Tonight, on Beyond the Bricks with Jake Query and Mike Thomsen, they discuss an important anniversary close to Mike, remembering Gordon Smiley with today marking 41 years since his passing, and the introduction to a key racecar driver in Indy 500 history in the same year (1982).
Additionally, we revisit a classic commercial from 1981 that always makes Jake laugh anytime he listens to it, the racing career of a driver most race fans do not talk about frequently in Tom Bigelow after his bizarre entry to the 1982 Indy 500, and the controversy surrounding Kevin Cogan in the 1982 race because of an accident that he created resulting in A.J. Foyt, Mario Andretti, Dale Whittington, and Roger Mears not finishing the race.