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imracin68j LMR God Offline Do the impossible Posts: 6228	remember this house car. 12/02/06 at 12:31am My dad ran it once, I think Pettit ran it, Hornaday and Im not sure who else. Im not sure if it ever won any races. From what I remember the car was a mess. Anyone know the year this car ran and who owned it. I do, I'm just wondering if any Bakersfield fans do.
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2Xhobby LMR God Offline W F O racing Posts: 982 Bakersfield	Re: remember this Bakersfield house car. Reply #1 - 12/02/06 at 1:39pm The last time i remember it ran was the nat. in 93 . Ron Hornaday drove it and I spun him out in the B main for the last transfer spot. oooppps LOL
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2Xhobby LMR God Offline W F O racing Posts: 982 Bakersfield	Re: remember this Bakersfield house car. Reply #2 - 12/02/06 at 1:42pm Mike Flanagan owned the car. Don Warren drove it Rick Gifford, I think Berry Bradshaw. I am sure there are more.
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Dirt_Track_Junkie LMR Member Offline Posts: 223	Re: remember this Bakersfield house car. Reply #3 - 12/02/06 at 8:50pm Hey Jimmy are you sure you spun him?? I thought Ron was doing a fine job of spinning all by himself that weekend!
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Bill_Griffin LMR Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 121	Re: remember this Bakersfield house car. Reply #4 - 12/02/06 at 10:27pm If I remember correctly the race Hornaday ran was a 100 lapper and he didnt want to return so Marcus Mallett drove the second Fifty.
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TIM_BEWLEY LMR God Offline road zombie Posts: 1629	Re: remember this Bakersfield house car. Reply #5 - 12/03/06 at 8:59am i talked with ron after the first 50 and he said he had his hands full but was fun
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2Xhobby LMR God Offline W F O racing Posts: 982 Bakersfield	Re: remember this Bakersfield house car. Reply #6 - 12/03/06 at 6:15pm Yes i spun him He was not to upset because he had to leave anyway. Marcus did drive the car in the second 50
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imracin68j LMR God Offline Do the impossible Posts: 6228	Re: remember this house car. Reply #7 - 12/04/06 at 12:44pm The winning most house car in dirt track history. Did this car ever lose? I think every driver they put in it won just about every race. I forgot to post this pic... Can anyone guess who won this car?
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mudslinger47 LMR God Offline Well crap stuck with the dickweed for four more Posts: 8389	Re: remember this house car. Reply #8 - 12/05/06 at 1:48am PETE won it (he bought about 600 tickets so that prolly helped)
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hschamp90 LMR Senior Offline Posts: 374	Re: remember this house car. Reply #9 - 12/05/06 at 12:59pm In 89' my brother got to drive Doug Forts house car, not sure if it was the same car, but he had a blast until he blew her up. Qualified for the dash 1st time in the car. Trivia question - what was the car# of doug's house car?
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Reply #10 - 12/05/06 at 1:27pm

imracin68j wrote on 12/04/06 at 12:44pm:

The winning most house car in dirt track history. Did this car ever lose? I think every driver they put in it won just about every race.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a294/imracin68j/mod.jpg

I forgot to post this pic...

What classification of car was this? (Pro Mod?)
Just curiuos

Can anyone guess who won this car?

What class did this car compete in?

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Reply #11 - 12/05/06 at 1:44pm

hogracer,

I believe the correct name for that class was a "California Dirt Car"

A class originally created for a cheap OPEN WHEEL class w/ a STARTER.

If I remember correctly the original concept was a COMPLETE ready to put on the track car should be less than $10,000.00

w/ STOCK Cast Iron manifolds I believe, and other very strict rules...

HOW quick did that change?

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WOOD Racing #13 LMR God Offline "GIT R DONE" Posts: 854 Bakersfield, Ca	Re: remember this house car. Reply #12 - 12/05/06 at 1:48pm It was the California Dirt Cars and also I have heard them called the Posse Cars along time ago. Later, Jacky
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fromthegrandstands LMR God Offline A REAL Pain in the A$$ Posts: 1230 Santa Maria, CA	Re: remember this house car. Reply #13 - 12/05/06 at 2:09pm (I believe the POSSE cars were the DLM's with the wedge bodies and the HUGE signboards like what they ran at Corona)
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hogracer3d LMR God Offline We bust our a$$ to kick yours-!!! Posts: 3933	Re: remember this house car. Reply #14 - 12/05/06 at 2:15pm I remember the Cal Dirt Cars, we went to SMS with the sprint car in about 96 and a couple of them wanted to race with us and the sprint drivers voted not to let them because they were bigger and heavier, boy were they hot.
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JOHNSON MOTORSPORTS 99 LMR God Offline 2007 HOBBY STOCK CHAMPION Posts: 927	Re: remember this house car. Reply #15 - 12/05/06 at 2:17pm where would u get a body for that ugly thing? lol
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Reply #16 - 12/05/06 at 2:49pm

Actually 3 drivers, My dad, Bobby Claborn and XXXXXX went back east to pick up a modified that would be affordable open wheel racing. This was before the IMCA class was really running in CA. Well after the winged sprints outpriced themselves at SMS, they all wanted to use their parts on these modifieds and turned an economical class of cars into another high priced division. Also they made the mistake of thinking one track could keep enough cars to hold the series.. They were wrong.

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hogracer3d LMR God Offline We bust our a$$ to kick yours-!!! Posts: 3933	Re: remember this house car. Reply #17 - 12/05/06 at 3:02pm I often wondered why the big block modifieds have never taken hold out west, it seems that we can barely keep our current divisions going strong.
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mudslinger47 LMR God Offline Well crap stuck with the dickweed for four more Posts: 8389	Re: remember this house car. Reply #18 - 12/05/06 at 3:03pm hschamp90 wrote on 12/05/06 at 12:59pm: In 89' my brother got to drive Doug Forts house car, not sure if it was the same car, but he had a blast until he blew her up. Qualified for the dash 1st time in the car. Trivia question - what was the car# of doug's house car? #73 I believe.
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Reply #19 - 12/05/06 at 3:14pm

hogracer3d wrote on 12/05/06 at 2:15pm:

I remember the Cal Dirt Cars, we went to SMS with the sprint car in about 96 and a couple of them wanted to race with us and the sprint drivers voted not to let them because they were bigger and heavier, boy were they hot.

Darn right we were upset, we spent a pile of money to make it legal for your class after we had cleared it with Doug Fort. That was probably the only real dispute I ever had with Doug.

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Reply #20 - 12/05/06 at 3:19pm

BILL FLOYD MAINTAINED THAT CAR WHEN I WORKED FOR HIM. THERE WAS 110 FITTINGS HOLDING THAT THING TOGETHER. I REMEMBER THEY HAD A DQ BECAUSE THEY CHECKED TIRE PRESSURES ON THE TRACK. WALLY PANKRATZ WON A COUPLE OF TIMES AND BILL ALSO. THAT CAR VISITED THE WINNER CIRCLE ON A REGULAR BASIS. PETE VANIDERSTEIN IN THE #77 WON THE CAR WITH THE WINNINGS FROM A MAIN EVENT. IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECT IT WAS IN 1988.....DAVID PETERSON

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mudslinger47 LMR God Offline Well crap stuck with the dickweed for four more Posts: 8389	Re: remember this house car. Reply #21 - 12/05/06 at 3:20pm Quote: where would u get a body for that ugly thing? lol You gotta Nova disguised as a Caddy and you call the Dirt Car ugly? LOL Duane
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