T.J.’s Notebook: One Month Makes a Big Difference for Balog

On a Thursday night in mid-July there was a large crowd gathered around Bill Balog’s crashed race car after a vicious accident during the Jokers Jackpot preliminary night at Eldora Speedway. Just less than a month later another large crowd surround Balog at Knoxville Raceway. This time it was to celebrate Balog qualifying for the Knoxville Nationals finale for the first time in his career. [...]