Originally Posted by Dwight Clock:
You must, and I'll trust your judgement on that. Those four races are scheduled against some pretty stiff competition for those, like you, who love to travel. The June race is against Hagerstown of the USAC Eastern Swing, the July race against Haubstadt's Sprint Week show, August the night of the Gas City midget week show, and October against the MSCS/USAC $10K to win race at the 'Burg. Must be a great place to see midgets!
Dwight,
Andrew is right, Belle Clair is a great track to watch midgets run. I grew up in that area and it was my normal Friday night track. Back then unfortunately they didn't run very many midget shows. It is an old fairgrounds facility that I need to get back to and see a show. The last time I was there about 5 years ago, it looked the same as when I was a kid growing up there.
A guy by the name of Don Klein raced at Belle Clair when I lived there and still competes today in a late model. That was over 30 years ago. If he didn't win the Allied Auto Racing Association championship, he had a bad year. They used to run Belle Clair on Friday, I-55 on Saturday and the now shuttered St. Charles Speedway on Sunday night. Dandy Don just dominated back in the day.