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Doug Schriener, Models Stock Cars & Stock Car Racing History

The history and culture of the early days of dirt tract stock car racing.

Aired 05/19/2022

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Doug Schriener, Models Stock Cars & Stock Car Racing History

Clip: 5/19/2022 | 4mVideo has Closed Captions

The history and culture of the early days of dirt tract stock car racing.

Doug Schriener recounts his days of growing up near the dirt race track in Willmar, MN and the memories he has of the classic coupe race cars of the era. Doug is also caretaker of close to 200 small scale model dirt track race cars.

Aired 05/19/2022

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