Utica-Rome Speedway was not on our schedule, but it was just down the road from where we were staying and what the heck, it was the 50th Anniversary race...
U/R is a significant race track in the history of New York tracks. Many greats raced here, among them Richie Evans. Many of the older cars were on display and there was a big payday dirt big block modified race to boot.
Brett Hearn showed up and showed up the competition in normal fashion taking the feature race. His style is much like what we saw at Canandaigua where he drove mostly straight ahead keeping his momentum up. He beat a lot of good cars that night.
Not everybody likes Brett, winners usually heap disdain among the competition. Here is a license plate that shows someones feelings about this 800 plus time winner...