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We watched Terry race midgets, sprint cars and Silver Crown cars many, many times over the years. I didn't know Terry personally but he appeared to race for the love of doing it, not as a stepping stone to other divisions or for the fame and fortune. Terry represented dirt open wheel racing in Illinois quite nicely, much like another grass roots driver gone way too soon, Randy Bateman.
RIP Mr. Babb. Racing has lost another who did it for the shear love of it. Those guys are hard to find and even harder to replace.
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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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