What a great article Pat! Hope everyone takes the time to read this. Clearly Richie's dedication to racing is a benefit to all of us race fans. Had no idea what Richie's start as a young fan looked like. Imagine the late nights Richie puts in to recap race night stats and write stories. We're running to our cars, and Richie is sitting in the booth trying to finish before 1 or 2 am. His light is probably the last one to be turned off at a track.

On a side note, I hope many fans got a copy of Fendered Fury, the USAC stock car racing book. What an amazing recap. Richie told me how many months and hours he and the other writers put into this book. I'm sure they weren't paid by the hour to compile all the pages and stats. Their love of the sport was our gain. Nice job Richie and co-writers!