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Originally Posted by openwheelfan1 I went back in history and picked a year where USAC only raced on 1/2 mile or longer tracks. I randomly picked 1979 because that was what came up when I opened the page. In that year USAC Sprint cars ran 39 points races, 20 of which were on dirt. Those 20 races were contested on 7 tracks: THAT, Eldora, Sharon (OH) Speedway, US 131 Speedway in Martin MI, Indiana State Fairgrounds, Reading PA, and New Bremen OH. Of those 7 tracks, only 3 remain in operation, THAT, Eldora And Sharon, OH., and USAC races on two of those. Fast forward to today…A quick internet search listed no 1/2 mile dirt tracks CURRENTLY operating in IL, 1 in KY (Florence) none in MI and 3 in OH, Millstream, Eldora and Sharon, and honestly, I’m not sure Sharon is still a 1/2 mile. There just aren’t that many 1/2 mile dirt tracks operating in the Midwest anymore.

Illinois does have one Knoxville but the only race scheduled this year rained out and the future is shakey. Iowa has 4 half miles and Kansas has 2 great ones that are currently on the Silver Crown schedule.