One of the coolest things I've ever seen in racing...  

I disagree.... I don't race - you do so I have to yield to you there, but I'll bet I watch more races than you from beginning to end since I'm not in the pits, not spotting, etc., and yea, racers have to go for it when it's time to go for it, otherwise they are just "drivers",... and sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn't, but I don't remember anybody in Nascar's "highest " 4 levels ever backing down after making contact, and letting the other guy try to recover, and then realizing that the other guy had damage, to then go on for the win, but announce that they would split their share of $'s.  That is way far off from what is done today, and to me, way different than what Jack Hewitt did in the video.

My guess is that he probably didn't have to do it every other week either like some of today's current drivers.