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ronmil (Offline)
  #1 12/6/20 2:30 PM
Forty years ago today I attended the Heroes vs Outlaws invitational midget race at the now defunct Pontiac Silverdome.
Just wondering if anyone else on this forum attended this event?

Ron Miller
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dirtracer74 (Offline)
  #2 12/6/20 2:48 PM
I was there. 9 years old, but I remember it well. They had a few circle track events, some on the floor, and others they built dirt tracks for.







http://www.speedwayandroadracehistor...ilverdome.html
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badcoupe (Offline)
  #3 12/6/20 3:43 PM
Before my time but I attended many at the Hoosier dome as a kid. The go kart race was invitational and our engine builder always went we’d go to watch him and the midgets. Loved the sound of the scat V4 in there. Years later we were there racing a TQ it was the realization of a dream for my brother and I. Grew up watching and finally got to race it.
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Midget 89 (Offline)
  #4 12/6/20 4:06 PM
My wife and I. Shot pictures for National Speed Sports News.
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chop (Offline)
  #5 12/6/20 4:06 PM
So I was not the only one to hang on to the program. Lol
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oppweld (Offline)
  #6 12/6/20 4:44 PM
Who won?
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chop (Offline)
  #7 12/6/20 6:22 PM
Gene Gennetten won the 1st race on dirt. I would scan some stuff from the program, but cant seem to get the file size small enough to attach.
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snowdrift (Offline)
  #8 12/6/20 6:38 PM
I was there I would scan my shirt to show it but can’t get it to work
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duel (Offline)
  #9 12/6/20 6:55 PM
I was there. They had 90 midgets I believe. heats in the afternoon were pretty good. Then the features in the evening were a dusty mess. Still fun though all day there. I went to the few they had after on the real asphalt floor. I think the 2nd year they had a pile of treated moist dirt sitting outside and it froze so they ran the floor. The Super Bowl was played there the week before.
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rapid robert (Offline)
  #10 12/6/20 7:18 PM
I was there, I was 31 years old. I met and talked with a young guy named Sam Swindell. Even got to shake his hand. That was a great show.
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