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USAC midget race at Pittsfield, Illinois speedway in the summer of 1960. I forget who won, but Mel Kenyon was there, as well as a couple of young up-and-comers named Foyt and Jones. I also remember that Jerry Blundy, the local track champion, was there and didn't do a thing and also remember the high-pitched scream of the Evenrude outboard which someone who was having his Offy freshened made. Sounded like a bumble bee coming down the straights. For some reason, this race does not appear in the USAC 50th Anniversary book. I understand from other postings on this board that there are a few others which may have been missed also.
Hard to believe that was 50 years ago.
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Frank Daigh
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