First race was in late 40's at a track called Evans fairgrounds. This was just outside of Ripley, West Virginia. The old midgets raced there and at the Meigs County fairgrounds in Pomeroy, Ohio, Marietta, Ohio fairgrounds and Torch Speedway at Torch, Ohio and Scotts Field in Parkersburg, West Virginia.

By the early 50's it was turning into stockcar racing at those same tracks and then in 1958 Ohio Valley Speedway outside of Parkersburg, West Virginia opened. Since it was only 20 miles up the road that would be our track for many years and it's still open in 2013. Then Hilltop Speedway outside of Marietta, Ohio and the Skyline Speedway near Athens, Ohio in the early 60's. Then by 1970 when the open wheel supermods disappeared in our home area we were hooked and it was off to Atomic Speedway in Alma, Ohio mostly and then the bigger tracks like Eldora, Dayton and Winchester.

I can't think of a better way to have spent my childhood and my lifetime than chasing racing all over the country. Even though I don't get out as much as I once did it's still in my veins and my #1 sport.