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Holeshot wins the order of the day at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park

By Bill Stephens
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, June 23, 2008

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. -- Think of "The Tortoise and the Hare." In that ageless fable by Aesop, the lightning-fast hare and the dreadfully slow tortoise square off in a race. The hare gives the tortoise a big head start, but in the end, the tortoise wins the race thanks to his starting-line advantage. Did the hare actually cover the race course at a quicker clip? Yes. Did the tortoise reach the finish line first? Yes. And thus, the first holeshot win in racing history was recorded. At the ...

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