Classic Videos from Atlanta Div II 1992 SS STK COMP enjoy!
 

With the passing of another racing legend, Woodro Josey, I thought I would throw up a video of him on track.
Then I decided to just do all my films, from 1 event from 1992, the Atlanta Divisional race. That race brought back a ton of good memories, and may be one reason why I started racing Super Stock L

Its like the great announcer Freddie Cain from Atlanta said, "if I ever get to be a zillionaire, I am gonna get two Chevy II 's, nine Bridges motors, and a hot line to Jerico!" Freddie is a member here, and I hope he is doing well. I would recommend him for any private non sanctioned special class race. I am unsure why he never got a shot at National event calling, but he is as good as any of the good guys. I love his Super Stock calling captured here.

I think this race was very special and maybe one of the best events I ever attended. In hindsight, its a look at pre internet, pre junior gunslingers, pre LS cars, pre blown cars, pre radial, pre automatic HP, etc... Remember when stockers were actually slow? Then came Keener and Arnold Greene!
Back before the motor home arms races, they ran this event before Gainesville. Many snowbirds were on the way to FLA, and dropped in before what was the east coast US Nationals. Now look at the event... the Gators has never been the same since who knows when? Well back in 1992, you had to be at both, to enjoy the party. The Commerce Ga. event was what I expected to find down south, awesome gearheads, country boys, and an announcer that sounded southern! I think Freddie is possibly the best ever to handle a mic!

So many of these guys have passed, so lets celebrate and remember all the guys we looked up to. I think the film I took here is priceless, and might give everyone a clue as to why racing has gone off to something very different. Better now? You decide. Lots of lockdown entertainment here!

The idea I had back then was simple, get a great camcorder (a 1100$ S-VHS Panasonic) and pay for it by selling tapes, and in the process, meet people, and have fun. It was a valuable experience to break into racing a class car, by watching and getting help from some good people. These tapes were a bunch of work, and they still have quality. You have no idea how hard it is to hold a camera on your shoulder for 45 minutes to an hour straight, and catch everything. These films are unedited, and have no post editing, they were made to go right into copy mode, and 2 hours is the tape limit on VHS. So these films were copied to my DVD recorder, then split in half, and uploaded in 15 minute sections. Sorry they aren't all continuous, and you can either just start at my channel top page, and click on the film section you want, or pick them up in sequence this way.

Also, if you reply to this post, do it with no quotes, as it repeats the links I posted and clogs up the board bad. Just reply or comment in the simple form. Its the "post reply" button, not the quote button. Thanks!

My channel top page name is donsof
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7I...rukDY5g/videos

stock order 1-8 15 minute videos split to make 2 hours total
section 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP-VZpsAvHc

section 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC4uGVM95Jw

section 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQXVZN_IIMw

section 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdWNP78_PCM

section 5 start round 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=628F...ature=youtu.be

section 6 rounds 1-2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oku...ature=youtu.be

section 7 stock late rounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMjv...ature=youtu.be

section 8 stock late rounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMtL...ature=youtu.be


Comp sections 1-4
section 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUbxBR6u_Kc

section 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01zrEjTj1LI

section 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaFfGW2EcdE

section 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3NvdrS3yTs&t=348s

Super stock is all loaded below

section 1 Super Stock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKU9...ature=youtu.be

section 2 Super Stock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3pE...ature=youtu.be

section 3 Super Stock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI67...ature=youtu.be

section 4 Super Stock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvnT...ature=youtu.be

section 5 Super Stock Round 1 continued
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO_X...ature=youtu.be

section 6 Super Stock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6U5...ature=youtu.be

section 7 Super Stock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeEt...ature=youtu.be

section 8 Super Stock Late rounds with Stock and Comp final
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yLs...ature=youtu.be

Thats all

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Again,

IF.... you reply to this post, do it with NO quotes, as it repeats the links I posted and clogs up the board bad. I see people do this on some of the photo threads, and its not needed. This thread is slow to load as it is.

Just reply or comment in the simple form. Its the "post reply" button, not the quote button.
Happy Turkey Day, I am watching racing and maybe some football later.

Thanks and enjoy!

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Thanks for the videos Don - Happy Thanksgiving!

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Enjoyed the videos. Sadly, Freddie Cain passed away a few months ago after a long bout with cancer. He was a great announcer and related well with the stock/super stock classes. Freddie and his partner Ronnie Redd ran some very good running 283 cars back in the day.

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Sorry to hear Freddie is gone. RIP

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Thanks for hard work on the videos.

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Awesome videos Don thanks




Jerry
Retired 3490 3492 STK SS SST

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These are bleeping awesome! Thank you so much for posting!

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Thanks for the videos. I got to see myself as a skinny 14 year old again.

One odd thing that happened at this race and it’s on video in SS. Mike Thomas in GT/C lost the rear window at 1,000 ft in his Beretta. I guess Berettas were not designed to run 140 mph, lol. I remember witnessing it live almost 30 years ago.

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Chris,
I never even saw that part, and there are a few other things you will notice after several watches. I also thought Westcott had possession of that Beretta by then, but it must have been shortly after that. That car tore up Div 3 for several years, with CW winning the division one year.

Also its funny how all those SS quadrajet racers, cracked the throttle 5 times before staging! F.I. makes that a thing of the past right? Wally Clark was the king of whacking the throttle for years.

I was really impressed with the Larry Kopp B/SR, but was horrified to see that crash. I never heard if it affected the now late Larry Kopp, and how long it took to recover from what looked like a direct hit to the guardrail. I thought the car went over the rail, and down the embankment, but the main section seems to have stayed on track.

I wonder where that SS/K Chevy II, that Rick Young was driving ended up at? Seems like 4th gear only connected 1 of 4-5 times? Anyone know if the Tax Group guys still race? That car looked and sounded cool. Its possibly the old Wilcox ADCO car? I know Ronnie Smith drove it at Indy in 1990 I think.

Can you name all the guys, on this film, that have passed?
We already know Woodro, Bullet Bob, Larry Kopp, Freddie Cain, have left us.
Notice the late Mark Yamarino driving the original ex Checkmate modified car in SS/FM.
Oh yeah Charlie Taylor passed as well I think?

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Great videos! Super nice to add the current technology and airplay it on the flat screen tv.

What I want to know is when you will post the “Bill Sprague” interview?

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:):)Great job on the videos. I love Stock and Super/Stock racing. So these are perfect for me. Love it.

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Jim, has clutch technology increased dramatically since these videos?

I was surprised how poorly most all the stick cars (S &SS) left the starting line. Most seemed to blow tires off with virtually zero wheel stands.

And frankly, most of the stockers were the same way.

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Awesome job, Don. Thanks! This is sure something to watch during the cold off-season.

Side note: With the close up vids of Kopps' B/SR, looks like you, like myself, are a fan of the old street roadsters! They've always been one of my favorite race cars. Sadly, this one met an untimely crash.

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Awesome videos! Not to often you see cars doing dry hops anymore! Thanks for post them.

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There certainly were good clutches out there, but I would say that many were still running heavier clutches with more pressure then they do now. We ran SSBS with an old Long style pressure plate and a rag disk. If we ran the clutch we run in our stocker now in our old SSBS Camaro, I am sure we would have picked up quite a bit.

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The announcing is great,telling you combo and other info,,,,Winston era was soon over,great upload,Thank You

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Happy Holidays all,
I just added 3 more chunks from the video vault, with some kickin cars of the late 1990s. The 1997 St Louis National Open, the 1997 Topeka Div 5 race, the Indy Div 3 opener, and the Union Grove Div 3 race. I am driving my own SS/L car for the first full year, except for the St Louis Open, where the red Chevy II, is wheeled by ace driver JD. Most are filmed after making a run, and then grabbing the camera to record others. Some of the films are by my great helper / crewman Dave. There are also some runs of class eliminations at the US Nationals in 1997. If you aren't capturing any racing for yourself, its a mistake! I only wish I had an HD camera then.

A link to where the fims are on you tube, user donsof

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7I...t=dd&flow=grid

Also my sorrow to the families of these guys appearing, that have left us: Jeff Stealy, Gary Tompa, and several more. Do mention names if you see someone who has passed.

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Neat videos.....S.S. in particular for me. I was surprised to hear Freddie Cain passed.....pretty sure he lived in McDonough ,Ga.... near me.

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Don, would you or anybody know who now owns that Balck 55 Chev SS'er in your video? Tnx

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Al Provost...

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Kevin
...... on the Black 1955 stick car.
I am 80 percent sure that is # 5065 Wayne Denklau's car?
He recently has been wheeling the 55 Nomad in SS/O, at Indy, and owns a Chevy II post SS/K car.
He is part of the Nebraska stick group, which includes Gene Bichlmeier and more.
Randy Klein would know for sure.
They are some of the most fun loving racers around, but don't post here much.

Also, I have been working on the screen perspective of these videos on the later additions. I lately have been importing into my DVD recorder, with a 4:3 ratio letterbox setting, which ends up with a more natural format, and square perspective. It seems to get stretched when the DVD gets uploaded to youtube. Its a real freak show watching this nerd make the jump on these. Possibly its better to use imovie, and import them? I would need help on that as I am a windows user, and not an imovie expert.

Don

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that was my 55 chevy Larry Schmitt now owns it and runs as a SS/OA

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Here is Larry at Earlville Sept '17. Seems like all the beautiful Shoe Boxes are from Nebraska, Larry and Bicks '55's, Randals '56, and Ron Taylors (rip) '57. Must be a lot of "CRICK BANK FILLER" laying around.

https://i.imgur.com/CTMmRi9.jpg

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Wayne, could you please forward me Mr. Schmitt's contact information. Tnx

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Kevin I talked to Larry and he said to call him at Larrys Speed and Classics 308-383-1758

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Thank you Wayne.:)