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08:57:22 AM by egras
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Posted By: hardon on July 02 2025 at 10:49:29 PM
Great question but I don't have the answer. However what you witnessed at Jackson is exactly what I've witnessed at Husets (it's hard to say it doesn't dry out because the dust is always flying during the features) it just never seems to widen out. But you're correct about Jackson, I've not been impressed with the racing there either, at least the times I've went (I don't think there's hardly any racing there at all anymore?). But I'm not sure about the dirt, that's certainly a possibility. I really don't have a clue how that works. It could be a new tire formula Husets is using isn't reacting well with the dirt, I really have no idea but it makes sense that something isn't working with the dirt. But I'm certain they're working on it and I'm certain they'll get it the best they can, maybe it will never be like it was "back in the day", and truthfully it probably wasn't as good as I remember it. But it was a lot of fun to see how the leaders handle traffic back then.
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I planned our family vacation to the Black Hills back in the day. I had it planned to hit Huset's (Badlands Motor Speedway at that point) on Sunday night on our way out, and Jackson on Friday night on our way back. Well, Chucky was throwing his fit, so I never got to see Husets. I remember walking up in the stands on that Friday night in Jackson and saying to my son "this dirt looks identical to Knoxville." I believe I had heard it was the same dirt used by Knoxville as Murphy eluded to. It just doesn't work the same as it does on the massive surface at Knoxville----not that I know why, because I haven't stayed at a Holiday Inn for quite some time. 
Your comment "maybe it will never be like it was "back in the day", and truthfully it probably wasn't as good as I remember it." That's the issue many of us have when we compare the modern era to the days of old. We compress our memories from the past 30 years into the highlights and forget the countless follow the leader, boring-ass heats and features we watched hundreds of times. It's like when you ask a Nascar fan from the 70's and they tell you how great that Daytona 500 was between Petty and Yarborough, when they both wrecked coming to the line. They don't mention there was no one else on the first 3 laps of the race, nor do they mention the Southern 500 that Ned Jarrett won by 14 laps over the entire field. They remember snippets of the decade, and all of the sudden it was greater than anything we can possibly have today, when it actually wasn't anywhere near the racing Nascar has today. (and I don't think Nascar racing today is as good as it was in Gen3 car, but it's better than it was in those golden years for sure----give or take a few memories.)
Long story short, you bring up a good point. My track is now closed and I had a lot of great memories there. However, if you put me in a time machine, and made me watch every single race over again, I'd be going "WTF? How did I find this entertaining?" And then I would get back in the time machine and come back to the present and watch the racing we have now!
Happy 4th
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