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Back in the day USAC ran only 1/2-mile tracks with sprint cars. I remember going to Terre Haute in the fifties and early sixties, maybe 15 or 20 sprint cars showed up to race. People thought they were seeing great racing till USAC started running the 1/4-mile bullrings. Watching sprint cars race on big, paved tracks sort of went away as there was not much side by side racing. Now even the mile dirt tracks do not get big crowds. Even in the last few years I've never seen full houses at the Terre Haute track, it is not the promoter's fault, it's just that people want to see some action like side-by-side racing and slide jobs. It is mostly the sign of the times.
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