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Met Don at the Indy Nationals in ‘97. We parked in this huge field/parking area across from the track. While walking across the parking area, we came upon one of those round back trailers with a couple of tables setup with books and some other stuff. Long time ago, cant quite remember the details.
Anyways, started looking at the “stuff” when, from around the other side of the trailer, here comes Don in jeans and a t-shirt. Im trying to tell my son who this guy is whilst keeping my composure. Ive always been a huge fan. We shot the breeze like two regular guys who just bumped into each that wanted to talk drag racing.
Btw, he was also a big announcer at the track for that event. You wouldn’t have guessed it by the way our conversation went. Just a regular guy and very cordial. Glad we met!
Still have the spark plugs from Al Hoffman’s funny car! From one of his runs before he beat Force.
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