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Member of this message board since 1997

I forgot all about the RacerCity.com website.  I also did that website and it got hacked by someone in Russia and they deleted the whole server.  We didn't have a good backup so we couldn't recover it.  We then built Hoseheadforums.com to replace the Racercity.com forums.

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Have been around since the beginning as well.  My date says 2008 but know I was around from the beginning.  Use to send Allan some race info to add to the site.  Must've had a different login then and had to change it because of forgotten passwords or something? 

Bigdog - Are you the one that used to camp back in the NW corner of the North Campgrounds at Nationals?

Hello, no that wasn't me.

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No problem..... For some reason the name "Bigshow" is ringing a bell. I think maybe Julesracefan may have been with the same group?

I have been lurking on the board just about from the very beginning. What little I have posted has mostly been griping about USAC.

Does anyone remember The Skipper? He stirred up a huge amount of crap, mostly on the Northern California board. Got a lot of people very angry. But then he started sponsoring a car, and I think he threw some money into a few race purses, too. Haven't heard anything about him in ages. 

BigShow is from Sioux Falls. Lasoski fan, Jules and Pong are friends, so I'd guess it was maybe that group.

Me and my brother Eric started the Open Wheel Wizard, back in 1996 or so? it was lots of fun for sure, Eric launched Auto Racing Memories site as well. It was pretty succsessful but Facebook sort of crowded out most racing web sites.  It's nice to see some of these members remember our old site. My brother was also hired by Donny Shatz family, to do his very first web site, back in that same time frame. My wife works for a family business here in Florida, the owner just opened a museum, the "Brumos Collection", open to the public. He has a substantial Porsche collection, as he owned the Brumos race team, and now owns the name. I mention this because he just purchased Kasey Kane and Brad Sweets WoO championship car from last season, he's trying to attract a broader audiance for the museum. He also gave KKR some $ for the race team. So if you are ever near Jacksonville FL, look up the Brumos Collection, you will see A.J. Foyts 1961 Bowes Seal Fast sprinter, the Konstant Hot Watson roadster, several Harrry Miller Indy cars, it's a great collection. I was asked to spread the word about the KKR sprinter, for the museum!

some how my last name got screwed up, it's Guttormson ! 

This is awesome that some of you remember the Open Wheel Wizard forum. Mitch and I had such a blast back in those days. We also had a site called "Open Wheel Directory" which was kinda like the Google for racing websites at the time. 

Check out my Netscape browser.... lol 

I still have a few graphics from back then

And here is the home page image from the Open Wheel Wizard

And finally.... an old image of TJ Slideways wearing a Open Wheel Wizard shirt. 

1996 I think? A lot of good stories over the years.  Internet bench racing long before social media was cool!

Ive been on here since the WoO had their own board, or should I say just after it wa shut down... My username was DollanskyFan1, but I pissed a few people off and got removed so now its 1.1. Not sure when i registered this account, but been here a long while.

The Crowd Pleaser IS THE BEST ever!

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Sure do remember Ref, Hawker, BigRight Rear and a blast from the past WZman.

My old friend from Calif.

Whatever happened to Knobby?

BRR and MSPN sure had some knock down, drag out, pissing matches on here. The good ole days.

And Super Chuck thinks you mean YZman? Rich Wiseman. Cool cat from the land of fruits and nuts (CA). Met him and CarWash Mike (Avilla) at Eagle Raceway back in 2001(?). CarWash was a HUGE Jason Meyers fan and bought everyone in our group one of his shirts. Pretty sure it was Jason's rookie season with the WoO (BRR would say the wobblies).

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I had my first personal computer my freshman year in college around 2000.  Im guessing I've been following since 2000-2004.  

Brandon McLain
United Sprint Car Series Driver
2014 Season
National Rookie of the Year!
National Points - 8th
Southern Points - 3rd
Asphalt Points - 3rd
18 Races, 3 Top 5's, 14 Top 10's

Yeah, 

Good old Rich Wiseman.

Known his since the 80s and we used to sit with him, his buddy Robert and a big old muscled up guy named Jeff at Baylands.

Great fan, had a t-shirt concession with NARC for a while.

I went looking for a post which would've provided the definitive reason why a fellow Hoser and I became such great friends 20 years ago.  But alas I couldn't find it ….. 

Towards the end of 2003, a post appeared with (I think) the heading of “I’m coming to Australia. Can someone pick me up at the airport”.  Some guy calling himself Stubb was the author. I remember immediately warming to this poster.  His sense of humour rivalled that of an Aussie so I wrote a reply to advise that I would be happy to do so, provided you could send details of which city, which airline and when in fact would you be arriving?  

After corresponding with Scott Phillips for some time, he and the lovely Gail did in fact buy their tickets, thanks to a small windfall at the local Moose Club in Findlay. Their destination was Sydney and they would be there in time for the first ever Outlaws Downunder at Parramatta Raceway in January 2004.     

https://us.motorsport.com/woo/news/world-of-outlaws-gears-up-for-down-under-event/1105274/

Important logistical issues such as where do I buy beer, followed by where do we stay and how do we get around were raised in that order. One further one (from me) was “how will I know who you are when you walk out of Customs and into the arrivals hall?”  Stubb helpfully said, “I’ll be wearing a PJ Chesson t-shirt”. Fellow Hoser Andrew S Quinn added, “just look down. You’ll see him!”  At this point the height of this person who was about to invade the colonies became apparent to me.

The big day finally arrived and as with most flights from the US, Stubb and Gail’s United Airlines jumbo was scheduled for a 6.10am touchdown. I made sure that the USAC Lexus (yes it had an USAC decal on the back window) was clean and ready for our visitors. It waited proudly in the parking lot as in fact I did in the Arrivals Hall for an hour or more. Sadly there was no sign of a PJ Chesson t-shirt wearing midget and accompanying wife.  

The Arrivals board showed all arriving flights and it most certainly indicated that UA839 had landed. But where were they? Had they failed to get their visa in order? Was Stubb carrying “foreign items” into Australia and he’d been sprung by Customs? The very worst of many possibilities all jumped into my head. I began asking passengers whether they had flown in on UA839 and every question was met with a no.  I figured that I had been there that long all passengers from the flight had now dispersed.

What to do next??  While thinking about that question it suddenly hit me like a bolt from the blue. I was in the wrong Arrivals Hall. United lands in Terminal 2. I started to run as fast as I could. Dodging trolleys loaded with luggage and hundreds of people scurrying to get somewhere as quickly as I wanted to, I made it to Terminal 2 in world record time.

And there, sitting amongst the cleaners picking up trash from arriving passengers, were two people mournfully sitting on their suitcases wondering no doubt as to why the hell they had ever agreed to be picked up by some random Aussie on a Message Board. I approached them and checked the t-shirt. Yep PJ had arrived. I apologised profusely many times on the walk from the terminal to the USAC Lexus.  At the same time wondering just how I could make amends.

And then I recalled the first question Stubb ever asked me in an e-mail.  Where do you buy beer in Australia?

I now had the answer. He would most definitely be thirsty after the 15 hour flight. I’ll take them to Darling Harbour and an early opener. Referring to a pub of course.  This part of Sydney Harbour is a beautifully refurbished area (for tourists) that used to be the sole domain of wharfies who loaded and unloaded ships 24/7.  Shift workers required pubs that were open when they needed a drink, no matter the time of day.   Just like Stubb ….

We parked outside the Pyrmont Bridge Hotel. I glanced at my watch and saw it was 8.35am. Perfect. The three of us went in the front door, pulled up three stools and sat up at the bar while the bartender poured three schooners of ice cold VB. It was Stubb’s first ever taste of an Australian beer and he immediately fell in love with Victoria Bitter. So much so that his first question to me every year now when we meet up with the tour group at the Kings Royal is “did you bring me some cans of VB?”   

He was as happy as a pig in shit. After the 5th or 6th schooner, we even rang ASQ from the front bar and told him why we were at where we were at.  Gail was happy that Scotty was happy. A beer always creates that feeling huh?

And that’s how a wonderful 20 year friendship began and has continued to endure across 8,000 miles of Pacific Ocean.     

There are a million stories about Stubb in Australia. One day we must tell some more of them ……             
 

Peter Physick 

www.globalspeedwaytours.com.au