Originally Posted by ronmil:
Yes, they did run sprint cars and late models at the Silverdome. I seem to vaguely remember the incident you are speaking of.
I remember an incident at the Hoosier Dome midget race that killed two people in the pits. I believe it was a car driven by Chris Simmons that careened into the pits after striking a marker tire and breaking his steering. I believe one of the fatalities was an official named Smith, but I don't remember the other one.
My dad had a friend/co-worker that co-owned a midget driven by Ted Hines that year. The car number escapes me but it was maroon and had a Pontiac power plant. One of the guys on his crew I believe sustained a badly broken leg from that incident but survived.
This is all from my (bad) memory here so take this with a grain of salt.