Originally Posted by racephoto1:
Let's see, I work nine to 5 in Indy, hop in my car, drive to Bloomington, get there by 6:15. Leave Bloomington midnight. Then drive over night to Springfield ,Illinois. Go to sleep at 4, get up at 6;30. Shoot Springfield, leave there at 3. Drive straight through to the Burg, get there at 8. Shoot till 11. Get home at about 1.
On Sunday , get up at 9,( sorry, I slept in a little), do my website. Leave for Kokomo, get there at 5, shoot till around 10,( lucky for me , Kokomo bangs their shows out) Get home about 11;30. Work for the papers I work for until about 1 am. Get up at 6 Monday morning to go back to the 9 to 5. Been doing this as long as I can remember.
Also, if my brother shows up at the track, I toss in a hand on the car.
A racers life isn't any different then mine. They're not gods, just guys who pick a different line of work for a job. No , I never drove one, no desire. Been working on them since 1977. I can remember 52 shows one year, just with USAC. That doesn't include the local stuff I also did.
Like I said to me , it's just a job, NO BIG DEAL.
Well sir,I commend you then on all your hard work and I'm sorry if you feel like I called you out.
You know as well as I do that there are people who come on these boards and talk smack about things that they have no idea of the time and effort it takes to race,obviously you are not one of them and I now know that and next time I will respond accordingly.
And by no means do I think that I'm a god for doing what I do,quite the contrary,I feel very fortunate to have been able to have a career for the past 33yrs doing what I love and a lot of people are not that lucky to love their job.
Have a nice evening