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2/23/16, 6:01 PM |
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GW Pierce on fire
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The fire is almost out but the Northbound traffic on 31 is backed way up. No one hurt and the fire is now out
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2/25/16, 12:06 PM |
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How bad is the damage? My father is friend's with the owner and GW Pierce used to sponsor my dad's USAC stock car.
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2/25/16, 1:47 PM |
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Is your dad Butch Garner?
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2/25/16, 5:04 PM |
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2/25/16, 5:07 PM |
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Here's a picture of the car in 1975. Dad got it from Pierce at the end of the 1974 season after McCluskey won Springfield with it.
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2/26/16, 4:19 PM |
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I remember that car well!
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2/26/16, 6:16 PM |
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Hope the damage is minimal due to the fire.
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2/29/16, 6:09 PM |
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Funny thing is that car started 8th and finished 8th with Butch in 1975. This was my dad's first home track race as a USAC owner. Last year Shane Cockrum ran my dad's champ car at the Illinois State Fair forty years after my dad's first race as a car owner and also finished 8th.
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2/29/16, 6:14 PM |
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I still carry his USAC card in my wallet for good luck! Kinda cool that there is still a USAC car owner still involved 40 years later!
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Now that is cool!
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