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When I was teenager, a long time ago. We went to a SOD race at the Ionia Michigan fairgrounds. At some point in the heat races, the track announcer said something like code 6259. Right after that was said about 20% of the guys in the stands stood up. You could hear them saying things like "I will ride with you". "Your wife can ride home with my wife". Things like that. The guys all left the races. What was code 6259? ( I am making up what the code number really was) The Ionia state prison had a major inmate uprising. It was so bad they called all off duty guards back to work. Just a funny story from the good old days. My dad made a observation that a lot of guards go to sprint car races. I also think Mike Shaw won that night.
The Fairgrounds is about 1/2 way between I-96 speedway and Crystal speedway. What that has to do with anything? Till it was cancelled, the Allstars sprints had a Friday May 15 race at I-96 then on to gas city and then the next night at Kokomo. So how many prison guards do you think would have been at the track that night? Here in Michigan as I type this we have had over 4,600 people die. Lets say the highest numbers of deaths was on the east side of the state, also at nursing homes, meat packing plants and prisons. Like to share a seat next to a prison guard this Friday at I-96?
Also in both directions from I-96 is a huge chicken egg producer with in a few miles of the track. The state is having a problem with the place because of the high rate of infected workers there. Maybe in the seats behind you at I96 an egg worker can sit.
So we have been taking, my friend from Detroit, another one that works at a prison, his brother that works at the meat packing plant, that guys brother-inlaw that works at a nursing home, on making a weekend of the allstar race. Hit all 3 of them. Maybe stop off at the Indian casino. Play some slots, black jack, craps. You know how guys are, so a trip to a strip club will happen at some point. Always funny how you have all the one dollar bills when you leave the place. Its ok we will use them at gas city. Odds are we will also sleep in the van one night. Whats it going to hurt to not shower for a day or so.
See you in line at Kokomo to buy tickets. If we are coughing a bit, it was just the smoke from the casino.
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