Originally Posted by treecitytornado:
You forget Stevie Smith about beating Haud to the line, first and only time without the Wing!! That was the Show!!
Didn't forget it...it's just that Gaines was not given much of a chance to be a factor at all, and he came close to winning the thing in Hoffman's back up car (Hines was their #1 and regular driver). Haud and Smith got by Gaines very late in the race. Compared to Gaines, Smith had a ton of experience on that track, wing or not. Most of Dickie's experience came on the 1/4 miles of Indiana. So...for me, Dickie was the show (not to diminish the great finish!!) JMO