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2/15/13, 1:25 AM   #7
Re: OLD BALL PARK-16th st
Bruce Harrison
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Originally Posted by racefan20 View Post
Mike if you remember the Speedway basically owned the place and it was the very end of the era where the Speedway had to do zero promotion to sell out IMS. Naturally they figured that 16th st would sell itself out just as easily.
I seem to remember an article in Open Wheel Magazine where Dave Cassidy admitted that very thing. I was there for opening night (that was the biggest trophy I've ever seen), and for the final night of Summer Sizzle. A racy little joint