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The Trackside Racer’s Supply Pirelli tire semi-truck kept flood waters associated with Hurricane Ivan from washing away the company’s building in Canton, North Carolina, near Asheville Thursday.

Trackside owner Moose Kuykendall was seen on local TV news reports, telling reporters that the truck acted as a dam as flood waters struck, collecting logs and brush and diverting water around his building.

Kuykendall told roadracingworld.com today that 17 inches of rain fell in the area Thursday, a week after another 8 inches of rain had fallen, and the sodden ground could not absorb the water.

Kuykendall said a flood rushed toward his building after a floating travel trailer became lodged underneath a bridge over an adjacent creek, blocking water that normally would continue to flow down down the creek.

Asked if he thought the AMA decision to postpone last weekend’s scheduled National at VIR was a good one, Kuykendall said, “I’d say so.”