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The lake was a big enough zoo for me, I'll be staying away from Speedway.
Is the water up down there. I here Raccoon is really up.
We remember you.
My first 500 was 1977. Got a bunch of autographs including Janet Guthrie. AJ won.
AJ was based out of the Speedway year round. Several teams used to be. Pretty stellar guy off the race track.
I remember spending an entire rainy qualification day in my parent's '66 Impala.
I had a girl ..... the windows were steamed-over ...... I praised the rain !
Back then, as a kid fan, you could get a lot of one on one time with the drivers. I became a huge AJ fan. Someone took me all around the garages; I believe it was Gordon Johncock but I’d have to dig out the autographs to remember.
Granted, in 1977 I was 8, but I remember those couple days in May very well.
Idiots at the ramp. Man we could share some stories on that topic.
Thats what has been lost at that race.
It’s Memorial Day, so I’d like to call out a couple of family members that we are keeping in our thoughts this weekend. The first is our Uncle Bill. His real name is Joseph G Smith but his family called him Bill for reasons that no one can remember. He served with the 47th Inf/9th Div in Europe during the Second World War. He was seriously wounded during the battles around the Hurtgen Forest in the fall of 1944 but made his way back to his unit to continue to serve. He was KIA in the battles around the Remagen Bridge on the 18th of March 1945.
The second family member that gave all is 1st Lt Anthony Piscitelli. Anthony was a P38 pilot with the 343rd Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group that flew out of Nuthumpstead England. On April 10th, his group was conducting the first P38 ‘Droop Snoot’ mission to bomb a French airfield called Coulemeirs near Moroux. After the P38s bombed the field, The squadron did a deep spiral down to strafe the airfield. Tony was in the lead flight and his aircraft was hit midway across the field. He continued the strafing run at zero altitude, still firing but nosed in at the far end of the airfield. The airfield still has bombing marks on the old concrete runways from the war and is still in use as a light aircraft/glider field.
The second family member that gave all is 1st Lt Anthony Piscitelli. Anthony was a P38 pilot with the 343rd Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group that flew out of Nuthumpstead England. On April 10th, his group was conducting the first P38 ‘Droop Snoot’ mission to bomb a French airfield called Coulemeirs near Moroux. After the P38s bombed the field, The squadron did a deep spiral down to strafe the airfield. Tony was in the lead flight and his aircraft was hit midway across the field. He continued the strafing run at zero altitude, still firing but nosed in at the far end of the airfield. The airfield still has bombing marks on the old concrete runways from the war and is still in use as a light aircraft/glider field.
It’s Memorial Day, so I’d like to call out a couple of family members that we are keeping in our thoughts this weekend. The first is our Uncle Bill. His real name is Joseph G Smith but his family called him Bill for reasons that no one can remember. He served with the 47th Inf/9th Div in Europe during the Second World War. He was seriously wounded during the battles around the Hurtgen Forest in the fall of 1944 but made his way back to his unit to continue to serve. He was KIA in the battles around the Remagen Bridge on the 18th of March 1945.
The second family member that gave all is 1st Lt Anthony Piscitelli. Anthony was a P38 pilot with the 343rd Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group that flew out of Nuthumpstead England. On April 10th, his group was conducting the first P38 ‘Droop Snoot’ mission to bomb a French airfield called Coulemeirs near Moroux. After the P38s bombed the field, The squadron did a deep spiral down to strafe the airfield. Tony was in the lead flight and his aircraft was hit midway across the field. He continued the strafing run at zero altitude, still firing but nosed in at the far end of the airfield. The airfield still has bombing marks on the old concrete runways from the war and is still in use as a light aircraft/glider field.
Truly brave men.
Very cool family history Tim! 
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