those where the days !! we use to run our yellow torino there ,, very few fords raced but we could pull out top 3 and a few wins ,,
the place was packed and these cars put on a triller show,,
so many entries that haulers weren't allowed in pits .count the camero ratio .
I love these older pictures - - if you have more the history projects we're working on is greatly lacking in big Enduro pictures.
The conversation about the old "Super Enduro" come up from time to time. I'm aware of it, in large part because it was the first race I ever saw - - that and the Vintage Modifieds are the first races I remember seeing, probably around 1992 by my guess.
So let’s have a conversation about the Super Enduro.
Aside from lower safety specs, what (in your opinion) allowed that series to grow to that size? This board has discussed at length potential reasons why the series is not currently at that big, but I am more interested in hearing how this series was built up and grown to that size as surely it was not that big on day one.
- John Houghton
Big reason they flourished John is that you could go to Corey's or Chant's etal on Monday and have a car you could race on Friday or Saturday. The yards were full of cars you could use for these Enduros as well as plenty of private sellers having them for cheap. You could pick up a car for a couple hundred bucks and have it stripped out and ready to run in a couple days. Most guys I know that ran this back then didn't even have a gargage or a trailer. They would use a tow bar. I even saw some guys race with the tow bar still on the car LOL. These days neighbours complain about cars in your drive way. Cops will hassle you if you use a home made tow bar etc, etc. The cars these days have a lot of people scared to start ripping with airbags and electronics. The old cars you could rip everthing out electrical wise and run a simple system. Also safety wise is a big issue. Most people don't have the ability to install a roll cage. Back then speeds rarely got fast enough to do any damage and most cars didn't have a cage in them as I recall and most still used the bench seat and standard seat belts. The rules were pretty basic. Bolt the doors shut, take out all the glass except the windshield, put the gas tank in the trunk, go racing. If your car didn't last then it just went back to the wreckers you bought it from. Now with the way new cars are and the speeds the full cage is needed. Back then a guy could get a car and race on a whim. Now not so much. I don't have any suggestions how you could fix this. Maybe if you had an Enduro garage out back where guys could leave and work on their cars that might help. Back then you could be race ready in most cases for $500.
Hal Hein won the first ever Endro at Delaware. I believe it was 1980. Dave Alexander won the 2nd one the following spring in the same car that Hal had driven. It was a 318 Dodge owned by Ken Snazel. The car count was somewere around 180 in the early races. Each car brought several people with them, you unloaded outside and drove the car into the pits. They were a big money maker for the track. Tony Novotny and Al Blight from Barrie Speedway took credit for starting the class. Most tracks started having them shortly afterwards (Barrie, Varney, St. Eustache to name a few). The cars weren't near as fast the first couple of years as they are now.
It was a blast!
falmboro use to have a labour day race that paid 10 grand to win.. it was 100 bucks to enter your car.. thre race everage 90 - 100 cars. i think around 1983 our car got 4500 bucks for finishing 2nd... the winner was DQ d for having ported heads.. talk about a 10 grand mistake for cheating.. ???