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Originally Posted by FishBurger
Drove up to Reading, Pa to see the 7/31/71 USAC race won by Larry Cannon in the Hoffman #71. We went up a day early just to catch the mods on the flat 1/2 mile. Rained out  , (that's bad). There was some kind of fair going on with about 6 different beer stands  (that's good). Each had a different food specialty (sea food, chicken, burgers, etc.) and each had different live music (rock 'n roll, country, polka, etc.).
Never made it back for a mod race. Are these the kind of cars we would have seen but for the bad weather? If so, I hate that we missed them. Who might we have seen driving them?
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In '71 at Reading, Marv, you would have seen Gerald Chamberlain, Kenny Brightbill, Dick Tobias, Bobby Gerhardt Sr., Glenn & Paul Fitzcharles, Bobby Hauer, Johnny Botz, Freddy Adam, Dick Quallio, and at least 40 others. Reading typically drew 50 plus modifieds per night. I believe that 1971 was the year that Chamberlain won an incredible 31 features combined between Friday & Sunday nights driving the Joe Bullock #76.