DRIVING DIRECTIONS: Ross Bentley's Speed Secrets

DRIVING DIRECTIONS: Ross Bentley's Speed Secrets

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DRIVING DIRECTIONS: Ross Bentley's Speed Secrets
DRIVING DIRECTIONS: Ross Bentley's Speed Secrets
Storytime: Speedway at Nazareth

Storytime: Speedway at Nazareth

I was scared…

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DRIVING DIRECTIONS: Ross Bentley's Speed Secrets
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Storytime: Speedway at Nazareth
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I’m going to die.

It was 1993, and I was competing in the Indy car race at Nazareth Speedway. Driving for Dale Coyne Racing, I was in the cockpit of a 1992 Lola-Chevy.

The thoughts going through my head were not good. They were full of fear.

In that era of Indy car racing, teams upgraded to a new chassis every single year, and each new model was faster tha…

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