1951, Fort Miami 1/4 mile in Maumee,Ohio, I was 10 yrs. old. I sat in the stands with my soon to be aunt while my uncle drove a 40 Ford sedan, yellow and black number 25, in the race. The oldtimers on here will remember those days of the flat head Fords with a hook welded on the dash to hold the car in second gear. The 1/4 mile was in front of the grandstands and used the straightaway of the mile horse track where Ronnie Householder won a number of AAA midget races.
First USAC sprint car race Aug. 5, 1962 New Bremen, OH. when it was still dirt. Don Branson was the winner in the Iddings 93 car. Unfortunately that was also my first fatality, Don Davis who crashed after taking the checkered flag.

Vern Plotts