I can remember in the early 90’s when EHT used to have a “rumble” every sat. night. We would all race our 3 motos, and wait around till the end, when the track would be lit and Doug Luden would announce “Are we ready to Rumble” and play some LL Cool J…then all the older guys would line the gate and we’d all be watching. That generated a lot of out of towners to become locals at EHT and made a HUGE rise in the rider count. As for there being a purse, I don’t remember anything being offered but I could be wrong…I BELIEVE they just did it because they enjoyed the sport…
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