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First racetrack: Kokomo Mid 1960's. I was too young to remember much.
Last racetrack: Lawrenceburg
Favorite racetrack: Small tracks: Macon, Port City
Quarter to half mile: Anderson, Circle City, Gas City, Granite City, Kokomo, Pevely
Half mile: Eldora, Knoxville, Terre Haute, Winchester
I am sure I left some off. Not many I don't like.
Bucket list racetracks: The 5 new ones I hope to hit in June.
Favorite divisions: Sprints, midgets, silver crown, Indy cars, winged 410, super mods, Eastern Modifieds, flat track motorcycles. I don't really care that much for dirt stock car racing, although I have seen some good street stock and thunder car races.
Favorite drivers: Don't really have one. I like most of them. Just like to see a good race.
Best racetrack food: Green Burrito at Manzanita
Best racetrack desert: Ice cream at Bloomington and Putnamville
Favorite annual race: Little 500, Smackdown, SprintWeek, MidgetWeek, Week of Indy
Favorite track surface: Tacky dirt tracks
Favorite track size. Depends on what is racing. I like midgets on 1/4 mile or smaller, even though I have seen some very good midget races on bigger tracks, including on the mile at Phoenix. I like sprints on 1/4 to a half mile. I prefer Silver Crown on a mile, although Terre Haute, Eldora, IRP, and Port Royal have been really good as of late. I have grown to like some road courses. Really want to see an IMSA race.
Best racetrack lighting. Any track with Musco lights. I really like the newer LED like Knoxville, and Kokomo have. All are good and comparable.
Best racetrack memory: Way too many to list. Have had a few real good times at rain outs.
Favorite autographs: A poster signed by Tommy Hinnershitz. A program from my first Hoosier Hundred signed by Steve Stapp, Pancho Carter, and race winner Billy Englehart. A Ken Coles print signed by him, Parnelli, and AJ from Dayton 1961. A John Mahoney picture signed by AJ, Mario, and Al Unser at the Hoosier Hundred. A picture of Mario with no cage racing AJ at DuQuoin.
A race track you miss: Indy mile. I haven't been back there since. Not saying I won't go back, but not in a hurry to. Manzanita. That place had character.
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