Why? Makes sense to me

[willy]

Things were iffy for a while after Ernie Rife's unfortunate incident at Indy. It was game, set and match after Elmers. Addittionally, at the time, Terry Vance thought the bikes were both, too dangerous, and too fast, and wasn't afraid to use his influence against.

What Johnny said^^^

When Elmer died..that was it. That was probably the worse weekend in drag racing.