Winged Sprint Car Feature Race - Desoto Speedway 2-8-15
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- The ground-pounding winged sprint cars took to Desoto Speedway's high banks for a blistering 50 lap feature race during the Ice Breaker Weekend on February 8th, 2015.
*I apologize for the couple of lapses during the race, I was experiencing a technical difficulty with my camera and it stopped recording on me. All in all, only about six laps of racing were missed.
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Here after Cleetus🇺🇸
I've watched a lot of sprintcar racing and I had no idea they also race on paved, banked tracks. Its weird. Looks like the same cars but totally different racing.
I did think it odd that this track was called Desoto 'Speedway' when it looked like a mini Nascar track. I just assumed 'speedway' meant something different to here in Australia.
@@natef4240 An oval shaped dirt track where sprint cars race. We don't call them 'winged' sprint cars because all sprint cars have have wings. The smaller non-winged variety are called Formula 500. We also have motor bikes (with and without sidecars) and stock cars. All of which race only at (dirt) 'speedways'.
The most striking thing about seeing sprint cars on a paved track is how clean and shiny they are!
In queensland Australia we have no pavement sprintcar tracks anymore that im aware of we have the traditional 410 winged cars he also have a 360 version our non winged spintcars have to run a smaller engine i believe a v6 but dont quote me and a few tracks are trying to run a bigger engine but not many have allowed the class that im aware. Then we have the normal midgets compact speedcars lighting sprints micro sprints formula 500s
@@rickyhorsburgh6581 Yes wingless do run V6 motors, based on a Buick platform ( ie. similar to the engines found in a lot of Commodores).
Ive never seen a sprint car on asphalt, is this just an East Coast thing??
I'm here for the 12sec cars haha
me too 😁
Lol first video after watching his haha
Same here😂😂
Hahahahaha same
Me as well.
Hold up is that the gosh darn Freedom Factory?
Yup, the ole Desoto Speedway used to run winged sprints
no
Hell yeah brother!!! Sure is
@@jeepwrangled79 actually, yes...
@texaswildcat2000 wow!!! You got the joke!!! Congratulations, you get 3 Vbucks!
Cleetus has somehow revived old De Soto races, pretty cool actually!
Stumbled here Post Freedom Factory Acquisition. Late to the game, but Impressive driving here. Great to watch!
Mind blown. Have watched these things for 40yrs on dirt in Australia! Where's the sideways? Haha. Cleetus has his work cut out for him!
Shaun Dunford, I agree totally, sprint cars belong on dirt! 😁👍🏻
Did you ever come here to Knoxville Iowa then??there's plenty of Ausies that come here to race and for the nationals
@@deannederhoff no, is on the bucket list, as much as I hate that phrase! Haha
Dean Nederhoff *auzzie
@@kennethpuddey8332 Aussie, actually. 👍
I really miss that track. Used to go every weekend for about 15 years. This brings back very fond memories.
Cletus McFarland bought it, its gonna be back to its glory soon!
@@darkscrotus3614 I was going to say this lol
This year is your lucky year, hell yeah BROTHER!
This is some excellent filming. Better than most of the stuff NASCAR puts on the TV.
Thank you Aaron, glad you enjoyed it!
Marcd speewya 1000000000000
Yes Florida Racing Connection always delivers great video! Hes the reason i started!
Yeah can't watch CRASHCAR racing!! What a boring finish for today's race!!
That's awesome exciting. Love winged sprint cars. Been watching them since the mid 60's, West Capitol Raceway, Sacramento, long gone iconic track. I raced winged midgets for 6 years myself. I have seen many dozens of spectacular crashes, been in a few.
This track is a great example of safety 3rd. Those cars could top or go through that "catch" fence easily. That rusty and short fence couldn't catch a sedated butterfly. Sprint cars are comparatively light races cars but you still wouldn't want one to fall in your lap at any speed. Wheels and parts either. And the guy with the "hold your line" flag is in about the worst place he could be for the drivers to see him and for his own safety also. Don't know who carries the insurance at this track, but that was all insane.
I'm getting recommendations about desoto speedway left and right. lol
RIP David Steele Two years later he died at this track.
MR SK1LLFUL Someone died there?!
Is that why they abandoned it?
Anthony Well there were no races after he died.
The wreck video I saw looks so tame too, what a shame😕
@@anthnylder8136 no the owner of the track also died in 2017 so it was left.
This is another great piece, Matt...You have a great knack for capturing the feel of the event...Man, these guys are wild men!
RIP Mr. Steele
Bet Florida man fills this place!!! HELL YEAH BROTHER!!!
That opening to the pit area is a little more scary now.
They have enough fuel for 50 laps? Are these 410's?
If Desoto Speedway was putting this on UA-cam they'd probably had a lot more fans participation
It the fing freedom factory in its hayday
Cool video wish we had some asphalt tracks in Australia, would be so much fun. The red #15 looks awesome, personally i wouldn't bring a gambler style chassis for safety reasons but they are a great car to work with. Do these guys run raised rail chassis? I've never really looked into them too much although i can see some of them are running panard rods instead of jacobs ladders. I'd have a blast on that track! Just let me hot lap I'll be out all day, you will have to turn the lights off to get me to stop! :)
Marcd speewya 100000000000090009900986433232
Their pretty fast.
no
These have to come back to the freedom factory!! Do it for dale brotherrrrrrrrrr!!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸
Cleetus needs to get racing back at the track the noise is just freedom
I think that lead car was doing 11sec laps.
this is what cleeter needs
i was there that night but i didnt make the A main
So what size engines did these cars have?
i clicked on this video not realizing that this was now the freedom factory hell yeah brother cant wait to see what the future hold for this place looks like it used to be a sweet race track
Awesome video cleats
Hell yeah brother!
Hell yeah brother!!!!!!!!🇺🇸🦅
Cleetus has got to get some of these guys to do a demo race at FF. They look awesome.
Nah just bring them back for more sprint car racing. Well, except for David Steele (the guy that won this race). He died at the track in 2017
@@alexdodge2515 The UA-cam guy that bought this track should really put sprint cars back on it or know the history if doesn’t already.
RIP Dave Steele
@@StephenThomas2 Yeah I'm sure Cleetus is working on getting actual racing at the track as soon as he can. First he's gotta get the bleachers fixed up which will take the rest of the year. Then he's gotta find someone to run the racing at the track and then he's gotta hire people to do concessions and all that
@@alexdodge2515 I hope he can pull it off
Thank you today I will that it was true I heard rumours from the past the American Sprint Cars Race on bitumen but didn't know if it was true or not this cruise that you do race on bitumen in Australia our Sprint Cars Race on dirt Oval
Diets for racin.asphalts for getting it there.come to Knoxville iowa.grand daddy track for spring cars
Dean Nederhoff You know, people that race asphalt can actually spell all those words.
@@richardprice4468 I prefer dirt myself, but that's hilarious
As a kid watching these in Aus we would stand at the fence and have to duck behind the concrete barrier each time they passed so we didn’t eat dirt. Was always funny when a new friend came along and they didn’t know to duck, and we of course didn’t tell them. They worked it out.
Rip Dave you were an awesome driver.
To lap 4th place was great to watch.
Real Racing ! Thanks for posting it !
Leonidas Tullius sprint car racing is real when it's on dirt
Do it for Dale!! Let er eat
Thanks for posting, was a good race..
Seeing the Sprint Cars on Tarmac reminded me a bit of our Brisca F1 Stock Cars over here in England, check them out on UA-cam they race on both Tarmac and Dirt, all run Chevy V8s and contact is allowed, think sprint cars with bumpers!!
Marcd speewya 10000000000000
Had the same idea.. our F1 stockcar championship overhere in the Netherlands is pretty similar to this stuff
But where is that slide job ?
Hell yeah brother
Are they 360ci or 410 ci ?
Those cars are rippin
Looks like a sprint car is on for the next car build.😎😎😎
How much rear stagger is run ??
you have to count the number of fans in the stands, That's what will tell you the success or not. People are just not coming out in the numbers like they used to. But Ive seen very good crowds for Cletus and cars.
There's those 12 second lap times!
That's some proper american aerodynamics right there 😂😂😂
TigeroL42 It’s all about that sideforce!
man they sound good!
Beginning on time stamp 4:55 WATCH CLOSELY......( and remember, the camera view you see is located on the BACK stretch ), Battle for the lead going into turns 1 & 2, and then back into turns 3 & 4.......WHOA!!! That's some damn good racing right there.......I don't care who ya are. Anyone who gave this video a thumbs down is a straight up candy ass who doesn't know a damned thing about racing.
Sprint car racer with sponsorship from a hospital! Gonna come in handy!.
Why run wings on asphalt?
It helps a little
Downforce. Lots and lots of downforce.
Gosh dang i hope cleeter builds a sprint car next
Its weird seeing them on asphalt but different tires and lowered plus a different rear-end makes it possible and the chassis
is offset
Weird seeing them with wings.... non winged sprints are for asphalt
I didn’t know they race these on pavement, so weird not seeing them sideways
@Cleetus McFarland
Clay racing sprintcars be a good thing at the freedom factory
Cleetus cleetus cleetus !!!!
How many Cleetoids even knew this track existed before ol Cleet bought it?
Not me lol. Small tracks like these aren't known by anyone that's not specifically a racer or someone that doesn't live in the area
Not enough people in the stands
Had to see it to believe it. This is blasphemous!!
pretty sure Freedom Factory will be packed day 1
But will it be packed on day 2? Burnouts are OK for the kids but real race fans want real racing.
Damn! Safety was not prio 1 here
Love the freedom factory
Winged sprints...on asphalt how hard those Hoosiers must be !
is this TBARA?
no the tbara series died
Dirt > Asphalt ...especially sprint cars
Fact. I miss dirt tracks. All asphalt in Idaho.
Yet you are here watching the video
lol i hovered my mouse over this and i thot this seams familiar #Cleetus mcfarm land
50 laps in 10 minutes
I never got why sprint cars ran on asphalt sprint cars are for dirt racing my opinion but it's pretty cool and they're running pretty fast
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Think the dale truck set a record lap time
@ 5:05 :O
This is more like it....
I have never seen these race on a road base before, always dirt.
Cleeter cleeter cleeter ye ye
Somebody show this to cleetus
I think ole Cleeter is in for a reality check......EVERYONE that's ever owned this place has lost their asses on it.......Even the ones who built it sold it before it broke them. Stimus had to file bankruptcy and on and on it goes..Every one of these guys had a shitload of money and big dreams too when they started out.....I give him 3 years before he sees the writing on the wall..The only tracks in Florida that historically have made a go of it are dirt tracks...Asphalt just doesn't draw enough people to sustain itself...Just look at all those empty seats..that tells the tale right there.......
Cleetus needs to get these back in the freedom factory, they sound amazing. But I think he will need a louder PA system
Asphalt sprint alert
Florida man.....
That’s all you need to know..
freedom factory
Why would you race sprint cars on asphalt?
theivory1 Because dirt is for farming and asphalt is for racing.
+theivory1 Why not?
+Greg Collins lol ikr it is better
Greg Collins asphalt if for guys who drive a pruis and don't like getting dirty
Luke Barnett not really there's not as much action
Never seen winged sprints on pavement before, seems weird and wrong to me. 😄
much better on asphalt than dirt so much faster
Kirk Wilson, Agree to disagree. 😄
@@shitbox7413 ok but if you dont think they are fastest type of sprint car than something is wrong with you . They turned a 13.02 sec lap 148mph at Bristol speedway on the asphalt.
Kirk Wilson, Take it easy dude, I never said they weren’t fast, just saying I like sprints on dirt better. 😄
Jason blonde is my cousin and he set the record at Bristol speedway he says he loves the speed of asphalt but loves dirt racing sprint cars because it's more of a drivers edge than hp edge
That big wing must bottom out the suspension with the down force
Dont have to lift
Sprint cars are meant for dirt not asphalt
@Junior 249 Anderson. I'll be there.
To be fair this is dope they are lapping so fast
It’s both man plus winged sprints in asphalt are so much faster than a dirt sprint car they are both fun to watch in there own ways.
CLETUS BABY
Winged springs on pavement is just well, fucking terrible.
Really?!?!?
Sprint cars on tar seal? A waste. Keep em on the dirt, like they were designed for
What? Sprint cars weren’t designed just for dirt.
this sucks, how could you? you took the dirt out of dirttrack racing. those sprint cars are made for dirt lmao
No they aren’t they have been made to run both whatever you desire 😂 it’s like open wheel modifieds they are on dirt and asphalt.
This is the new freedom factory owned buy cleetus mc farland isn't it
wtf is this
This is just plain silly
So boring compared to dirt...unwatchable!
..wow...how incredibley boring...
Why exactly are you watching it then? 😂
@@unclezan4749 well,i didn`t,ff and yeah
@@pete_boy71 know how I can tell yer gay
@@baby-sharkgto4902 ähm any language humans can understant bruceeee???too much? please spell abc...rofl
Used to have Sprintcars on the now defunct Liverpool paved track in Sydney Australia
Portland, Victoria (Australia) was the first ever paved track in Aus...I think Liverpool was a close second.
Hell yeah brother