Originally Posted by Need For Speed:
I don't remember which year of the USAC vs CRA tour races at Eldora it was (maybe the first year), but, I was talking with Jack Hewitt after the heat races, and Rip Williams walks up and asks Jack: "Hey Jack, when are they gonna lay down some rubber on the bottom so we can race"
I busted out laughing...
Jack is laughing too, and says "Rip, this ain't California, we don't run around the bottom here. You're gonna have ta' get up by the wall and stand on it"
Rip looks at Jack for a second or two and says "Are you serious?"
Jack says "Yep!"
Rip then says "Well sh*t"...then turns and walks away.
Me and Jack just laughed at him 
Those California guys are like that.
In the late sixties Parnelli Jones brother Paul came east to run USAC. The first show was at Reading, Pa. which looked kind of like Ascot and reminded him of home, so he did ok. I'm not sure if there were any shows inbetween, but USAC ended up at Eldora. Paul's down in the fire-up lane running like a bat out of h**l and when he came in, about broke an arm patting himself on the back over how fast he was going. About that time one of the midwest guys came over, pointed at the guardrail and said" Paul the race track is up there ". Paul just looked at the rail and didn't say a word. Two weeks later he was back in California.