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RUNOFF REBIRTH; The SCCA's cornerstone event finds a new home.(Sports Car Club of America)

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Topeka, Kansas, population 122,088, suffers from a bit of an inferiority complex, which is unfortunate and unnecessary. This is, after all, the state capital. It features numerous fine restaurants and museums and art galleries, and it is not that far from Prairie Dog Town, which is "Home of the 8000-pound Prairie Dog,'' as well as a six-legged cow.

But still, Topeka residents seek periodic reassurance that they are living in a real city, and you can bet that there was some jealousy and grousing when country music legend Glen Campbell sang Wichita Lineman at the Sports Car Club of America's 43rd Annual National Championships-or ...

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