It's July 4th, not Thanksgiving, but I couldn't stop thinking about how fortunate I am to be able to call A.J. Foyt, Bobby Unser, Parnelli Jones and Dan Gurney any time to talk about sprinters at Ascot Park, sanctioning bodies with no clue, the courage of their conviction and Indianapolis when it was the center of the universe. So I dialed up four of my favorite Americans on Independence Day to thank them for being originals, free thinkers and badasses whose personalities and exploits helped hook me on auto racing so many, many years ago. A.J. had just finished a 12-hour stint on his tractor and was climbing down from a ladder at his ranch. "Damn, I had to take those steps one at a...
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