
*Magic Moe destroying a Ford V-8 in 1968
Legendary stuntman Magic Moe died yesterday at age 81. A staple of Charlotte Motor Speedway's pre-race escapades, including the 1970 "Leap of Wraith", when he flew through burning helicopter propellers with a pogo stick. In 1976 he put a bee-hive on his head while igniting his fingernails in kerosene. In 1980 the wives of every driver pepper-sprayed him, leaving him motionless for twenty minutes. In 1993 he failed to jump 400 mailboxes, collapsing both lungs and ending his career. May he rest in peace.