yea that's what is amazing. some these guys are big boys sandwiched in so tight. really is. and turnin in instead of away to avoid accident- yea bad ass big time!

What?! No it isn’t. It’s. Comfortable sit spot ur brake slides fwd and throttle on point. U don’t feel ur feet behind u knees at all what are sayin ima driver since minis and in then now.

Can you just imagine how little Rico a brew must feel in one of these? Scary stuff :)

cody siebert do you race minis? If I want to get into sprint car racing should I buy I mini? What do you suggest?

I am 7 and I did

Gotta love The Ditch!

Got his left rear from tri city race track back in the 2000’s

And the thrill to drive one is even better ! Great, great feeling!

Only 900+hp in a 2,000lb car going 100+mph...ON DIRT! Don't know how much more intense you can get

@@randyreynolds8871 120 HP and 300 LB with two less wheels is right up there on the pucker meter too..........

Try 1350lb with fuel and driver onboard. I've personally witnessed dyno numbers closer to the 1000hp mark on a few occasions. Heart stopping methanol drinking fire breathing go-karts, if you will. At this level of racing there have been instances where the top 18 qualifiers in a 24 car field were separated on the time sheets by less than 0.4sec. Grassroots Racing at its Finest! I encourage anyone who cares to share in this experience, to visit your local dirt track one summer evening. You would not be disappointed...

Gr1pEnemy i think it just jumped off that rut and shook the wheel

Sammy is the KING!

Never forget when Sammy broke the record at the mile track at Syracuse, they asked him when did he realize he had a fast lap , his answer was when I looked up on the tower as I was going by . They also put the dirt down at Bristol, the sprint cars turned 3 seconds a lap faster than NASCAR did !

I dont think he ever touched the wall. left front runs over a mound of dirt. lifting the left front off the ground and he just steers left to counter the push that caused in the car.

@@richardcrane9899 I watch the 2001 Bristol race once a week,didn't know they were 3 sec quicker than nascars.Wow.

Absolutely one of the greatest. Although, I lost a lot of respect for him as a person when he pushed his wife to the ground on one of his tirades.

left front is whacked out?

You want it on top.

Lol sry little guy didn't know it was going show under ur name.those cars suicide machines.lol powerrr

That is just how you drive a sprint car. Constant slide corrections. The wheel is not loose.

Looks liek the steering wheel isn't moving when the tire turns though.

I grew up going to Sharon Sppedway. Lou Blaney, Ralph Quarterson, Buddy Cochran. Sorry, showing my age. It’s a great track and I visit every time I come back home.

I dont think he ever touched the wall. left front runs over a mound of dirt. lifting the left front off the ground and he just steers left to counter the push that caused in the car.

I kept waiting for the left front to just fly off, but I guess it has a lot of flex built into the spindle.

Unreal I suppose

Good Pittsburg cromemoly steel

Its to move the top wing to get more traction and help keep the car down on the track

Adjust the angle of attack on the wing

Lise night wase.

Direct drive the drive shaft is bolted to crank no trans there is a in and out box which allows to b in neutral and running but to take off again u got to shut it down and push it again its in the rear diff that's it that's why they got to push start just a magneto no electrical system at all u stop fuel to shut it off

@@jeremyhanna3852 is it a heavy or lightweight steeringwheel feeling? I try to simulate with my direct drive on simracing

@@jeanmarclevy9413 its super light 80% of the time the front wheels ain't on the ground

@@jeremyhanna3852 thanks so i need to modify my settings Help so much!

1:49 or 1:50

I retired from driving in 1996. You must have never run Eldora. With the right set up and track conditions it was a throttle down track when not driving in traffic.

That is just how you drive a sprint car. Constant slide corrections. The wheel is not loose.

Yes it is floppy, the wheels moves when the driver doesn't turn the wheel.

It's not that it's floppy there are a couple of things that are going on that give it that look though. 1. The steering box is usually 6:1 or faster as far as the ratio goes therefor the slightest of movements or slack in the system are seen. 2. Keep in mind the steering gear is located by the driver and it connected by a drag link to the steering arm on the front axle. There is no centrally located rack up front inline with the axle like you do on your street car. So changes in the position of the axle from hitting bumps and such will actually alter the geometry alittle. There other things that can cause it, but those are to two that immediately come to mind.

@jayss10 thanks for the explanation :)

That left front looks like it has a buggered king pin or rod end. They do not normally flop around near that bad.

totally agree!

Gotta keep the wheels loose because of the constant movement of the dirt below. Tight wheels would lock up and cause you to crash or roll over. Loose wheels soften the momentum on the car when you are sliding. Watch something like the Chili Bowl midget racing and you'll see an even smaller track and smaller cars yet massively wobbling wheels as well.

@@Howard.Stern. Are you saying that if you held the steering wheel so it did not move, you could grab the front wheels and move them left to right and there'd be movement in them?

@@sanfranciscobay yup

@@OldGriz708 Do the wheels wobble left and right when going down the straight section or do they track straight?

@@OldGriz708 In wheel alignment, that movement is called "Toe In and Toe Out" correct?

Most likely the wing slider valve. If you lookup DMI Wing valve I bet that's what it is. The other possibility is a fuel shut off valve, but the color leads me to think it's a wing slider valve.

Jay Dubs and Jayss10: The red lever is definitely the hydraulic wing slider valve. Notice he keeps looking up to confirm it's where he wants it. At 0:07 he reaches below the wheel and his left hand stays there until 0:13. You can hear the engine slowly lean out and gain RPMs. That's not his foot on the throttle, he's slowly closing the fuel valve so it doesn't load up on the start. Some drivers do this because it works, his engine really did jump. What blows my mind is I never see him reach back down to open it back up, after he gets going. Apparently he didn't restrict fuel flow more than what ever injector pill he's running.

Sweet. That makes sense yeah. My lifetime goal is to be able to do a lap or two in one of those!!

it ajust the wing so it can move back and forward

If you watch after the checkered flag (3:56) when he pushes the red lever forward, you can see the wing at the top of the screen moving forward. It appears he pushes it all the way forward, and then backs it up just a bit.

You & me both. These are my favorite cars. Super modified & sprint cars. But I love open wheel. Midgets, or whatever. Got have the $$$ to do it though.

61 when this video was shot. He is 63 now and still racing.

Bob wirth famliy, go karts at dousman

Chris Verda cuz hes old school as shit.

Nope..... he still hasn't learned his lesson. In the early 90s, he was at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and was hit by a large dirt claude. It went straight through his face shield, and broke his nose. Still… No rock guard.

Chris Verda Probably for weight

Brett Perigo: Weight my ass. Drivers read a track like a golfer reads a green. Do you see any golfers taking a knee looking threw a shopping cart? What surprises me is Sammy's LOW make-shift tear off post and that he doesn't bend each one back so they pop up like a klenex. Sammy, banana shaped tear-offs aren't that much more expensive.

rayism 24b Your argument makes no sense, what do you mean by the golfer and shopping cart thing?

They have a 2 speed transmission. Basically first gear is enough to get you rolling at caution speed then you shift into second and from there it's just raw power after that. I drove a modified stock car on an asphalt track and the setup is similar.

Sprint cars don't have transmissions just a sliding coupler in the rear end either in gear or out of gear

@@KennyMarkusa in and out Box it's called I been racing sprints my hole life never heard of 1st and 2nd gear

Nope drive shaft bolt directly to crank shaft that's it

As was I back in the 70's back then there were in and out boxes bolted to the back of the engine now it's a coupler in the quickchange. Got beat by a guy on a constant basis by a guy who's in the Sprint Car Hall of Fame

Matt Rossetti Ask Kyle Larson. He’s been doing shitty in NASCAR for the past 2 years but he is an excellent dirt track racer.

@@shilpi326 you are not very good at judging talent. Larson took ganasi farther than anyone else has...

Terry Garvin In 2018, 2019 Larson was not the same driver he was in 2017.

@@shilpi326 Ganasi cars are crap,just ask past championship winner kenseth... Kyle Larson is a Superior talent. I have watched him win on 4 different tracks this year and his skills are unsurpassed. So glad to see him having fun and being able to enjoy family and friends! You can not keep a good man down...

Do you see how slick this track is ?

@@racingman3849 Look up Belleville highbanks on youtube.

@@racingman3849 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qtRdasKbzbGqgKc.html

That's True! Belleville Kansas is the fastest joint I ever ran. Surprisingly not scary at all.

@@raymond3803 did you run top or bottom? Was always fun to watch guys with a taller gear and more motor run the top. Gotta be brave to get up there!

Smoked by who? That 1 car he was racing started on the front row, he started 7th.

And you smoke pole!