He recalls having to sit on a barn roof to watch it but clearly remembers thinking that that experience was the most exciting thing he had ever seen. He still loved racing and was attempting to race at a Pennsylvania track. This seemed to be a more profitable and safer way to stay involved in the sport he so loved. After that he only raced for fun in celebrity events. Bill is such an interesting man with some wonderful insights to racing.
Nobody gets a free scholarship.
With the deaths of those 3 fine young up and coming stars last season, I asked Bill to share his thoughts on these tragedies and the many others he has seen over his many years in racing. Bill is a friendly, outgoing person and obviously makes friends easily. And, of course Bill knows all the TV announcers. He says he loves to eat and it shows and told me a story about going to an all you can eat steakhouse with Eli Gold in Michigan one time. He jokingly said the owner looked as though his business had suffered a severe loss.