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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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Well, I only made it to Reading a few times for modified shows, and a couple of USAC shows... the Reading boys were special - DickTobias, Kenny Weld, Bobby Gerhart, Gerry Chamberlain, and way too many others that I can't recall. But the racing was outstanding, and Lindy Vicari(the promoter) ran a mean grader/tiller. Reading had one of the most consistently outstanding surfaces that I've ever seen on any dirt track...
And they tore it down to build a mall....