Hoseheads Article - "Origin Story: Florida’s First Long-Distance Sprint Car Race"

[Richard Golardi]

Hoseheads Article - "Origin Story: Florida’s First Long-Distance Sprint Car Race"

"If one considers a long-distance sprint car race to be longer than 100 laps, then Florida’s first race to qualify (with sprint cars on a short track) was the inaugural Florida State Championship Sprint Car race. It was ..."

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[OldSchool+]

Richard,

Thank you very much. I especially enjoyed the Golden Gate story.

I believe I was there. Weekly racing was common, big events only happened once in a while, and somehow seemed more "big time" back then.