Jerry, I couldn't have described the Gold Crown finale any better. That was the best midget race I've ever seen! Slippin & slidin, dippin & divin as Larry Rice was known to say. There was one lap where Kuhn & Clauson dove low into turn 1 side by side that looked like disaster about to happen. You couldn't have squeezed a piece of paper between the two of them!! Lots of slide jobs & wheel to wheel racing. Congrats to Darren Hagan on his three-peat weekend!

We had a great weekend. Really nice track, perfect size for midgets. Following a recommendation on IOW, we visited the Transportation Museum on Friday. If you're a train buff, this place is for you. Situated just outside of the first train tunnel west of the Mississippi (around 1850), & has a large variety of locomotives & train cars on display. Their website doesn't do it justice. Saturday we toured the Bud brewery in St. Louis. Some of those buildings, still in use, date back to the late 1800's. Really interesting tour.

Just read a note on Hoseheads forum that said the teams were told Saturday that next year will be all 3 nights non-wing 410's. I hope that's true. That's the only thing that could improve the Gold Crown Nationals. We're already planning to go back next year.