One of the worst crashes I remember witnessing up close and personal was about 6 or so years ago when Larry Beck had his throttle stick on his car. He was about 10 or so feet from taking a header into the pit grandstand wall right in front of me. And he was still going at a good clip when he hit at about a 30 - 40 degree angle. There wasn't a straight piece of metal on that car and Larry was a little loopy the rest of the time there.. This was on the old 1/4 mile configuration. I could be wrong but I'm thinking some of that car may have been salvagible if he did it on the 3/8ths track.

The worst car count I've seen this year was when the 'burg had 14 car. There was five sprint car races that very same night in the Ohio-Indiana wingless region. If memory serves me correct two other tracks had less than 20 cars that same evening.

I will be at the 'burg tonight without a doubt.