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Originally Posted by ISF
This deal, if it actually happens, will be like a huge train wreck. You know it's gonna' be bad but you just can't look away.
Speaking of dirt lates on The Miles, I went to all but a couple of Sarge's Illinois Fall Nationals at Springfield and you could tell 95% of those guys were real uncomfortable with running there. Unfortunately George Hanley was killed in a IMCA style modified at one of the last IFN's. I have a buddy who was pretty competitive in dirt lates for 25 years and loved running on The Miles but it was terribly hard on engines and they had to rework the sheet metal to keep it from blowing off. Even Billy Moyer looked tentative on The Mile. There weren't but about 3 or 4 of the regular dirt late model guys who truly looked comfortable at those speeds. Jack Hewitt of course looked right in his element. The last time I ever watched Johnny Prior race out of Centralia, IL he wrecked so hard getting into one just after taking the green flag I thought he was a goner. The dirt lates quite simply aren't built to run on Mile tracks.
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You bring a name up that I haven't heard or thought of in quite some time. Johnny Prior from Centralia, IL. He used to drive a car that a friend of my brother used to help work on and sponsor. I always liked his smooth driving style and he always seemed easy on equipment. I used to watch him run the local bullrings in Southern Illinois back in the day. Thanks for reviving the memories.
