"Good Ol' Charlie Brown" Video 1993

Bret Kepner · 03-17-2011, 08:51 PM

Dick Miles is truly one of the most wonderful men I've ever met...in drag racing or anywhere else.

danny waters sr · 03-17-2011, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Bret Kepner

Dick Miles is truly one of the most wonderful men I've ever met...in drag racing or anywhere else.

x 2 , I agree 100%

MattConte · 03-21-2011, 11:55 AM

Personally I was very sad to see this track go the way of the big corporate NHRA way and it loose it's IHRA Event. It was there that day that I fell in love with IHRA. It was also so sad to see the old tower fall. There was a pictorial of the demolition of the tower in one of the Drag mags of the day. I think Super Stock & DI. I guess that doing that and turning it into an NHRA MEGA TRACK is better then the other alternative Burton Smith was thinking about doing. Now as we speak, Smith and his Speedway Motorsports, Inc are in the process of killing the uniqueness of Phoenix International Raceway and turn it into another one of his cookie cutter tracks.

To me, that day was the perfect drag race.
I also miss the coverage that you, Bret and your team did on ESPN. By the following year I was back here in Phoenix and I taped the coverage of the 94 event you guys did on ESPN. I still have it and watch it. I need to get it transferred onto DVD. That was one of the best sportsman coverage I ever saw on TV. So glad I got it on tape. You guys were PRO with it. You did that piece on Racing Radios making it to the sportsman ranks. Also the thing on all of the drivers getting radial keratotomy for better reaction times.

Back then my buddy that I went to that race with use to say to me. "THESE, are the Good 'Ol Days". And I would reply, "The 90's, are you crazy. I would kill for it to be like the late 70's again." Wow, he was right. 1993 was the "Good 'Ol Days"
Again thanks Wayne for the vid. And thanks Bret for your inside stories. Wayne, you got anymore videos from that weekend?

Bret Kepner · 03-22-2011, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by MattConte

Also the thing on all of the drivers getting radial keratotomy for better reaction times.

I hadn't thought about that feature in years! Since Ed O'Reilly and I kept the stats, I noticed several drivers, (Doug Kirk and Carlton Phillips come to mind...possibly Mauney, too), had significantly better RTs that season and it occurred to me both had the procedure. I questioned them about it, (on camera), and all were very reluctant to talk about it until they realized I figured it out. Eventually, they "came clean" on the subject.

Thanks for the kind words, Matt and remember THESE are the "good old days".

MEMORIES · 03-23-2011, 01:22 PM

Matt, I have more footage from that race but that was the only super stock run I video taped. BTW, you did an awesome job on the model of my race car.

Thanks, Wayne.

Back then my buddy that I went to that race with use to say to me. "THESE, are the Good 'Ol Days". And I would reply, "The 90's, are you crazy. I would kill for it to be like the late 70's again." Wow, he was right. 1993 was the "Good 'Ol Days"
Again thanks Wayne for the vid. And thanks Bret for your inside stories. Wayne, you got anymore videos from that weekend?[/QUOTE]

MattConte · 03-23-2011, 09:30 PM

Thanks Wayne. I was glad to do it for you. I just thought that your Chevelle was just a great example of a 70s drag car. I was thinking of building the model anyways, but when you wanted it. I really thought that is was cool that it ended up on your mantle in Ga.

By the looks of that video. I was sitting pretty much in the same section your were.

Anne Flynt · 03-28-2011, 06:32 PM

Dick Miles is truly one of the most wonderful men I've ever met...in drag racing or anywhere else.

I have to agree!!!

03-17-2011, 08:51 PM	#1
Bret Kepner Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Posts: 418 Likes: 1 Liked 11 Times in 2 Posts	Re: "Good Ol' Charlie Brown" Video 1993 Dick Miles is truly one of the most wonderful men I've ever met...in drag racing or anywhere else. __________________ Bret Kepner BRETKEPNER@Prodigy.net Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

03-21-2011, 11:55 AM	#3
MattConte Junior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Phoenix, Az. Posts: 71 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: "Good Ol' Charlie Brown" Video 1993 Personally I was very sad to see this track go the way of the big corporate NHRA way and it loose it's IHRA Event. It was there that day that I fell in love with IHRA. It was also so sad to see the old tower fall. There was a pictorial of the demolition of the tower in one of the Drag mags of the day. I think Super Stock & DI. I guess that doing that and turning it into an NHRA MEGA TRACK is better then the other alternative Burton Smith was thinking about doing. Now as we speak, Smith and his Speedway Motorsports, Inc are in the process of killing the uniqueness of Phoenix International Raceway and turn it into another one of his cookie cutter tracks. To me, that day was the perfect drag race. I also miss the coverage that you, Bret and your team did on ESPN. By the following year I was back here in Phoenix and I taped the coverage of the 94 event you guys did on ESPN. I still have it and watch it. I need to get it transferred onto DVD. That was one of the best sportsman coverage I ever saw on TV. So glad I got it on tape. You guys were PRO with it. You did that piece on Racing Radios making it to the sportsman ranks. Also the thing on all of the drivers getting radial keratotomy for better reaction times. Back then my buddy that I went to that race with use to say to me. "THESE, are the Good 'Ol Days". And I would reply, "The 90's, are you crazy. I would kill for it to be like the late 70's again." Wow, he was right. 1993 was the "Good 'Ol Days" Again thanks Wayne for the vid. And thanks Bret for your inside stories. Wayne, you got anymore videos from that weekend?

03-23-2011, 01:22 PM	#5
MEMORIES Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 298 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: "Good Ol' Charlie Brown" Video 1993 Matt, I have more footage from that race but that was the only super stock run I video taped. BTW, you did an awesome job on the model of my race car. Thanks, Wayne. Back then my buddy that I went to that race with use to say to me. "THESE, are the Good 'Ol Days". And I would reply, "The 90's, are you crazy. I would kill for it to be like the late 70's again." Wow, he was right. 1993 was the "Good 'Ol Days" Again thanks Wayne for the vid. And thanks Bret for your inside stories. Wayne, you got anymore videos from that weekend?[/QUOTE]

03-23-2011, 09:30 PM	#6
MattConte Junior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Phoenix, Az. Posts: 71 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: "Good Ol' Charlie Brown" Video 1993 Thanks Wayne. I was glad to do it for you. I just thought that your Chevelle was just a great example of a 70s drag car. I was thinking of building the model anyways, but when you wanted it. I really thought that is was cool that it ended up on your mantle in Ga. By the looks of that video. I was sitting pretty much in the same section your were.

03-28-2011, 06:32 PM	#7
Anne Flynt Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 21 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: "Good Ol' Charlie Brown" Video 1993 Dick Miles is truly one of the most wonderful men I've ever met...in drag racing or anywhere else. I have to agree!!!