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#21
5/29/15 4:21 PM
Originally Posted by jjones752:
I'm not sure they use the formula any more Ron, but it works out to one car for every 400 feet. Back at champcarstats, checking another era that people get misty-eyed over (1955), there were only 11 races on the schedule. And one of them was the Pikes Peak Hillclimb. 100-milers on dirt only started 18 cars, yet somehow "Big Car" racing was healthier then. Another thing, other than at Indy everybody ran upright Kurtis or Kuzma Offys and everyone gets nostalgic for those days, but today it would be sneered at as "spec racing".
"Big Car" racing was much healthier then. The reason it was is because Springfield, Du Quoin, Indy Mile, etc. were packed to the rafters every year for the "Big Cars". Haven't seen a full house for the "Big Cars" at those venue's for at least 20 years regardless of car count.
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.