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According to the aerial photos I've seen of the long defunct 1 mile track at Sedalia it appears track layout symmetry was similar to the Springfield Mile.
The Ultimate Racing History website shows the last Silver Crown race held on the Sedalia Mile took place in August of 1974 and was won by Mario Andretti. There could have been SC races later than that but none are chronicled on URH.
Those of you who are of a certain generation will probably know there was a gargantuan music festival held on the Missouri State Fairgrounds less than a month prior to Mario winning the final Silver Crown race at Sedalia. Historic estimates have the crowd size at something over 300,000 for the 3 day Ozark Music Festival. The epicenter of the festival was the infield of the mile dirt track with the main stage located in turn #3.
It took a monumental feat to get the fairgrounds, and more specifically the race track and infield, in shape to host the Missouri State Fair in August. Due to various forms of human contamination of the infield area during the OMF several inches of top soil had to be removed and replaced before the fair began. The fairgrounds sustained substantial damage during the 3 day music festival and a huge scramble ensued to get the grounds in reasonable shape to host the fair.
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Silver Crown Championship Dirt Cars properly driven on a one mile dirt track are classic poetry in motion. Using that analogy, Jack Hewitt is one of the greatest poets of all time.
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Last edited by ISF; 8/20/19 at 11:45 AM.
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