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[Geerhead55]

Originally Posted by tj310

Some good points. Were there any fans in the stands in 74 ? ---Trevor

Back in '74,, you usually had lots of fans in the stands. Went to my first drag race as a teenager in '68 and there were fans always lined up outside the gates waiting for the track to open, and they usually packed the house. We had 3 local tracks here at the time. Puyallup,, Bremerton and Seattle International Raceway and each track had programs and events that would draw big crowds. I never saw a national event until '74 at Ontario, California for the NHRA Supernationals/World Finals which totally blew me away with the thousands of people that attended it.
Its sad that races don't draw the fans like days gone by,, but theres a multitude a reasons for that, and thats a topic for another thread.
Danny Durham