With the tragedies of last week, I think this post got lost. I know I kind of forgot about it.

When I was growing up, all I wanted to be was a race car driver. Specifically a sprint car driver. There was an author by the name of William Campbell Gault that wrote several racing books back in the 50’s and 60’s. Our small country school still had them on the shelves in the 70’s. And I read every one. Multiple times. My favorite was a title named “Dirt Track Summer.” It was about a group of friends racing a sprint car along the west coast.

These books took me away and made me dream of the day I would be able to gas up my very own sprint car. I still have a copy of that book I found in a used book store years ago.

The best compliment I can give is that Dave’s “Best of Times” chapters and books reminds me very much of the books I read as a young man. As I read every chapter, I can picture in my mind’s eye Jimmy and his clan racing the Ellison Special through history. I hope Dave never stops writing.

Tom Paterson