I've been to Terre Haute twice, rained out both times (same for Gas City)
One of these days...
This summer I finally got to see "Lets Race 2" at Eldora, big 1/2 mile, wingers & traditional both. I prefer small tracks, but enjoyed the hell out of ALL the races!

After further thought, I'll answer some of my own question...I remember reading that ISW was not part of the USAC schedule; maybe til later in those years posted? (or right after?). &, could it be said the CRA sprint car series was actually more popular in those years than it is now? Also, were there more weekly tracks running traditional sprints back then?

Furthermore, I'm sure you know Larson swept all the classes at big fast 1/2 mile Eldora when he was a young'un.... & he had a pretty serious accident in a wingless car a few years later.
He's not scared of 1/2 miles, I'm pretty sure his NASCAR team made him stop racing wingless 410s. They've been pretty cool about letting him race any other kind of dirt track events. But they have to protect their investment....
Hell, I think anybody even racing a 305 Race Saver has plenty of balls

No balls??? https://www.google.com/search?client...LUixFNSNg,st:0

Exactly! You were way easier on him than I would’ve been but I just chalked it up to him being drunk

Yes you get a few good races, but you get far more snoozers. I will agree with you, I think the crown cars do very good on 1/2's. At the same time, you cannot race these cars every single weekend. I have watched most of the Lucas Oil Late Model, HiLimit, and USAc sprint races this year. Most of the snoozers are the big tracks. You get passing on the initial start and on restarts. Most of the time when they get to traffic they are so strung out the traffic does not matter. On the tracks where it does matter, majority of the time the caution comes out just as the leader is getting slowed up by the traffic.

Yet he is a three time Knoxville Nationals champion. He loves Port Royal and has multiple victories there. Kings Royal winner at Eldora. Ran and liked the Bristol dirt races. We could go on but no reason too.