By David McGlothlin | AZBigMedia
This story was originally published in AZRE magazine, which was released before Phoenix Raceway announced its naming rights partnership, changing the track’s name to ISM Raceway.
Each season, thousands of roaring fans with drinks and snacks in hand, adorned from head to toe in their favorite sports memorabilia, pack into stadiums across the Valley to cheer their favorite athletes and teams on to victory while hoping to experience history in the making.
Like November 4, 2001, when over 49,000 fans witnessed Arizona Diamondbacks legend Luis Gonzalez’s game-winning, bloop-single over the head of Derek Jeter in the bottom of the ninth inning during Game 7 of the World Series at then Bank One Ballpark for the team’s first and only World Series Championship.