The Hines midget fire was the year that Sills won Silver Crown. That was a scary deal coming out of turn2.

As far as the Sawyer's, I can't fault them. Remember, a lot of those tix were freebies in the area. And, now I remember that the promotion was thru Skoal.

I do remember that they lost money and were not willing to keep trying without a corporate sponsor. Remember, that's the fairground and you have to get everything okayed by the fair board and you have to bring so much profit to their plate every tiime you run a race there. And pay fairground staff for parking, clean-up, etc. It wasn't a privately owned/operated deal. Strings attached.

That's why I heavily support/promote the Sawyer's latest venture, VMS. They do it right there.

Side story: a few weeks ago, I went to VMS for a MACS dirt late model show. Weather looked borderline, but the forecast was for showers to move in around 11-12. So, I made the trip. Got their in time to buy my $22 ticket (after using the $3 coupon I downloaded from their website) to see the end of time trials. The first two heats ran and then here come the ugly swirling storm clouds. BAM. The storm was bad and they had everyone get out of the stands and take shelter underneath. They planned on finishing the show. Then it got worse. Probably had 2-3 inches of rain in 30minutes. Track was a loss and lightning hit a power pole and killed all but the emergency generator lights.

Then they made the announcement that the show was cancelled. I figured I was out $22 because I wouldn't be able to make it back for the rain date/check. Instead, Sawyer gave everyone the MONEY BACK!!! I was amazed. How many promoters give money back after the racing has already started?

Again, Sawyer's are nothing but first class. Best dirt track in the mid-Atlantic area.