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When I began going to Springfield for the Silver Crown Bettenhausen 100 in the late 70's/early 80's there was at least 3 or 4 times the crowd there is now and they didn't run anything but the SC cars. Period. And, there were no support classes 'till they began to run the a National Midget show then later the mods. The Midget show gave the crowd a shot in the arm but driver safety put a stop to that deal. I think all anyone is saying is that if we don't support these races they are going to be just a memory, like when the Championship Trail came through Springfield, Du Quoin, Indy Fairgrounds, Syracuse, and Sacramento.
I've used the e-mail address at the bottom of the page told Sarg what I thought about the 50-50 deal, among other things, and he will get back to you but he thinks it's great and I doubt, unless something really significant happens, that the deal will be changed.
You're right Indy1808, the stands would be overflowing if the Indy Car guys ran the Miles. And you're also correct when you say it won't happen, but we all know it should. Could you imagine Penske and Ganassi, et al, with Silver Crown cars at the Indy Mile or Du Quoin with Helio and Dario strapped in them!!
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