Churchill Downs, Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, The Rose Bowl, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Soldier Field and Martinsville Speedway are all among the most historic sports arenas in existence in the United States.
Sixteen years ago today, our nation was forever altered by a sequence of four events that forever took away our innocence.
If dirt track open wheel racing lost its definition of a badass when Bryan Clauson tragically lost his life last August at the Belleville Midget Nationals in Kansas, then pavement open wheel racing suffered the same loss Saturday night with the passing of Dave Steele in a sprint car crash at Desoto Speedway.
As I was surfing social media on Sunday morning after the revelation that Tony Stewart had withdrawn from the All Star Circuit of Champions finale at Bubba Raceway Park the night before, I saw a lot of “fans” throwing shade at ‘Smoke’ for his actions and for not competing in front of a packed house Saturday night.