Eddie Gossage was struck a buzz that had been missing lately at Texas Motor Speedway. As he mingled with fans this past weekend, he said, he noticed an infectious enthusiasm during the three days of playoff races at TMS.
Maybe it was the revamped track, Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s farewell or the pressure of the playoffs, but fans were back.
"This is purely anecdotal: some of the people that turned out that haven't been of late," said Gossage, the track's president. "And it was really exciting to see some people that used to come out and haven't in a while and were back."
The Star-Telegram caught up with Gossage to talk about Earnhardt, Kevin Harvick's elusive Cup victory and the traditional gun celebration in Victory Lane.
