[Andrew S. Quinn]

I got home at 2:45am and got up at 5:45 am. I posted after a shower and trying to clear cobwebs out!!

Little Belleville is the only place I will sacrifice sleep to go watch a race,and go to work the next day. I'm glad POWRi ran the midgets first,so I got out and on the road home at 10PM their time.

I was going to go in late,but my work schedule got changed a bit,so it was lack of sleep for a night.

So for the Arnie Knepper race I have
1 Back in the day,was willing to gamble that a Knoxville qualifying night would get rained out,and went to Little Belleville on a 100 degree day instead. My gamble paid off,Kville rained out that night.

2 Quit my job when the boss wouldnt give me time off to go there.

3 Gone to work after minimal sleep to go watch the Arnie Knepper memorial.

Can you tell yet how much I like Little Belleville?

The only letdown yesterday was the fair rides shutting down at 6PM. The rides going with all the lights on adds to the atmosphere there for the race,at least for me. I call it the "Fonzie factor" as the place is so 1950s looking that the first time I went there for the fair race it seemed to be like a scene from Happy Days,and that Fonzie should be pulling in on his bike at any moment.