DIRT TRACK
INAUGURAL DIRT TRACK
H OF FAME RACE
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(Right) In the ea rly go ing, Carr (4);
Springsteen (9) and Parker (1) battled for
the lead. King then came up and made it a
four-rider fight. Springsteen dropped back
and finished fifth, beh ind Steve Morehead.
(Below) Parker took the victory lap with
his son , Austin "Spike" Parker , and with
longtime tuner Bill Werner.
bunched on the first lap, bu t Carr, Par ker
and Sprin ger broke free and ran three
wide across the line. They were followed
by Va rnes and Da vis, with Moreh ead
alrea dy havin g worked his way to sixth.
Springsteen led the field off turn four an d
had th e ad va ntage. but when they sho t
down the front stra igh t, Parker pulled out
and swung pa st , with Carr gett ing th e
double d raft to lead them into one. Fay
was already off the lead pace, but the 37year-old Washington 1T ace appeared to
be having the time of his life aboard his
borrowed Tim "Taco" Torrecillas-owned
Turbo Blue Racing Gasolin e H onda.
(Above) Mickey Fay made good on his
word to contest the Hall of Fame race . for
which he had qualified at the Peo ria IT.
Fay finishe d 15th in the Hall of Fame race .
(Below) The Hall of Fame weekend was
about much more than just a race . It was
about legends. Here, several Hall of Fame
inductee s and their re pres entat ives gather
for a photo: (stand ing, left to right) Nick
Chan (s on of Jimmy Chan), Bubba
Shobert, Mike Kidd, Carroll Reswebber,
Dick Mann, Don Emde, Bobby Hill. Bill
Tuman ; (kneeling, left to right) Randy
Goss, Gary Nixon, Bart Markel, Mert
Lawwill.
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"A t least I d idn't fall," Fay joked after
finishin g 15th . "This place is rea lly fast. I
didn't d o w or th a shit at this (mile racing) 15 yea rs ago, and I still ain't worth
a cra p a t it now. I'm ol der and wiser.
Bu t it was an honor jus t to ge t to come
and ride this race."
Well ahead of Fay, bu t well behind the
lead ers, Ko pp , Stanley, Murphree a nd
Coolbeth were stagi ng their own tita nic
clash, whi ch held almost as much interest
as the lead chase. Stanley wound up "winning" this battle, as he sett led for 11tho
"A ctu ally , I got a real good sta rt,"
Sta nley sa id . "l was fifth or six th . TI1en,
go ing d o w n th e bac k stra ig h t, I go t
p i nc h e d , smac ke d th e wall a nd go t
stuck ou tside of turn three, and the draft
sucked me right off the g roove . I kind a
go t caug ht up, and then r was just di cin'
with Coolbeth and Kopp ."
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U p fro nt, the battl e was fa r fro m
ove r, although it so me how fan ned out a
