I attended my first race at Bolivar, MO on opening night 1973 at age 4 months. Apparently I caught pneumonia so my grandparents made my dad sell his car and grow up cause he had a family. What a load of B.S.

I attended several more stock car races at the fairgrounds in springfield, MO and I really loved them but then something happened that ruined me for good.

Sometime around 1979 (give or take a few years) I saw my first SPRINT CAR RACE at the fairgrounds in Sedalia, MO. Mile track, daytime race, no wings.....BLEW MY FREAKIN MIND!!!!!!

Shane Carson won the deal in the old Vise Grip #20 car. I still can close my eyes and see that car wiggling down the frontstretch and pitching it in to turn one about 100 yards early.

From that point on I could have cared less about a stock car race but would have been willing to make the 10 hour drive to Wisconsin to catch the last 5 laps of any Sprint Car or Midget feature.