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Arctic, actually Childers was encouraging folks to visit the pit area following the Bettenhausen Memorial.
We went through the main straightaway pedestrian tunnel to the pits both Saturday & Sunday and we didn't have pit passes either day.
In regards to Fike jumping the start, we talked to AJ after the race and he said ARCA told him that he jumped the start on Gallaher (#23) not on Poole which is what the black flag was for.
I don't understand, since the race had gone past the advertised distance anyway, why ARCA didn't just throw the yellow and do another restart. At the point of the GWC it was basically a two lap dash regardless of how many laps run under yellow.
Gallaher, Poole and especially their car owners are ARCA regulars and we've seen it many times at Springfield & Du Quoin that ARCA is not necessarily friendly to the guys that run only run the dirt. The regulars and the big money developmental teams seem to be much beloved by ARCA.
The Kovski crew members were really givin' it to the ARCA officials following the race and the Illinois State Police was making their presence extremely obvious.
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Silver Crown Championship Dirt Cars properly driven on a one mile dirt track are classic poetry in motion. Using that analogy, Jack Hewitt is one of the greatest poets of all time.
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Last edited by ISF; 8/19/13 at 6:54 PM.
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