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February 03, 2011 at
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Do you remember the time Blundy took his car over the fence at the Mo. state fairgrounds mile track over by the horse barns!!! Early 70's if my memory is correct. Just sittin here in the 20 inch snow blizzard we had tuesday trying to find something to do besides shoveling snow!
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February 03, 2011 at
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Posted By: sedalia28 on February 03 2011 at 10:42:23 AM
Do you remember the time Blundy took his car over the fence at the Mo. state fairgrounds mile track over by the horse barns!!! Early 70's if my memory is correct. Just sittin here in the 20 inch snow blizzard we had tuesday trying to find something to do besides shoveling snow!
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No, I only made it to Sedalia a couple of times.
I was at Webster City when he had the crash that pretty much ended his career though.
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February 03, 2011 at
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Man it was a wild ride but i don't think he was hurt...Scared the crap out of a young punk kid like me...man he could sure wheel a spint car.
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February 03, 2011 at
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Posted By: sedalia28 on February 03 2011 at 10:57:44 AM
Man it was a wild ride but i don't think he was hurt...Scared the crap out of a young punk kid like me...man he could sure wheel a spint car.
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Speaking of wild rides, one of the more "bizarre" incidents I ever saw occured with Greg Weld at Knoxville.
At the time there were some grain bins that stood outside of turn 2. Greg got over the wall and ended up with the front end of his car stuck in the side of the grain bin with the whole car about 3' or so off the ground to my recollection.
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February 03, 2011 at
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I remember the grain bins in turn two and along the back stretch and several cars going over the fence at turn two. Not sure I remember Greg Weld going over, but certainly remember both the Welds and Blundys racing at Knoxville. We moved from Otley area to about 50 miles east in 1958 and only attended races a few times a year after that.
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February 05, 2011 at
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Posted By: sedalia28 on February 03 2011 at 10:42:23 AM
Do you remember the time Blundy took his car over the fence at the Mo. state fairgrounds mile track over by the horse barns!!! Early 70's if my memory is correct. Just sittin here in the 20 inch snow blizzard we had tuesday trying to find something to do besides shoveling snow!
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It was a Blundy that went out of the mile at Sedalia but it was Cliff in the blue 33 not Jerry.
Curt Grogan
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February 06, 2011 at
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You may get a kick out of this photo. From '68. Jerry Blundy outside of Ray Lee Goodwin at Sedalia, MO. This would have still been the mile track,( I think).
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February 06, 2011 at
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Posted By: barryc on February 06 2011 at 12:52:48 PM
You may get a kick out of this photo. From '68. Jerry Blundy outside of Ray Lee Goodwin at Sedalia, MO. This would have still been the mile track,( I think).
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If it wasn't for the obvious safety concerns, it was great to be able to see these guys sitting upright in the cars, "elbows up".
Thanks for the great photo.
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June 09, 2011 at
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Posted By: CG5KC on February 05 2011 at 10:28:53 PM
It was a Blundy that went out of the mile at Sedalia but it was Cliff in the blue 33 not Jerry.
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Hi Boys
Cliffs daughter here, and yes it was my Dad in Sedalia. He blew a tire on the backstretch. There was actually a cop in the parking lot that tried to write him tickets for hitting the parked cars. The cop was told to give the ticket to the fair board. Dad actually cleared the chainlink and bounced over the snow fence. Slow motion in my mind, I see about 3 and a half high bounces, with rotations during the bounces. He was in shock sitting under the tree he hit. Grandpa's mechanic Hugh ran and was looking under the rubble for him, and he kept saying Hugh's name and he thought he was stuck under the car. The track wouldnt let Mom and I cross the track, and it was a hot afternoon and a long way to be drug around the outside of that track. He refused treatment, and it was a very long ride home, we stopped to eat at an all nite diner and they didnt want to serve him because they thought he was drunk.
There was also a bad one at 34 in Burlington where both went to the hospital in separate ambulances. I remember standing in the hall with Mom and Grandma wondering which room to enter first.
When I was very very small, Grandpa was in a hospital bed in the living room with both arms and one leg casted.
Used to have a Bell cracked like an egg in the basement, not sure where it got to.
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June 09, 2011 at
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Blundy Girl.
So good to see your response!
Your Grandpa will always be my hero, even if I live to be 100. He was, and I'm sure still is, an outstanding man.
I also really enjoyed watching your Dad race, although I certainly didn't get to see him do so for as long as I would have liked.
Many thanks to both of them for all the great memories. (I also have very fond memories of your Grandmother, who sent me some letters and post cards over the years.)
The Blundy's were/are all great people. God bless you all.
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June 10, 2011 at
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I remember seeing Jerry blow a motor at LaSalle coming off turn 4 and steering the car into the infield.Oh did i mention the car was on fire don't know how he climbed out but he was sitting on the glance bar...Steered it right to a saftey worker!!!
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