November 6th, 2007 | Category: The Hoosier Race Report | No Comments
By Danny Burton
Danny Burton’s Hoosier Race Report appears courtesy of OpenWheelRacers.com
The 19th edition of Salem’s Halloween 200 ended up like four of the previous 18, with Chuck Barnes Sr. standing at the start/finish line of the historic high banks, tired but happy, and with a somewhat bulkier wallet. Certainly the veteran from Louisville, KY earned it, once again dodging all the obstacles that greet anyone who tackles the grand old track, and most especially when there are 77 other cars on that track at the same time. read more »
August 9th, 2007 | Category: The Hoosier Race Report | No Comments
By Danny Burton
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I am continually amazed at how much faith that people will have in other people, events, ideas, you name it, yet deny that they have any faith in most anything, be it religion, the weather, again, you name it. Fact is, we do have plenty of faith and we all too often take it for granted. read more »
June 15th, 2007 | Category: The Hoosier Race Report | No Comments
By Danny Burton
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How often have you read the box score of a race and noticed that the leader started on the pole and led the whole race? Quite possibly you assumed that the race in question was a snoozefest. Quite possibly you might be wrong. Friday night, June 8, Cole Whitt did just that at the Bloomington Speedway. He started on the pole and led flag to flag to win $1700 (extra money thanks to Safety-Kleen) worth of satisfaction. But what the box score didn’t show was that this was a fine race, with lots of passing going on behind the young Mr. Whitt and, had the race lasted a bit longer than 25 laps, a seasoned veteran might have counting the big money. read more »
November 2nd, 2006 | Category: The Hoosier Race Report | No Comments
By Danny Burton
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About 35 years ago, give or take a couple, I recall going to the Salem Speedway and seeing a brash young man named Darrell Waltrip hustle a stock car around the high banks as well or better than anyone I’ve ever seen there. Darrell was originally from a mid-sized city in western Kentucky called Owensboro. And another young man from Owensboro, namely Beau Mitchell, negotiated the old track on Sunday better than anyone else as he edged Chuck Barnes Sr. to win the wild and crazy Halloween 200. read more »
August 14th, 2006 | Category: The Hoosier Race Report | No Comments
By Danny Burton
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On a weekend when open wheel racing here held its annual salute to a couple of its long gone fraternity, we saw a young racer hold off two of the best in two different races at the Salem Speedway. The youngster is surely enjoying the present, and is riding the wave. But his potential future is nearly mind-boggling in the racing world. Whether it is to be in Indy cars or in NASCAR, Bryan Clauson is quite possibly going to be the next area racer to make his mark on racing at its national level. And by the way, we saw yet another first time winner on Friday night at Bloomington, namely Hunter Schuerenberg. read more »
