It's hard to believe that it's been 14 years since Opp passed away. Even harder to believe that it's been 30 years since his crash in a sprint car at Jennerstown, Pa. in 1981. He had a bad wreck in a dirt champ car in 1976 at the Indianapolis Fairgrounds mile and was just getting back into good racing form when he had the crash at Jennerstown.
My favorite ever, I was lucky as a kid to have experienced him. There could never be anouther, it's literally impossible today. p.s. his parents who took care of him around the clock for years were affectionally known as mup and fup, me and all my buddies started calling my parents that.