Here's one that's off topic, but a bit of history. With the midgets dying off in New England, Hudson (NH) Speedway (quarter-mile paved) switched to modifieds. Three friends from Chelmsford, Mass. drove up to register cars they wanted to build. They were assigned the next three numbers: 176 (Bob Edwards), 177 (George Fish), 178 (Dan Dexter). Within a short time, so many cars had been built that a limit was established: Only the first 100 cars got into the pits on race day! Obviously, the failure of the midgets released a pent=up demand for affordable racing.

For those who followed the racing in that part of the world, Bob Edwards became a star in the "cutdowns" that ran Hudson, Dracut, the Pines, Manchester, West Peabody, etc. George Fish never ran very much. Dan Dexter's cars, with George Monsen at the wheel, became contenders on the dirt tracks of Northern Mass and Southern NH. Dan later became the crew chief on winning sprint cars, midgets, and supermodifieds.