Watched this live with my brother and dad. Just absolutely incredible to watch a man go from the back of the D main all the way to the A main. Only a true racer could pull that off.
Greg Hodnet was cheated out of being Rookie Off The 1990 Nationals. They gave it to Joey Kuhn who didn't even make the A-main. They should correct this for Greg's HOF record posthumously!
That was his 2nd time trying to do it, I think his 1st. time was in 1987 and he started in the E main and went clear to the A main and was up to 6th (fastest car there) with about 5-8 laps left and had a flat tire. During the B main the Sheriff had his speedometer deal and Wolfgang was going into number 3 corner flat footed on the gas 131 mph and never lifted. 1987 was my last year working on a Sprint Car there.👍
I was a 16 year old Doug Wolfgang fan in 1990. I was discouraged when he ran into so many problems getting to Saturday night but it was the greatest night of racing of my life! Knoxville loved him at the place went nuts as he navigated the impossible. I was in Knoxville for the Nationals last weekend and they were saying the same thing about David Gravel and how it was impossible to win from the rear. I told the guy next to me about this race and how untrue that statement was. 50 laps later he finished 2nd and might have won if he had a couple more.
