It should be a great day of racing featuring large and competitive fields and topped off by Jerry Bailey's final ride.

He just had racing in his blood.

It was a very, very good day in Springfield for the horse racing industry.

This was a big day for our operation. I've been doing some racing for the last 10 years. I don't plan on driving the Pro Series car, but I want to be available if we have an illness or injury. ... We need someone to hop into the car and finish the event.

We're hoping to expand the league and get more kids involved, and introduce them to racing.

I raced everything I could. I raced a lot, I wrecked a lot. At 45-years-old racing wasn't fun anymore, this is fun. I had a ball.