Tuna:
Great story! My brother in law ran a 50's midget powered by a model 60 Ford V-8 and I watched him run against 89 cubic inch V-4 OMC motors at Illiana Speedway. They would run away from the pack until they hit lap traffic, or the field came under yellow, and they just could not accelerate as fast as the four strokers.
As far as Lyons goes, one of the greats, like Oswego went by the wayside. Another great track falls victim to NIBMBY's who knew damn wel that track was their before they bought their house, owned their beemer or got their first boob job.....
You would have enjoyed this.... Last year out in Fallbrook, the two guys who owned Dragmaster opened their shop for a car show. Many photos of their chassis. Since Don Prudohme lived about a miles from our house at the time, he appeared, his shop is just over in Vista. Along with the cars were a few select vintage race boats from that golden age. The boats were getting more looks than the cars it seemed
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