The first race I remember is a local bracket drag race at Pacemackers Dragway in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. I was 2 maybe 3 years old. My parents have pics of me at the winter indoor quarter midget races in Columbus around 1982. The car I was standing next to has Robbie Stanley as the driver. I sure dad took me to Columbus Motor Speedway and Eldora on sundays when he wasn't drag racing.

My first time driving a racecar was sitting on Doug Krik's lap driving/warming up his ex Butch Leal pro stocker around National Trail Dragway east of columbus on a super wednesday show. I drove my first quarter midget race Dec. 3, 1987. National Trails used to let passengers in cars slower than 12.00 et. Dad says I had 100 plus passes under my belt by the age of 5 in a 1960 Chevy Station Wagon with a 283 that dad ran in NHRA T/SA and bracket racing at the many drag strips in Division 3. The reason I went down the track so much, I would cry if dad didn't take me with him. I quess this racing bug is really a sickness that has no known cure.