So Much for the Texas Throwdown
It's official...both Al Unser, Jr and Michael Andretti declined Texas Motor Speedway's offer for $100 K of sponsorship if they'd both run at Texas...the offer intrigued both teams...but the time to get competitive pieces ready after Indy was too short, so they said.
Eddie Gossage is (like all his counterparts at Speedway Motorsports tracks) a master promoter...it is an attribute that is a rarity among the majority of racing executives, save for the uber-meister, H. A. "Humpy" Wheeler--who is in a class by himself.
Paul Kaminski
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- Paul Kaminski
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