Part of Spokane motorsports history gets dusted off at Festival of Speed

Had Tom Sneva’s first venture to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to try to qualify for the Indy 500 ended as it did, who knows, the Eastern Washington State College graduate might have just kept teaching school.

But he didn’t let that failed 1973 trip back to the Brickyard sway his desire for speed that ultimately provided him a place in history as the 1983 winner of the 500.

What is the connection to today?

The car he drove back then, a true local from-scratch creation, returns to its home and will be on display to the public for the first time in decades this weekend at the Spokane Festival...