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I guess my story is about the same as most. My Dad began taking me to Fairbury American Legion Speedway back when I was very young and one of the divisions they ran were called "rail cars". They ran stock cars and modified stock cars as well but I loved those rail cars which were really super modifieds.The guys that won most of the rail car features drove sprint cars but there were a bunch of true super modifieds, too. Some of the guys who raced every week were Norman "Bubby" Jones, Larry "Boom-Boom" Cannon in Unc Blacker's B4, Larry's brother Steve, Jerry Camfield, Jack Tyne, Hersh Jenkins and once in a while Jerry Blundy would show up in addition to a bunch of guys I have forgotten. A guy by the name of Swede Galiaerte (spelling) was the flagman and he would green flag the rail car trophy dash standing in the middle of the track and the cars would pass him on both sides. I heard he got his legs broken as a result and stayed in the flagstand after that.