Originally Posted by Terry Porter:
Andrew, how are you doing? I haven’t seen you in a few years.
Been seeing where Darren Jensen has been having some success down under and brought back memories of Eldora and Kokomo with Spike.
I'm doing good. Dont go to the races much anymore,but I still read about them. Lee Osborne said in Open Wheel magazine many years ago,that when people move away from racing,they get into street rods,and thats what I have done,although there is much more to that story too.
I see Darren's name occasionally. Last time I saw him in person was years ago at Terre Haute Action Track. He was crewing on Titan Racing USA car for a few weeks. I might have gone to their shop too, to talk with him and Glenno,and another Queensland sprint car driver,Terry Bracken. I cant remember for sure now,but I used to drop by there occasionally when they were in town.
You know we met you and Spike by accident,after I screwed up a motel reservation from the year before. I had called somewhere in Richmond,Indiana the year before. 1995,when we were making plans to go to both the Big One,and Knoxville,and other places along the way. It was before the internet,and before I ever traveled out west by myself. I wrote the info down, and it got lost in the meantime. We finally just stopped at the little mom and pop motel you guys were staying at,by chance. Everywhere we went on that trip,we ran into you 2,and finally just Spike when we got rained out at Eagle Raceway. We remembered he was staying next door to "Guitars and Cadillacs" in Lincoln Nebraska,and found him there that night,and spent the night bench racing instead.
That started a longtime friendship with both You and Spike [RIP] and a lot of your other friends as well. Amazing to think it all started because I screwed up a motel reservation.........
