Poster Boy: A shot taken of Whit Smith and his father in 1996 and used for this poster the following year.
Story by Sean Smith
From the VeloceToday Archives
After 18 years gone missing, Whit Smith finds his father’s Alfa racecar
It’s all Whit Smith’s mother’s fault. She and Whit’s dad met in Galion, Ohio. Pat was a local, Mason a New York city guy stuck in Ohio for work and a bit bored. The future Mrs. Smith spun tales of a race track just down the road at Mid-Ohio; they went to check it out.