went sailing off Turn 1 and out across Pine Forest road. "Honest, Mr. Allstate, here I was minding my own business, driving home, and this #68 Late Model slides across in front of me. " Billy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 That #35 at longhorn speedway was Wayne Deckard, they were picking up pieces of race car all the way down the hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racecar25 Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 i remember a street stock race at sas when the 2 car of melvin meyers ran brandon in the 23 car out of the track. wasnt the 23 street stock launched out of sas twice? once in turns 1 and 2 and the other down the back straight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastoval Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 Didn't Johnny White go over the wall at CC way back in the day? yes, I was There! Over in turn 1 just missing the pit stands. Landed on his wheels on top of Robert Ponce's trailer and bounced off, landing upside down. He couldn't get out because his shoe laces were tangled in the pedals. I think he left his shoes in the call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txtom Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 The winner for distance at San Antonio has to go to Greg Davidson. About '85 or '86 he went out of the place in turn three, and landed in the first row of the spectator parking lot-hit about 4 cars out there if I remember right. One had paper-tags. When the safety crew got to him, he was fumbling around for his glasses, and hollering for someone to tell his wife he was aright. I think Greg was in a Howe car that night, it held up fairly well considering the lick it took. The all-time award for height I witnessed was a California sprint-car racer I saw go out of Petaluma, CA, back in '94. It was a winged 360 Sprint, on a fast black-dirt track, and he vaulted another competitor's wheels, cleared the track fence and a row of palm trees, and landed in the public street offf turn 1-2. To add to Fryarfan's story, Austin's Jim Pallas stuck his car up in the trees off the backstretch at P-cola before the walls went up. And we can't do this without a TWS story--Anyone else remember when Ronnie James of Wichita Falls ran through an infield bathroom during a TROC race? Awfully lucky no one was using that stall! Now a trivia question--Who was the first to go out of San Antonio? What turn? Bonus--What car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heavy Duty Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 Check out the "Bombers and Boats" videos further down on that same web site. Them California boys have got to be getting some bad whiskey. It may not be racing, but it's something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROMRD Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 The car that Greg tried to land at Lackland was a Bopp car. It was the same car that John Kelly put about 30 feet in the air on the front straight. I know because Waldo Harper owned the car and I was crew-chief. Terry Romco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FryarFan Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 Trivia guess.... I'm drawing a blank, but for some reason this sticks in my mind.... Turn 1&2.....#4 car.....Pinky Pinkston from Palestine???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txtom Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 You're awfully close. Billy. Pinkston was the SECOND driver out of the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROMRD Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 TXTOM Tommy Davis, turn 2 Terry Romco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FryarFan Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 Well, since I didn't get that one right, how about this trivia....... Who put the heaviest car ever over the wall at SAS?? Answer....we did. In the early days of the Bombers in 86 when we were all running tanks, we launched a 4000 lb.(actually about 4100 lb.) 4 dr. 72 Pontiac out off Turn 1. We were splitting up the driving and lucky ol' Billy was in the pits that night. The bomber rules back then didn't even require roll bars or harnesses(yeah, we were young and stupid!!). Not long after our launch, they did!!!!!!! Billy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierDaddy Posted October 8, 2003 Report Share Posted October 8, 2003 My dad went out of the place twice. The first time was in a '79 camaro. Ricci Ware Jr ran a little too hard into 1, pushed up into my dad (I wasnt born yet, just what i've heard from stories), my dad flew out between 1 and 2, and Ricci came back sliding across the track on his roof. the second time the throttle hung down the backstretch and he went over in turn 3. I belive he was in the Larry Shaw monte carlo that time. We have em on video somewhere around here, as well as once when Ervin went over between 3 and 4, I think he was in Alexander's car at that time. Have plenty of pics of them days, just need to get a dang scanner and put them on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckLicata Posted October 8, 2003 Report Share Posted October 8, 2003 The first year I announced at SAS, 95, I remember Brandon Bendele went over the wall between 1 & 2..I got over there, and the car was completely turned over, thankfully Brandon was okay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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