AutoSportRadio.com 2024 Show for April 9th

AutoSportRadio.com 2024 Show for April 9th - Guests: Jeff Horton and Bobby Plump;

AutoSportRadio.com 2024 Show for April 9th was recorded in front of a live audience at Green Street Pub and Eatery in Brownsburg, Indiana with host Don Kay.

Jeff Horton

Jeff was the Director of Engineering during both the Indy Racing League and also the IndyCar Series. He was involved in the development of the windscreen. Safety was his primary interest.
After leaving IndyCar Jeff kept in contact with various safety projects. Though not directly involved with the development of the Safer Barrier Jeff helped develop the new foam that is being installed in all Safer Barriers.

Bobby Plump
(Bobby's last and winning shot)

Butler Fieldhouse is filled to capacity with 15,000 people. There is less than a minute to go in what may be the most famous high school basketball state final in American sports history.

The score is 30-28. Upstart Milan High School (161 students) is leading four-time state champion Muncie Central (1,662 students). Muncie controls the ball, with every pass, every cut and every shot carrying the weight of a championship.

Ray Craft, a Milan senior guard, leaps to intercept a mid-court pass, but narrowly misses what would have been a game-clinching turnover. He recovers back by the free throw line, again with a narrow miss steal, fingertips away from potentially sealing the game. Instead, Muncie moves the ball down low and scores an layup. It's tied 30-30.

Craft pumps his fist down in frustration after the basket. He regains his composure and passes the inbound to his classmate, fellow senior guard Bobby Plump.

Plump calmly dribbles the basketball up the court. He's meticulous in how he bounces the ball back and forth, stalling to wind down the clock.

A teammate to his left raises both hands to call timeout. The players run to their respective benches.

The crowd noise rises to a crescendo accompanying anticipation inside the fieldhouse.

Milan coach Marvin Wood calmly draws up a play in the huddle. He's always been quiet. This pressure-packed moment doesn't faze the 26-year-old.

The play is repeated for clarification. Craft is supposed to take the ball out of bounds and pass to Plump. Wood tells the team that Plump can dribble for five to six seconds then make a move to shoot and in case of a miss, the team could possibly tip it in with time left.

Starting center Gene White advises the rest of the team to stand on the left side of the court to clear a path for Plump. Wood agrees.