He turned professional under Bill Daniels, with trainer Bobby Lewis.

"It just looks like we're not doing anything," Bill Daniels said.

There was one driver," Bill Daniels recalled, "who came along every day and knocked down all the cones.

"Most surveyors can't stand the pressure," Bill Daniels said.

"Well, I wasn't exactly out on the road with Moses," Bill Daniels said.

"One day there's a bank robbery," Bill Daniels said.

Wedge was discovered and managed by Bill Daniels.

Privately, Bill Daniels had explained it to his son.

Bill Daniels's boy come up to see me.

"One way or another, when push came to shove, Bill Daniels would get me off."