and a little off topic. . . was Tony Hulman miking out " Gentlemen. . . START YOUR ENGINES!
A heart-thumping moment.
Well, except one time when A.J. Foyt's car wouldn't start. Kind of funny as you watched his head bobbing madly in the cockpit. I always wondered what he was yelling.
Oh hell. . . one more. . . . my worst time was watching the Dodge Challenger pace car crash into the stands at the end of pit row. We all knew it was going to happen when he came off the track way too fast.
Not a pretty sight.
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