Ever stumble upon something that ended up changing the direction of your life? Veteran Dirt Late Model racer Doug Horton did last year — by driving off the wrong highway exit.

Horton and his wife, Laura, were on a long-weekend getaway to Florida’s Gulf Coast in March 2013 — primarily because he had been too busy at his Smithfield, Pa.-based High Gear Speed Shop to make his annual trip to the previous month’s Winternationals at East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Fla. — when he made a MORE