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I Agee w/ Jim and Susan.
Tradition: I'm 43 and like to say I've been going for 44 years. Mom and dad were already regulars w/ my older siblings before I was born. In fact my grandfather attended and worked on cars at Kokomo well before I was born. The longevity of it's history tied to being the Sunday night playground for some of the greatest drivers ever.
The track: When I heard it was being reconfigured I was against it... Until I watched a race on it. Fast, wide, multi lanes with walls! Rim ridin', 4 wheels in the fluff,diamond off 3, working the bottom, and sliders. And that's just one night, virtually every night. I wish I had the dates for you but 3 major pulse quickening racing moments stand out.
1. Chad Boespflug lap1 in a heat race, P3 (Smackdown 1?) gets a bite in turn 2 and wheelies through the gap into the lead down the backstretch. May have been ISW same year. 2. Kyle Larson/ Michael Pickens in a midget battle for 15 laps or so. Slider in 1, slider in 3, lap after lap. 3. 2013 Bob Darland Memorial. Wes Mac battling and ultimately beating my guy, DD, on the TOP!? It felt like Douglas v Tyson. Couldn't believe I witnessed it but couldn't be mad either. Was genuinely happy for the young gun. Nice kid too.
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~Heath Moreland
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