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Places like Belleville and THAT are too fast and chew up midget engines and spit them out at $40,000.00 a pop. Even at $12,500 to win, that is more than the Chili Bowl pays to win. 1/4 mile track + nothing else going on at that time = Chili Bowl success. Nobody wants to run their stuff on mile or 1/2 mile tracks. I think midgeteers want 3/8, 5/16, 1/4 mile, 1/5 mile tracks.
There is too much entertainment (racing) to choose from. How can this already small legion of short track open wheel lovers support all this racing going on? You have to make a choice. Some come out barely OK and some don't. And gas/diesel at almost $4.00 a gallon doesn't make it too attractive for the USAC, ARDC or Badger teams or fans for that matter to make the long trek to Belleville.
JMO
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