In the '60 - '80s I bummed around the short tracks with my dad. We could have been the Penn and Teller of racing. My dad was the outgoing and outspoken one and I was the silent one taking it all in. When he died I still went to the races but was alone without practicing my social skills.

With the 'net and especially IOW I have been able to make friends in racing the way I could have never imagined, with dirt330 being one of my 2013 friends. I am grateful to IOW. I only wish my dad could be here. He would have gotten a kick out of it as well.