Some of these are simply too much information....:emote20:

1. Saw Jack Hewitt's last ride
2. Saw Butch Wilkerson's last ride
3. Talk with Mel Kenyon during a rain delay while sitting on his right tire under a tarp and with Mel sitting in the cockpit, just in case it stopped raining. (It didn't.)
4. Presented a HARF t-shirt to Dickie Gaines after he won at Bloomington on my 50th birthday. Yeah, Marv, that was a long time ago.
5. Went go-kart racing with several co-workers, most all who were younger than me and kicked their collective a@@es.
6. Won the 50/50 a few years back at L'burg---on my birthday
7. Saw Dickie's car get stuck on the fence at Bloomington, like a fly on flypaper.
8. Saw J.T. Stapp's car stick in the ground, nose first.
9. Was tongue tied at the 2007 HARF Banquet when I was presented the Gene Powlen Award, one that I still can't believe that I won.
10. Took my grandson to his first race at age 6 months and now he is a fan for sure.
11. Was "persuaded" by the late Lenny Calinoff to write a story. So I did, then wrote a few more. Thanks in large part to J. Levan (taz70739 here) I'm still at it.
12. For good measure: all along the way, I've made a lot of good friends, many of whom post here. Look forward to meeting many more before I take the ultimate checkered flag:checkered: