Morris Coffman
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Former race driver (USAC, ARCA, NASCAR) • Championship Auto Racing Series founder • Learning guitar • Traveling
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Me…
#MorrisCoffman
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#NASCAR
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Remembering Dale Earnhardt today.
2/18/2001 - Such a sad, sad day in NASCAR history.
Rest in sweet peace
#Legend
.
📸 I think this may be an
@ArchivesDe
photo, can’t remember.
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Remembering John Andretti - a kind, soft spoken, talented racer. RIP
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Remembering the “Intimidator”
on his birthday. RIP legend.
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ARCA - Wendy's Big Classic 100 Heartland Park Road Course, Topeka, KS ... via
@YouTube
Out of the way back machine. Racing with heroes and tough
@ARCA_Racing
competitors.
#ThrowbackThursday
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The guy in the 70 truck. 🤠
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Remembering Tim Richmond today. An undeniably talented & charismatic wheel man. RIP
#GoneTooSoon
I took this photo of Tim & my wife when he stopped by the ARCA garage area at
#ATLMotorSpdwy
- 1987.
📸 MCR Collection
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Sadly, 31 years ago today, the racing world lost one of its nicest and most gifted racers. A friend & competitor in the
#ARCA_Racing
Series - Davey Allison. RIP
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Tom Sneva’s scary crash at Indy in 1975. Fortunately, other than minor burns, his injuries weren’t too serious.
#ThrobackThursday
#IMS
#Indy500
📸 Unknown
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Remembering one of the most talented & charismatic drivers in NASCAR history.
#RIP
Tim Richmond.
Tim was Cole Trickle before Cole Trickle.
#GoneTooSoon
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Remembering one of racing’s nicest and most gifted racers. A friend & competitor in the ARCA Series. Rest In Peace Davey Allison.
#ARCA
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The Lola Ford that Jackie Stewart drove to a 6th place finish in the 1966
#Indy500
. The
#43
was leading with less than 10 laps to go when it started losing oil pressure.
#INDYCAR
#ThrowbackTuesday
📸 MC
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Remembering Al Unser Sr today. An incredibly gifted racer. RIP
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54 years ago this week, Elvis Presley was rehearsing and recording at the NBC Studios in Burbank, CA for his iconic ‘68 Comeback Special. Elvis would be back on top with one of the greatest performances ever.
#ElvisPresley
#ComebackSpecial
#RockandRoll
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Dale had some of the work done before the green waved. I’m not embarrassed to admit when I saw a mirror full of GM Goodwrench, I waved him by. I didn’t have the opportunity to race against him much, but had tremendous respect for him.
I dare you to show me a more badass intimidating image. I’ll wait.
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5/15/93 Pole day
@IMS
. I was in the garage area, stopped at the restroom by AJ’s garage, he’s in there. How’s things going, I asked? Looking deep in thought, he shook his head & said “I really don’t know”. I thought then, it might be near. Not long after, came “the lap”.
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8/1/91 - Finally was able to afford my 1st NEW race car. Everything I raced from ‘76 to ‘91 was used, or older. It felt good to have a new Hutcherson-Pagan built ride.
#17
wasn’t available, so
#14
it was.
#ARCA
#ThrowbackThursday
📸 MCR Photo Collection
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#WingWednesday
The beautiful Lola Mario Andretti drove in his final Indy Car season - 1994. 🏁
#MarioAndretti
#IndyCar
#Legend
📸 MCR
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8/4/84 - Me and the crew at our first
@NASCAR_Xfinity
(Busch Series) race. The Kroger 200
@RaceIRP
.
📸 MCR Photo Collection
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#ThrowbackThursday
-
@MarioAndretti
in the STP
#5
at the Hoosier Hundred - 1971.
#ChampDirtCar
(MCR Collection)
📸 Tom Reel
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I liked the Skoal Olds bodies so much, I bought one from Leo Jackson. At that time, It was a nice upgrade for our
#ARCA
program.
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A. J. Foyt in the Delrose - Holt Silver Crown car at the Hoosier 100 - 1982
#ThrowbackTuesday
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A. J. Foyt and engine builder Howard Gilbert working on one of AJ’s DOHC Foyt
#IndyCar
engines.
#MotorMonday
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Remembering “The King Of Rock & Roll”. Would have been 87 today.
Rest in sweet peace Elvis.
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As a race driver, there’s certain race tracks you dream of racing at. For me,
@TALLADEGA
was one of those. 7/25/87 ⬇️
#ARCA
#ThrowbackThursday
📸 MCR Photo Collection
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Happy Birthday A. J.! All the best!
He’s 89 years young today, still racing, still ranching and still going strong!
Join us in wishing Super Tex a very Happy Birthday! 🥳🏁
#HappyBirthdayAJ
| 📸 INDYCAR Photo
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My Uncle Morris was good friends with race driver Travis “Spider” Webb. He towed Webb’s cars to some of the races he competed in. Here’s a photo of the Vance Special “Spider” would race at the Fort Wayne Speedway in the 1940’s.
#ThrowbackThursday
#SprintCar
📸 MCR Collection
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It’s tough not to think of the “Original Outlaw” - Jan Opperman when thinking about the Knoxville Nationals. RIP racer.
#knoxvilleraces
📸 Dave Thomas
(MCR Photo Collection)
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#MotorMonday
- Smokey Yunick’s 1969 entry for the
#Indy500
was an Eagle Chassis with a Ford DOHC engine (renamed to a Foyt in ‘72). Joe Leonard would race the 44 to a P6 finish.
#IndyCar
📸 MC
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#MotorMonday
- Obviously, AJ could drive them, working on them wasn’t a problem either.
As a kid, on a family vacation through Houston, AJ was kind enough to show me around the old race shop on Toledo St.
#IndyCar
(MCR Photo Collection)
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Nothing high tech, just some cell video I was able to capture at Dwight’s Anderson, IN concert from 2/28/20. Intro & a little bit of Little Queenie. Excited to see his return to Anderson on 4/9/22.
#dwightyoakam
#harrahshoosierpark
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Dale Earnhardt & Darrell Waltrip.
“He can do more with a car than anybody I’ve ever raced against” - DW
@AllWaltrip
@ArchivesDe
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Al Unser Sr after winning the 1970 Hoosier Hundred. The 1st of 4 wins in a row on the Indy mile.
📸 Tom Reel (MCR Collection)
@KevinMingus
@jlcooke99
@DaveyHamilton
@pgmathew28
@EightMike
@KDEPP1
@Thomsen419
@DrMarkDHowell
@2SidesSports
@GEARBOX33
@mjbyers333
@MrSaratoga
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The track where A. J. Foyt set racing back about 15 years by qualifying his dirt car on the pole & almost winning the race in 1965.
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An early memory for me - as a kid - watching Parnelli Jones win the 1967 Yankee 300 at
@RaceIRP
on the road course. RIP legend.
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A Bettenhausen battle during the 1971 Hoosier Hundred at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Gary in the
#16
& Merle in the
#99
.
#ChampDirtCars
(MCR Photo Collection)
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Happy Birthday ‘Lone Star JR’!
Enjoy your day Gentlemen John! 🎂🏁
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7/29/67
@MarioAndretti
won the Kawartha 250 at Mosport Park in Bowmanville, ON, Canada. The
@USACNation
Stock Car race took place 57 years ago today.
@AndrettiGlobal
@jlcooke99
@jim_knipe
@kirk_fleenor
@Clandexter88
@DavidTa93188761
@RepkoJoseph
@MarkShoe58
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I’ve been fortunate to race against some of the very best to ever do it.
That said, Bob Kinser was really good & tough as nails. RIP Bob.
Who's the best driver you ever saw race that never made "the big time"?
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It’s always fun taking in The Little 500
@AndersonSpeedwy
. Obviously more fun to be competing in it, but a great race to watch.
#Little500
#SprintCarRacing
.
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A different look for A. J. Foyt in the new “Parnelli” in 1979. AJ seemed to really like this car. He would go on to win the
#USACNation
#INDYCAR
Championship that season.
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Few car/driver combinations have been as dominant in the Indy 500 as the “Yellow Submarine” & Johnny Rutherford in 1980.
#Indy500
#INDYCAR
#FastFriday
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I have this genuine A. J. Foyt Copenhagen Racing crew member - race day fire suit in my collection.
Let's do a "Whatcha Got?" on this Wednesday.🤔
Have any cool, interesting, fun racing items?
By all means... Share 'em!👊 I'll start with this one...
Dad's first "Full Face" helmet (barely used, didn't like it).
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Some will remember just how big a deal
#NASCAR_Xfinity
was back in the day
@RaceIRP
. My CARS Series late model was on display, promoting our scheduled weekly events at the storied venue. Note, no shortage of fans in line for
@DaleJr
merch at the ACDelco Trailer - 1999. 📸 MCR
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With the
@IndyStateFair
in full swing, it reminds me of competing in the ARCA State Fair 100 on the historic mile. We had our speedway car on display prior to the event, giving us a chance to interact with race fans & hang with the queen - 1987.
#TBT
📸 MCR Collection
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#FlashBackFriday
- 8/30/1987 Racing in the ARCA State Fair 100 on the dirt mile at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
#ARCA
📸 MCR
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#ThrowbackThursday
Since it’s a busy midget week, a look back at my first
@USACNation
midget race as a rookie in 1979
@EldoraSpeedway
. The midget/sprint double header was televised on ABC Sports.
📸 MCR
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Back at Indy Legends today hanging out with long time close friend Jim Mills. We’re admiring the Dean Van Lines cars that were driven by legends Eddie Sachs &
#MarioAndretti
. The cars are from the incredible Ray Skillman collection.
#IndyCar
📸 MC
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#ThrowbackThursday
- Racing at Rockford Speedway - 1987.
As with too many racetracks across the country, sad to see Rockford go by the wayside.
#ARCA
#MorrisCoffman
📸 MCR
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As a kid, I was lucky enough to go to the inaugural CA 500 on 9/6/70 - with a friend & his family. After the 500, we flew overnight (with racers) to St Louis, MO, took a rental to DuQuoin, IL for the Dirt Car race on 9/7/70. Jim McElreath & Al Unser Sr p/u the wins.
#INDYCAR
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#ThrowbackThursday
1969 at the Milwaukee Mile, after having his primary rear engine machine damaged in practice, A. J. Foyt races his dirt car - vis-a-vis 1965.
AJ qualified 14th in the 26 car field & finished 9th.
#IndyCar
📸 Unknown
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One that slipped away. The 1972
#Indy500
looked to belong to Gary Bettenhausen - until he had ignition trouble late in the race. Gary led a race high 138 laps. RIP Gary
#MayMemories
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3/9/1975 - A. J. Foyt wins the California 500 & becomes the first driver to win a 500 mile race at Indy, Pocono, & Ontario, CA.
#INDYCAR
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Throwing it back to 1967 w/
@MarioAndretti
in the famous
#2
Leader Card Ford powered Sprint Car
@OswegoSpeedway
. Mario would win both 50 lap features that day.
#SprintCarRacing
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Miraculously, Charlie Musselman walked away without serious injury after a flip at ‘legendary’ Langhorne. The home of the infamous “Puke Hollow”.
#Brave
#OpenWheelRacing
#ThrowbackTuesday
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#WheelsUpWednesday
- A. J. Foyt & Bruce Walkup get together in hot laps at the 1972 Hoosier Hundred.
AJ would finish P2 to winner Al Unser Sr, but would win the ‘72 USAC Dirt Car Championship.
#ChampDirtCars
#OpenWheel
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The first time I left pit road and went on to the speedway! Truly a special moment!
#ARCA_Racing
1987.
#MorrisCoffman
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#WayBackWednesday
- An early open wheel ride for me was a UMRA T/Q midget at Lincoln Park Speedway in the 70’s.
📸 MCR
#Openwheel
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Putting a new MCR built & prepared Monte Carlo through the paces
@FastestHalfMile
in 2000. We won 2 races with “Midnight” at the famed 1/2 mile that year.
#ThrowbackThursday
#MCR
#ChampionshipAutoRacingSeries
#MorrisCoffman
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Saddened to learn of the passing of a life long dear friend & crew member for many years, Jim Blue. Rest in sweet peace “Big Jim”.
Jim adding some fuel before a Pocono practice - 1988.
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Tom did a little stock car racing, too. Crew pushing the car out for the 1987
#Daytona500
.
Happy birthday “Gas Man”.
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#TurnTwoTuesday
- “Elbows up” in the Parker/C&H
#17
- 1983.
#SprintCarRacing
#OpenWheel
#MorrisCoffman
📸 MCR Collection
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Imo…no one could get around
@ATLMotorSpdwy
like Dale could. Particularly, the old configuration.
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#ThrowbackThursday
Queen City Speedway August 1983.
#SprintCarRacing
#OpenWheel
#MorrisCoffman
📸 MCR
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Happy National Sprint Car day!
Not sure you could ever race anything that would be more fun.
#Morris
#NationalSprintCarDay
#SprintCarRacing
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Congrats
#kaylee11b
. I’ve been on this young woman’s bandwagon for some time now. She might or might not say it, but this is a pretty big deal. 🏁🏆
🏆 The first woman to win a Silver Crown event, the first woman to win a
@USACNation
National event;
@kaylee11b
gets it done at the Belleville High Banks!
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I have many fond memories of the Milwaukee Mile, none more prominent than racing in a USAC stock car event there in the ‘80’s.
It was before my time, but AJ on the pole in a dirt car is one for the ages. Also, a Johnny Rutherford
#IndyCar
sweep
@savethemile
in 1977.
#TBT
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#ThrowbackThursday
1976 - A young Indiana racer with not much money, but big dreams.
#OpenWheel
#MorrisCoffman
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#ThrowbackThursday
- A. J. Foyt’s first ride in a sprint car, about 1957. The Hoover Express Special.
#SprintCarRacing
#OpenWheel
📸 Unknown
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A
#Chevrolet
Camaro front row. A. J. Foyt starting on the pole with Terry Ryan along side at the Springfield, IL dirt mile - 1979.
AJ would go on to win the 100 mile USAC event.
#ThrowbackTuesday
📸 Unknown
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Well…I guess nothing lasts forever. 99 years is a pretty good run. Feel for those without work. RIP Yellow Freight (YRC).
📸 Getty Images - Mike Skinner - 1999
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Yes, race drivers are athletes imo. In his prime, not many men tougher than AJ.
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