Pomerenke: From Bemidji to Charlotte, response to Kyle Busch’s death shows why race fans are different

Pomerenke: From Bemidji to Charlotte, response to Kyle Busch’s death shows why race fans are different

INDIANAPOLIS — On Sunday, May 24, Bemidji Speedway held a pre-race prayer in memory of a driver who had never stepped foot at its racetrack. Around 800 miles away in Indianapolis, the NTT Indycar Series honored the same driver during the Indianapolis 500, despite the driver never racing in the series. From the outside, it seems puzzling. Why would these two tracks — and countless others across the country — honor a driver who had almost nothing …