GW Pierce on fire
 

The fire is almost out but the Northbound traffic on 31 is backed way up. No one hurt and the fire is now out


Jerry

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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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Is your dad Butch Garner?

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Butch drove for my father William Hardy. He had a USAC Dodge Charger in the mid-70's

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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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I remember that car well!

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I watched that car race in the Allen Crowe Memorial 100 USAC Stock Car race at The Springfield Mile in August of 1975. I was just barely out of college at that time and haven't missed a Crowe Memorial since that Sunday back in '75.

Hope the damage is minimal due to the fire.

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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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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!

Now that is cool!