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  1.   MSportRev posted:
  03.18.2020 - 4:28 pm
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Finishing 25th and starting 21st: Ken Rowley. Status: did not start.

Owners:

Butch Garner: Olen Runion

Tom Meinberg: Art Meinberg

Larry Nau: Larry Nau

Jiggs Lindhorst: Larry Nau

Joe Wallace: Sharon Loboda

Herman Huffman: Herman Huffman

Gordon Blankenship: Linda Blankenship

Sponsors:

Bay Darnell: Motor Sports Limited

Marvin Smith: Riverside Auto Parts

Source: Ultimate Racing History


  2.   RaceFanX posted:
  06.26.2020 - 11:18 am
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The one-mile clay oval at the Illinois State Fairgrounds was a staple of
the USAC Stock Car Series from 1961 onward but as that series faded out
in the early 1980s the track started transitioning over to ARCA as its
replacement starting with this event that was a combination race
featuring competitors from both series. ARCA's first visit to its now
longtime home in Springfield was a nice interseries matchup as USAC's
Dean Roper beat ARCA's polesitter Bobby Jacks to claim the win.

There was a nice split between the two series in the top-5 as USAC's
Rick O'Brien and Terry Pearson took third and fourth while ARCA's Jerry
Churchill was fifth.


  3.   JSPorts43 posted:
  06.26.2020 - 11:56 am
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Unfortunately, Roper lost his life during the ARCA race at this same
track 18 years later.


  4.   rm posted:
  08.06.2020 - 9:11 pm
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Time of race - 1:23:12
Average speed - 72.115 mph

Roper's winnings - $3,050

Rowley was classed as a DNQ, not a DNS as the field size was strictly
limited to 24 cars on the grid and 24 drivers getting paychecks. With a
meager total purse of $16,000 between the two sanctioning bodies, I'm
not sure the winnings for finishing in the 20s would have even covered
your parking for the fair that day.

Additional DNQ:
Roger Drake, who broke in qualifying


  5.   MSportRev posted:
  04.23.2021 - 5:25 pm
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Cautions: 6 for 39 laps


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