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This is really hard for me to write. I have had tears reading these posts. I considered Robbie a great friend and a great race car driver. The reason it is so hard for me is that until tonight I couldn't even deal with it. I couldn't even open this post until tonight. I would just pass over it. I as a race driver have always had a hard time dealing with driver's losing their life or getting seriously injured. I just didn't know how to deal with it. So I pretty well just avoided it in every way that I could. I would always pray for the families of the lost loved one or the injured driver. But I could never go to the funeral home or the hospital for some reason I just didn't know how to deal with it. It has always eat in me up about Robbie and his family because I considered them such good friends. I have always regretted not going to see Robbie or being there for the family. But I can't take it back but I am so glad that I opened this link because this is a big step for me. I do not know if other drivers face the same thing I faced as a driver not being able to deal with that side of our sport. But to the Stanley Family I am so sorry for not being there for you at the time when you needed us the most. I think about Robbie and you guys all the time and think about all the great times at the track together. Love you guys and God Bless.
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