The white piece of paper taped to the steering wheel caught my eye. So before that 2003 race at Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway, I drifted over the Steve Casebolt’s pit area to check out exactly what was going on with the Richmond, Ind., driver.

Turns out he was doing something drivers don’t always do — planning ahead for the feature race.

Because he wasn’t starting particularly close to the front, Casebolt jotted down the complete purse for the $15,000-to-win race and affixed it to the MORE