Reading a book about the Pine currently and came across this race. Great loss of a great racer and even greater innovator during this race. I worked with a fellow designer who went to tech school with Shampine back in the day and he said he was the smartest in the class. I saw him race mods, supers, and sprinters. He was always smooth and never abused his equipment. RIP Pine.
THANK YOU for posting this! RIP Richie Evans Jimmy Shampine Donnie Pratt ...others... The way it was......and we will NEVER forget you! This is a GREAT tribute to those MODIFIED HEROES that once were.......
My dad was in Jimmy's pit box that night. They were great friends. He was a long time crew member for him even help build the radical offset and the rear engine car.
last memory I have of that 5 car (with sacks driving) was at thompson speedway. Greg "superman" Sacks battling Reggie "kryptonite" reggiero. Towards the end of the race and the 2 of them got together and 1 of them went flipping over the old dirt bank and into the pits. I wanna say it was sacks that flipped but I cant remember.
They are still butthurt over things like that. Here in Maine, Beech Ridge Speedway, a NASCAR-sanctioned track, took the week off the weekend before the Oxford 250, then ran the night before it. That made it really hard for the Beech Ridge guys to turn around and try to run the 250.
Reading a book about the Pine currently and came across this race. Great loss of a great racer and even greater innovator during this race. I worked with a fellow designer who went to tech school with Shampine back in the day and he said he was the smartest in the class. I saw him race mods, supers, and sprinters. He was always smooth and never abused his equipment. RIP Pine.
THANK YOU for posting this!
RIP
Richie Evans
Jimmy Shampine
Donnie Pratt
...others...
The way it was......and we will NEVER forget you! This is a GREAT tribute to those MODIFIED HEROES that once were.......
Rip tommy Druar
That CAR Sacks was driving that year was one of the BEST Built Modified of ALL TIME!!!!
My dad was in Jimmy's pit box that night. They were great friends. He was a long time crew member for him even help build the radical offset and the rear engine car.
well never see racing like this again !
One of the sports true champions.
RIP Shampine.
RIP pine
last memory I have of that 5 car (with sacks driving) was at thompson speedway. Greg "superman" Sacks battling Reggie "kryptonite" reggiero. Towards the end of the race and the 2 of them got together and 1 of them went flipping over the old dirt bank and into the pits. I wanna say it was sacks that flipped but I cant remember.
r.i.p. baldwin druar pratt and shampine.
The mighty mod squad.
5:38 is Jim Shampine’s fatal crash. Just a FYI
I was a little kid at this race and remember my aunt and mum being very upset after this.
Took me years to go back after that night. I grew up a Shampine fan
The reason Evans car and some other are not only tracked right but are wider then the front.
Was Nascar still butthurt about drivers racing these outlaw races at this time?
They are still butthurt over things like that. Here in Maine, Beech Ridge Speedway, a NASCAR-sanctioned track, took the week off the weekend before the Oxford 250, then ran the night before it. That made it really hard for the Beech Ridge guys to turn around and try to run the 250.