We ran, may have been the only one, years ago, on a Sunday, at Bloomington, musta been the late 70's, early 80's, they had the, at that time, the US820, Westbound class, maybe another or 2, and there were several of us there with the 135cc, direct drive, open class, track was perfect, only thing was, the multi-tire packer was throwing up little balls of mud, and they flattened out when they landed, so the surface looked like the modern day rubber flooring you find everywhere. To make a short story long, at parade speed, it almost shook your teeth loose, and your eyes flicker, but at speed, it was awesome, I don't think the WestBounds ever got that fast. I don't know who set it up, Terry Cummings, or maybe Jess Kinder, but I never heard of another gathering, before, or after, till now. I might as well add this now, about the tires, they need something, but not barbed wire, just small tires, and even they can cause trouble, at Marion Cty Fair grounds a few years back, they took out the tires, and the first cars on the track afterward were chaotic, we got T-boned, coming off turn 4, by a guy that took an early turn into turn 3, and killed my car, I don't know how many times it went over, and I'm still not over it. At Columbus, with karts, we used 13" when we could find them, but there was 1 old 16" snowgrip, that I'll guarantee would put you on your neck, if you even got close to it. Then, Bill Puterbaugh, brought down a load of Indy Car tires, and we were in hog heaven, till we tried to run with them, they were so tall, we couldn't see over them, so they ended up as crash barriers, way off the track. I've had it both ways with tires, but I don't think they can safely run without something, I don't think it's safe without something, especially for the picture folks, and safety people and equipment, I dunno! Bob
"Being old, isn't half as much fun, as getting there"! Ole Robert I!
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