Kauffman/Hamilton VS Wolfgang/Weikert in their Prime,, at Port Royal Speedway in 1985

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9 жыл бұрын

Two of the very best Sprint Car Drivers ever,, go head to head in their Big Block powered Sprinters back in 1985 at PORT ROYAL SPEEDWAY !!!!!!

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@johnstickles6789 Ай бұрын

Brings back great memories of PA racing when i was a younger man. Thank you

@user-gg2mq9oi7k 11 ай бұрын

Love these old videos

@Davewilliamson5w Жыл бұрын

Still watch this video in 2022! Two masters ahead of the game! Keith was incredible..

@rebeitler1 6 жыл бұрын

These were the greatest of days in PA racing. I miss them. I was at this race and recall it vividly. Many years ago

@jstrawse 2 жыл бұрын

THE POSSE BEAT THE OUTLAWS MANY TIMES

@brandondellangelo4819 2 жыл бұрын

No way the cars are better looking and faster

@buster471 Жыл бұрын

Big blocks?

@buster471 Жыл бұрын

I see it was a mix

@wesleyd6080 3 ай бұрын

@@brandondellangelo4819 just because they "look" better and are faster doent mean the racing or the rivalries are better now

@nebulaquinn Жыл бұрын

Woe how awesome. I was definitely there for that race. I would have been 7 at the time. I started going to Port when I was 3 I believe. I could name every driver when I was 5. My Dad and I had reserved seats in the concrete bleachers. 49 50 and 51 for years. My Dad and I made it to The World Of Outlaws Saturday night this year. It was awesome to be back there with the old man. Wow that Macri can drive. He reminds of how awesome Keith Kauffman was back in the day. The Speed Palace will always be my favorite track. 😍

@SgtRock-cr2sh Жыл бұрын

That was some damn good racing by some of the greatest guy's to ever sit in a sprint car! Outstanding!

@ply72rr 9 жыл бұрын

I miss the days of sitting in turn 4 at the Port, getting nailed with clumps of dirt, watching these guys go at it. I haven't been back since I left for the Air Force in 1984. Thanks for sharing, it brought back lots of great memories...

@fullstack17110 8 жыл бұрын

+ply72rr My dad told me stories of drawing the sprint car stamps on peoples hand for pit passes with sharpies at the port back in the day.

@johnhendricks559 7 жыл бұрын

thanks for your service for this country God Bless

@Davewilliamson5w 7 жыл бұрын

Probably some of the best footage of racing! I've watched this many times. Announcer Tom Baker was a helluva fun guy to party with too!!

@jstrawse 5 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU

@1armedgal 5 жыл бұрын

The big blocks had a sound all their own :)

@duanelarue6292 2 жыл бұрын

When the grandstand still had the roof too

@wesleyd6080 3 ай бұрын

When I was young young, mid to early 90s I remember almost getting blowing over by the wind off the wings. Such and awesome memory

@frenzalrhomb6919 8 ай бұрын

I had the pleasure of seeing Doug Wolfgang do what he does best, in the very early 1980s at the old Parramatta City Raceway, in Sydney, Australia. And if I remember correctly, a very young Jac Haudenschild was also on a three Man team with him, but I'm not sure if the third Man that year was Steve Kinser or not. It may have been Jimmy Sills, it's been so long, and there's been so many talented American drivers come out over the year's, racing Sprintcars, Midgets and Super Sedans (not really late models but all 360 cubes) racing things like Chevy Stingrays, T-Birds, things like that. But not nowadays, everyone racing an out of the box "Late Models", the only way to tell them apart is by number or sponsor, and that's a damn shame!!

@extramile150 2 жыл бұрын

Wolfgang had a small block in for this race.

@Slinger43 Жыл бұрын

That explains his getting stomped on the straightaway's 👍

@rcdoggie24 8 жыл бұрын

looks cold

@tonykewley5538 Жыл бұрын

Can't help but wonder how much the flagman can see with his back turned to most of the track

@doylestownstew 9 жыл бұрын

Opening Day 1985, perhaps?

@larrydanhauer725 3 ай бұрын

Odessa Mo kauffman and wolfgang run side bt side the cushion was 12 in high when they entered neither lifeted or beltched flames all others did

@rustyangel3631 2 жыл бұрын

@7:54 :)

@Slinger43 Жыл бұрын

There are only two reason's to race my friend, that is one of them! 😉

@dougsmith9099 3 жыл бұрын

I don't think Wolfgang had a big block you could see the headers on the caution lap,when Hamilton had 2 cars one of them was a big block and Lynn paxton drove it

@EricGarrison5555 9 жыл бұрын

I'm certain I was in the stands this day...

@healthyone100 8 жыл бұрын

never been to port royal, i'm from upstate n.y modified country but i love the sprinters been to williams grove, will get to port royal!

@nebulaquinn Жыл бұрын

@@healthyone100 my favorite track in NY is Woodhull. We've had reserved seats for years. Billy Vanpelt can't be beat. The only driver that could beat him and give him a race was Lyle Sherwood and he's sadly no longer with us.

@healthyone100 Жыл бұрын

@@nebulaquinn i grew up there in Fonda N.Y, so i've been going there since the late 50's Stewart Friesen is the king here just a great driver all over his wife jessica (Zemken) is also very good , been to many tracks across the state but never at Woodhull were about is that!

@jamiecrawford8133 3 ай бұрын

@@nebulaquinn I remember when Stock Car Racing had an article calling Woodhull the best track in the country. Would like to get there. Fonda too

@MrKyleb21 9 жыл бұрын

Cool video...great race...just not big blocks.

@jstrawse 8 жыл бұрын

+MrKyleb21 Kauffman's 77 car was a 467 big block my friend

@jstrawse 7 жыл бұрын

Port still ran big motors until 1987 that's why they dropped out of the Pabst point series for 86. They gave in to Hamalton, Weikert, Morral, Dyer and a few other Big Car owners, that wanted to use the 430s and 467 motors they already had . in fact Nace and Wolfe left port after the 85 season over the deal .

@russellcurrie6099 3 жыл бұрын

@@jstrawse I wish that the Super Sprint car division would return to big blocks, it might just save the car owners some money. The cost of a current day 410 cubic inch engine is ridiculous.