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Up until the finish, I was regretting my decision to make the two-hour drive to watch 15 cars race. I'm pretty sure this was the first time I paid more than $1 per car at a short track - adults paid $20 at the gate. Heck, I paid less per car at Chicagoland's IndyCar and Indy Lights races last weekend.
However, despite the ticket price, I have full respect for the Wilkes' for trying to make things work out. With the weather, a nearby Badger midget race, and a Wisconsin Badgers football game on TV, I'm sure they struggled to break even.
It would have been nice to have a support series to fill the long gaps between races, but that would have cost the track money. Thumbs up to the PA guy (Jim Tretow?) for keeping busy to fill all the downtime during the three hour program (qualifying, two heats, and the feature).
If Badger and Angell Park can't shake hands by next season, I'll be spending my Labor Day weekend at Indy's NHRA races instead.
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