Brian, you missed out! Earl was great a great Promoter, always the 1st to pay the Big Money, especially for Sprint Cars!! 50 Grand for the Kings Royal, then 100 Grand for, "The Historical Big One", then "The Eldora Million",1 Million to Win for Late Models, then "The Mopar Million, 1 Million Sprint Car Purse & 200 Grand to Win, then a few "Mopar Thunder" races 50 Grand to Win for Non-Wing Sprints, Plus the World 100 & "The Dream" 100 Grand to Win Late Models, & list goes on!!! Track Prep was great & Earl was great to chat with, too! It took all these years for Tony to pay over 100 Grand for a Sprint Car race, which the Kings Royal will finally this year, when he has more sponsor support than Earl did, all those years, he owned it! That's the facts!
If Earl, was still promoting it today, Knoxville would Not have the Highest Purse for Sprint Cars or pay the most to Win!

Earl was a great man, promoter & human being Period! May he R.I.P.