Accidental Ownership It Took a Tractor to Pull the Helfrich Family Into Speedway Operation
Evansville Courier & Press › April 18, 2007
Linked as:
Summary
Gazing through his bedroom window as a child, Tom Helfrich's view of the outside world was obscured by Tri-State Speedway.
Little did he know that he would be running the quarter-mile high- banked oval 50 years later.See the full content of this document
Extract
Accidental Ownership It Took a Tractor to Pull the Helfrich Family Into Speedway Operation
Despite the proximity to their home, Helfrich said his father, Edward, had no intention of leasing, then buying the Haubstadt, Ind., dirt track.
"My dad worked for Swift Packing Co. in Evansville and farmed a little bit on the side," said Helfrich, who took over ownership of Tri-State from his father in the late 1980s. "He ...See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
