Ohio drivers were more accustomed to asphalt tracks, and local drivers struggled to adjust. Once my car got on top of a fence, and I landed in the hospital. The track closed after the 1973 season after it had a collision of its own this one with economic reality. Meanwhile, there are plans to build an indoor stock car racetrack the size of six football fields near the Pittsburgh International Airport. The secretary where I work yells at me in the morning when my driver knocks off her driver.
People always feel strongly about drivers.
One of the top dogs at Heidelberg was a guy named Herb Scott. When he won a race, half the grandstand cheered, and the other half booed.