I never heard of anybody getting hurt at Du Quoin but I could be wrong. Guys seemed to get hurt at Louisville and it was usually in a support class. We always sat in a little stand there coming out of #4 and some drunk guy walked right out into the middle of the track during racing and a guy hit him and I think the rider died with the drunk seriously hurt or vice versa. It stripped the guy out of his clothes and his empty boots were still standing up on the track. That was bizarre and really felt for the rider. People really used to get tanked up there on the beer. We drank some, too, but would ride back to Evansville after the races so we had to behave a bit. I had a cousin in the club that used to put that show on and I think it was insurance that was a problem and got them to stop. I'll call him and check on that.
The AMA runs the Indy Mile every August on a Sat. night and is tied in with the Moto GP weekend at Indy, I believe. I really should go up for that next year.