Gabby Chaves had never heard of Shorty Templeton, Jimmy Caruthers, Sleepy Tripp, Larry Rice, Sheldon Kinser or Jim Hurtubise and was unaware front-engine racecars still roamed the earth or that the Indianapolis Speedrome carried such significance in open-wheel racing. But all those eras and history came together Saturday night in a cool little package of old days meets new wave as Chaves made a most impressive debut driving a midget in the Tony Stewart Classic. After the drivers mentioned above, along with Roger Penske, Clint Brawner, Lindsey Hopkins, Butch Hartman, Fred Lorenzen and Don Kenyon, were inducted into the USAC Hall of Fame in a ceremony on the front stretch at the legendary...
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