on his sprint car, as told to A.J. Baime. When I was a kid, my dad raced sprint cars at Ventura Raceway, our local track, a 1/5-mile dirt oval right on the beach. When my brother and I were 5 ...

However, part-timer JJ Yeley eclipsed their stardom and became the center of attraction at Ventura ... in a late-race crash after coming into contact with David Gasper’s midget car.