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03-20-2011, 04:52 PM | #1 |
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Jim Hale
I thought Jim was calling it quits last year? I'm glad he didn't, looks like he is doing a good job and having fun this weekend!
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03-20-2011, 07:18 PM | #2 |
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Re: Jim Hale
2 more events he has told me, he will come to Mopars at the Strip event and Houston National event and call it quits in NHRA competition but he told me he wants to run some nostalgia events and start having fun again.
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03-20-2011, 09:45 PM | #3 |
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Re: Jim Hale
Jim was racing when I began trying to get serious about it back in 1964. He was always ready to answer my questions, and offering suggestions or advice if he noticed me doing something wrong. Always had a bad-azzed Hemi. Jim is a really good guy. If you haven't met him, I would suggest stopping by to meet him before he calls it quits. Very nice man!
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03-21-2011, 02:53 AM | #4 |
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Re: Jim Hale
Ask him if he has ever raced on 2 airports in Arkansas? That is before real dragstrips!! :~)
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03-21-2011, 07:28 AM | #5 |
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Re: Jim Hale
Adger, He raced on one in Tulsa also. With a flagman. Used to see Jim at Razerback, in Ft Smith most often.
I raced at Carlisle, where was the other Arkansas air port track? I may have raced on that one too.
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03-21-2011, 08:56 AM | #6 |
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Re: Jim Hale
Hope Ar, airport.
That is where I made my first pass in a Ford that belonged to one of my buddies mom.
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03-21-2011, 08:57 AM | #7 |
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Re: Jim Hale
Take your pick: Carlisle, Stuttgart, Hope, Newport were (are) all airports. The track at Little Rock was purpose built to be both a race track and an airport.
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03-22-2011, 02:05 AM | #8 |
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Re: Jim Hale
had the pleasure of bench racing with Jim at a Minnesota show 5-6 years ago. Real pleasure to meet a Mopar racing legend , a real gentleman.
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