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Name: LLOYD'RED'MULLICAN
From: Cottonwood, Calif.
E-mail: lloydmullican@yahoo.com 		Thanks for this Web Site.It's great
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Name: STEPHEN CROOK
From: Fernley nev.
 When I was a young boy my dad charlie crook ran in the jalopys at west capital, Roseville, and Auburn. He ran from 1953 to 1963 and drove car number 12 most of the time. I still remember most all the names of the drivers. These were good times. Thank you for the site and the memories. Dad past in 84 .But my boys and I are still racing.
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Name: Brian Mincks
From: SacramenTo
E-mail: bminckssr@yahoo.com 		I love this site ,These pictures !
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Name: Robert Loney
From: sacramento ca
E-mail: robco@att.net 		Wow, how exciting to find a site about West Capitol Raceway!
I used to go nearly every weekend in the seventies and was very sad when it closed down. It's great to see that there are others who have great memories of those races. My favorite was Wayne Sue, I alway thought that when I grow up I want to be like him.
Thank you
Robert Loney
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Name: Craven Morehead
From: Grass Valley C.A. 95945
E-mail: half-eaten@hotmail.com 		I was just a 2 yearrs old when West Capital ran it's last race so I don't remeber alot about it but the stories I've herd from the older drivers and crew are amazing. Most my heros have raced there at one point in there journey. My dad used to tell me crazy stories of him and Ernie Pursell who had a speedway named in his honor here in Grass Valley that ran it's last race in 97. Thanks for all the great stories and if it aint dirt it aint racing.
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Name: trudy miller
From: cool,ca.
E-mail: johnntrudy@live.com 		this was the best track around !!!!!
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Name: Allan Edworthy
From: Sydney, Australia
E-mail: aedworthy@bigpond.com 		I forgot to mention, Sherman Cleveland's one and only tour of Australia was during the 1965-66 summer season. His touring partner was legendary USAC veteran Bob Tattersall.
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Name: Allan Edworthy
From: Sydney Australia
E-mail: aedworthy@bigpond.com 		Mel and Lee Baker were great friends of my wife and I. They stayed at our house on several trips to Australia in the late '70s and early '80s. I visited West Capital on one of my Stateside soujourns back in 1976, staying with the Bakers. I saw many of the drivers in your Hall of Fame race in Australia, including Mel who snuck in the odd steer here and there. Others who raced downunder were his brother Wally of course, Larry Burton, Wayne Sue, Johnny & Billy Anderson and the incredible Gary Patterson in both midgets and modifieds. Leroy Van Connett raced only in Adelaide, South Australia but I saw him kick ass big time in 1984 at Calistoga…smooth as silk. 'Boy Racer' Buckwheat Jimmy Sills was a popular regular in Oz for years (he told the best jokes) while Gene Welch was a huge drawcard in the hardtops for many seasons. There was also Mike Wasina and Mike Andreetta. Sacremento's Hank Butcher was also a regular in midgets. Although I'm sure Gary Koster never visited, the Offy midget bought to Australia by Sherman 'The Shy One' Cleveland had Koster's name on the side (a George Davis car perhaps?) and I'm 99% sure it was returned to the US. I was chief announcer at the spiritual home of Australian modified and sprintcar racing, Parramatta Raceway (clay) in Sydney from 1977 to 1991, and while it was built pretty much after the careers of the above drivers, Sills, Burton and Patterson all raced there.
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Name: John Edward Gilbert
From: Sacramento Ca. 95841
E-mail: asyouwishconst@yahoo.com 		I just stumbeled on to this site. Talk about bringing back some memories! Day's of the Baker bros,Gary Patterson (God Rest His Soul),Jimmey Sills (aka;Buckwheat), Sue, Crocket,Tiner and all the rest of those great guy's. To coin an old phrase,"Thanks for the memories"
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Name: joe patterson
From: penryn, calif.
E-mail: pumpgun1422@directv.net 		born 1926. pit crewed at hughes stadium on mon. nights during the late 40,s. mostly for frank brewer. when he did not show i helped different drivers such as eli vukavich bill cantrell etc. still love open wheel esp. silver crown cars.
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