Franz Weis (left) and “Chief” Troy Rogers adjust the hydraulically actuated high rear wing on the Chaparral 2G for the Laguna Seca Can-Am in 1968.
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Pete Lyons
Try throwing your arms around all the richness of racing … too immense to embrace, isn’t it? Racecars, raceways, races, innovations, news, controversy, history, drama, beauty, excitement, emotion; a single day at the track produces far more than a single enthusiast can harvest, and we haven’t yet mentioned racers.
Its human facet is the sport’s most colorful, complex and captivating, yet throughout my years of race reporting I often felt I wasn’t doing justice to the people.
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