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Originally Posted by 48modracer
USAC is a little better with safety rules in my opinion. Crown cars use chromemoly that is at least .095 I and are TIG welded. Most UMP modifieds are 1 1/2 pipe that is no where near that quality and only the main cage is .095. Alot of the support bars are .083 and .065. Same with the UMP late models. Most of the material is not even cold rolled let alone seamless so it is inherently weaker. That is where USAC is head and shoulders above some sanctioning bodies.
Midgets used to run at Springfield on the mile till someone went out of the park in I think the early 90s.
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Thanks for that info 48mod. It's been a long time since I worked on my buddy's dirt late model and I had forgotten a lot of the technical structural numbers and I have never been around a Crown car. I remember Rich Tobias took a terrible tumble in his SC car getting into turn 1 at Springfield. It destroyed the car and Rich walked back to the pits unnassisted so they must be built pretty stout.
I can't remember the guys name that went out of the park at Springfield in a midget, but I do remember he ended up with a broken wrist. Pretty lucky I reckon. I think the reason they quit the national USAC Midget show at Springfield was because Danny Drinan nearly died in a horrible crash down the backstretch into turn 3. I believe Drinan's crash and the guy going out of the park occured the same day.