Home Forty Years Later: Carmel Residents Remember the Racers by Ray Compton December 2, 2014 by Ray Compton December 2, 2014 Al Karlander still remembers the first time he saw the 5-9, 150-pound, 17-year-old teammate at a pre-season Indianapolis Racers practice in 1978. “I didn’t think he was big enough,” Karlander …
