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04-24-2009, 11:20 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: MI
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Who's your hometown driver?
The driver closest to my hometown is David Ruetimann about 45 miles away from Clearwater,FL he's from Zephryhills, FL. I've seen David's Uncle Wayne win many sprint car and late model races at tracks all over FL.
My dad raced against David's grandfather, Emil Ruetimann back in the 40's. Emil was killed in a head on collision towing his race car home after a race many years ago.
David is doing all right this year staying in the top 12 and I think he'll get his first win in 09.
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04-24-2009, 07:47 PM
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4-ever a So Cal Gal
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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Robby Gordon, my hometown of Cerritos, CA.
Lived in Yorba Linda, CA for 15 years with DH, home of none other than John Force.
Our autoshop teacher at my high school was NHRA driver Gary Densham.
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04-25-2009, 01:56 PM
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Settlin' in; done cruisin'
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Farmland side of the mountain
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Closest to our Tennessee home is Sterling Marlin and Darrell Waltrip. In FL, it used to be Mark Martin when he claimed Spruce Creek as home. Of course, we all know he now refers to Batesville as home.
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04-25-2009, 03:25 PM
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Moderator
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Central Florida
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Our closest is Front Row Joe Nemechek. He is from Lakeland which is 30 miles south of my hometown.
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04-25-2009, 11:39 PM
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Sarcasm - Just one of the services I offer.
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Lake Norman, NC
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I used to watch Ray Evernham race modifieds on the Jersey Shore when I was younger.
The current local driver from my hometown is Martin Truex, Jr. (I used to watch his elders race as well!)
Now that we live off Lake Norman, we have lots of drivers and racing celeb's in our town.
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04-26-2009, 12:13 AM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Eastern Missouri
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Close enough to be hometown, Fenton, Mo. about 20 minutes from me. Rusty and his brothers, Kenny, and Mike, and of course Kenny Schrader, and then it's Carl Edwards from about 100 miles from me. Yeah, I think Missouri has suplied some great NASCAR drivers! The boys from Joplin and KC too!
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04-27-2009, 12:17 AM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Albuquerque,New Mexico
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The Unser family is from Albuquerque
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04-27-2009, 09:41 AM
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God Bless Our Troops!
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"Santa, I can explain...."
(set 9 days ago)
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Orlando
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Front Row Joe wins by a few miles over David Ruetimann.
Mike Skinner's boys race with Mark Martin's son up in New Smyrna. All are in a around the Daytona Area. Specifically Spruce Creek for Mark Martin.
Greg Sacks is from Altamonte Springs, but he never made it in the Cup series.
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04-28-2009, 12:33 AM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Eastern Missouri
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Quote:
Originally Posted by desert sun
The Unser family is from Albuquerque
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And very nice to speak with too! I bought serveral cars from them about 8 years ago to redo from thier Fathers yard. (Unser & Central, but I think it's gone now?)The thing that I really liked was the Child Developement Center!!! You want ironic? One of the cars I redid was sold to a guy that lives less than 2 miles from the yard!!!! And he had been looking for that type car for over 20 years!!! I told him it had to come to Missouri for the restoration so he could enjoy the drive back home with it.  |
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04-28-2009, 05:05 AM
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Diary of a Mad Black Man
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"Waiting to trade NoVA concrete for KY bluegrass."
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: SW Alexandria City, VA; Ft. Knox, KY in 2010
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My closest driver is Ricky Rudd who grew up about 20 minutes from my hometown of Hampton, VA in Chesapeake, VA.
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