You're probably right. Whatever they call the cars (sportsman?) that preceed the ARCA race at Springfield seems to bolster the crowd somewhat for that show. The e-mods may enhance the local interest to some degee as well but I'm not sure if that was the case at the Hoosier Hundred. No way of knowing for sure, though.

I worry about the short dirt track cars on the Miles. Not knocking them at all, just concerned that the speeds are higher than what the drivers are used to and if the cars are capable of adaquately protecting the drivers running at those faster speeds.

In regards to Du Quoin, the first 2 or 3 years that they ran the Ted Horn Memorial on Sunday night it was a great show with there being 2 distinct grooves, one right up by the wall along with the traditional low line. Don't know what happened to the high line but no one has tried using it since Rich Tobias and Tyler Walker used it to win. Wonder why?

I'm not real thrilled with the two segment Silver Crown races, either, but I'll still make the 5 hour trip with the camper down to the Magic Mile. Labor Day weekend wouldn't seem right if we didn't!