High temperatures of mid-40’s isn’t ideal drag racing conditions so the Tuesday night street legals have cancelled for tonight. Since the street legals were going to be part of the blog today we instead do a little O’Reilly Raceway Park trivia.
The first Kroger 200, NASCAR race was at O’Reilly Raceway Park in 1982 and was the first time the sport of NASCAR has made its way into Indiana. Bob Daniels, general manager of the track at the time and his wife Eileen are credited for bringing the series to then Indianapolis Raceway Park. The winner of the first race was Morgan Shepherd in an Oldsmobile. Shepherd has three career wins at O’Reilly Raceway Park and here he is in an early publicity photo.
The first Kroger 200, NASCAR race was at O’Reilly Raceway Park in 1982 and was the first time the sport of NASCAR has made its way into Indiana. Bob Daniels, general manager of the track at the time and his wife Eileen are credited for bringing the series to then Indianapolis Raceway Park. The winner of the first race was Morgan Shepherd in an Oldsmobile. Shepherd has three career wins at O’Reilly Raceway Park and here he is in an early publicity photo.
Here is a photo of one of the early NASCAR races at the track. 
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