Originally Posted by dirtnonwingfan:
The announcer said it was his first, but this was the same announcer who said that the last time an Illinois driver won this race was Don Branson in (don't remember whether he said 63 or 64).
His exact wording was that A.J. Fike was the first winner from Central Illinois to win the Tony Bettenhausen 100 since Don Branson in 1966, but I don't think Galesburg is all that central.