By Mitch Stacy Evel Knievel, the red-white-and-blue-spangled motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over crazy obstacles including Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho’s Snake River Canyon made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69. Knievel’s death was confirmed by his granddaughter, Krysten Knievel. He had been in failing health for years, suffering […]
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THE DUMONT SMITH STORY By Rick Anges “Money has ruined racing, Richard Childress is a cousin of mine”, said Dumont Smith, the 1967 winner of Governors Cup when asked recently about the cost of racing, “It costs him more to win a championship then he makes in NASCAR.” Dumont Smith is a quiet man with […]
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