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Posted on: August 11, 2023 at 22:04:51 CT
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family experienced that first hand when our youngest son attended Indiana University. For all four years, he participated in IU's annual bike race, the "Little 500." The "Little 500" was featured in the 1979 sleeper hit movie "Breaking Away." That race is conducted on a cinder track in IU's old soccer stadium. During his first year of that race, his bike was clipped by a rival cyclist and he fell on that cinder track, HARD, going about 20 mph. The cinders on that track acted like a giant, filthy cheese grater and he had a massive abrasion from his right hip to his right ankle. Plus, we picked out cinders embedded in his leg for an hour. Thankfully, cinder tracks are now pretty rare.

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Field with the track covered in turf... - Lerxst MU - 8/11 11:11:04
     Major improvement. Thank goodness it’s gone!!! nm - MATO MU - 8/11 19:52:02
     RIP to the old track. Been there since the stadium . . . - Tigerborn MU - 8/11 13:19:42
          My frosh year.........nm - tigertix MU - 8/11 17:19:29
          Not exactly the same track... - BowlBoundTiger MU - 8/11 16:28:14
          Here it is in 1926 nearing completion - FIJItiger MU - 8/11 15:13:33
               RE: Here it is in 1926 nearing completion - pinkman MU - 8/11 20:45:56
          No, in 79 it was still cinders. Worked for the PD and my - Tigrrrr! MU - 8/11 14:40:30
               How many black fans you tackle then - meatiger MU - 8/12 08:18:25
               lol, what are you saying no to? do you - SwampTiger MU - 8/11 15:01:47
                    You are truly the board jack ass(nm) - Genco98 MU - 8/11 19:04:03
                    That the track changed significantly from cinders in 1979 - Tigrrrr! MU - 8/11 16:37:27
                    he is saying the picture isn't from 1975.(nm) - SuperTone MU - 8/11 15:14:45
                         why would he say that? does he think - SwampTiger MU - 8/11 16:05:19
                         It's from 1975. There was a cinder track then and a . . . - Tigerborn MU - 8/11 15:58:51
                              The cinders were black/grey. They sucked. - Tigrrrr! MU - 8/11 16:41:05
                                   I do agree that ALL cinder tracks sucked. Our . . . - Tigerborn MU - 8/11 22:04:51
                                        But, not that it's particularly significant, the cinders. . - Tigerborn MU - 8/11 22:15:15
               Yep, I've got a picture of the Mizzou/Texas game in '79 - Fourth and Long MU - 8/11 14:56:21
          Look at that glorious grass!(nm) - TrumpToRushmore MU - 8/11 14:02:30
          not saying you but people are nostalgic about the - TigerA MU - 8/11 13:34:46
               The track has shrunk over the years (as you could see . . . - Tigerborn MU - 8/11 13:51:12
                    the asphalt track was not even the same path as the - SuperTone MU - 8/12 09:26:48
                    We need some SEC-quality shrubberies. (nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 8/11 14:41:15
                    It hasnt actually been a track in a long time - alwaysright MU - 8/11 13:57:25
          good riddance imo (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 8/11 13:30:31
     Next, rock 'M' to luxury decks...(nm) - TrumpToRushmore MU - 8/11 13:16:48
     Big improvement. Looks good (nm) - samclemens MU - 8/11 13:01:31
     What about the firetruck? Wasn't that the main reason that - Fourth and Long MU - 8/11 12:28:38
          Pretty sure a fire truck can drive on turf just fine.(nm) - Carlos Rossi KC - 8/11 12:56:58
          Can you get me a deal on these for the entire family - Nohawks KC - 8/11 12:40:03
               Do they still have pleather recliners in the end zone?(nm) - Erwin Fletcher STL - 8/11 12:53:51
     Awesome, lawsuit avoided(nm) - Erwin Fletcher STL - 8/11 11:25:42
     Surprised we didn't see more injuries on the track (nm) - Columbian Gold MU - 8/11 11:20:30
          Slippage with screw-in cleats were most likely... - BowlBoundTiger MU - 8/11 16:30:24
          Hold my beer - Omniturf.(nm) - Carlos Rossi KC - 8/11 13:06:18
          Same. I got a little anxious every time a player ran out of - Lt. J. Dangle MU - 8/11 12:51:38
               Me too. It was a Henry Josey-like injury in the making nm - TigerDeep MU - 8/11 13:09:15
     Looks great.(nm) - AllThingsKC KC - 8/11 11:12:46
          It really does (nm) - TigerJackSwartz MU - 8/11 12:19:16




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