Been going to that track since I was darn near 5. I've seen it when the likes of the red #7 won...and he went by the name of Jim Leka. Of course...there was no sponsor on that car. Dude was tough...
That was 30 some years ago.
This year saw good racing on a surface that i've seen very tough to conquer. The track crew...they give it their best. However this is a track that for whatever reason, has it's tendency to become one lane...or really good. This Farmer City ... and by fast the fastest in east central IL.
This was a year in which the Dewitt Country fairgrounds came back to life after some long stuggles with local city board officials. But lets face it...this is really the grounds of the Farmer City raceway. They make the town on summer nights. However...the lust of a Friday night in Farmer City's best asset to their community...is gone
I was there when the Dewitt County Fair was supposed to be there...but there was no fair. To hear the annoucner say this is the fair weekend....shows how much the community ... and state...has completely blown small town amusement apart.
Bottom line is the track is in the small town of Farmer City. So sad that things in this town have gotten so bad to where there are wars about what to do with the track. Farmer City is where I grew up on late model racin before the likes of Unzicker, Smith and Feger were born. I want to see more racing for weeks to come.
Rage on to the crew of Farmer City.
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