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Re: Have you ever seen a car come apart like this?
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DaGrove is all concrete now. I still saw a very nice willys meet its demise going over the wall there last summer.
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02-17-2007, 04:53 PM
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Re: Have you ever seen a car come apart like this?
Couple of friendly corrections: the car was a 55 not a 56 and Fremont closed in 1988
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02-17-2007, 05:25 PM
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Re: Have you ever seen a car come apart like this?
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Couple of friendly corrections: the car was a 55 not a 56 and Fremont closed in 1988 |
Actually fremont closed in 89' and that particular crash took place at the last race ever held at that track. 
A friend of mine Ron Burch took lots of photo's from the starting line of that crash that car should have never been allowed to run and he was lucky to live through it.
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02-17-2007, 05:51 PM
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Re: Have you ever seen a car come apart like this?
Fremont was a great place. You can still see it whenever you watch American Graffiti 2.
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02-17-2007, 05:55 PM
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Re: Have you ever seen a car come apart like this?
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Actually fremont closed in 89' and that particular crash took place at the last race ever held at that track. |
Bob, my goof on the year, '89 is correct, but my memory is that was the last "big" Saturday afternoon bracket race and there was one more Weds. night race that was actually the last one.
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02-17-2007, 06:22 PM
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Re: Have you ever seen a car come apart like this?
Is there anything left of Fremont? Or is it all developed? 
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Is there anything left of Fremont? Or is it all developed? |
A lot of great memories is all that is left... 
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02-17-2007, 07:26 PM
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Is there anything left of Fremont? Or is it all developed? |
If I remember correctly the last "big event" was Fall of '88, I remember Charles Carpenter came out to run his Pro Mod 55 Chevy and was running low 7's back in the day.
Last I saw was a big empty field and huge mountain of dirt where the old starting line was.
I miss that place so much, spent alot of my childhood there.
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02-17-2007, 07:47 PM
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Re: Have you ever seen a car come apart like this?
What about any of the track or Pits?
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02-17-2007, 07:57 PM
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Re: Have you ever seen a car come apart like this?
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What about any of the track or Pits?
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All gone.
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02-17-2007, 08:02 PM
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Re: Have you ever seen a car come apart like this?
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What about any of the track or Pits?
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Joe, Bro, It's all gone... Not even a tree left, you gotta let it go... lol Fremont will always be my favorite track to watch a race from in person... Guardrails were 30-40 feet back from track surface, and you could see everything from anywhere... The air their was the best of any track, ever...
You're gonna make me tear up man... Stop it!!
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Re: Have you ever seen a car come apart like this?
I'm NOT knocking the driver... but IMHO I think he stayed "In It Way Too Long" He should have gotten off the gas as soon as it started to get out of the groove... It looks like its only a 12 sec car nothing outrageous.. just driver error...
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02-17-2007, 08:15 PM
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Re: Have you ever seen a car come apart like this?
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I'm NOT knocking the driver... but IMHO I think he stayed "In It Way Too Long" He should have gotten off the gas as soon as it started to get out of the groove... It looks like its only a 12 sec car nothing outrageous.. just driver error...
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John, I agree, car got squirly and he didnt lift and stayed in it......driver error!
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02-17-2007, 10:01 PM
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Re: Have you ever seen a car come apart like this?
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Bob, my goof on the year, '89 is correct, but my memory is that was the last "big" Saturday afternoon bracket race and there was one more Weds. night race that was actually the last one.
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You are right but Wednesday night drags were more for the local kids to run their street cars.
That last bracket race was considered the last real race on that track.
Damn I loved that track!
When the conditions were right I would put that track up against any track on the circut even now....
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02-17-2007, 10:14 PM
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Re: Have you ever seen a car come apart like this?
Jon Asher, I need to ask, why any sanctioning body would allow a track to narrow to one lane beyond the finish line? If safety is truly a priority, then this should NEVER be an issue.
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