TOGETHER WE STAND

As Christmas and New Year’s take over our minds during the month of December, we want to take time off from normal drag racing action to thank all of you, everywhere, for your spiritual belief in our sport, community, and God.

From the time I first went to a drag race in Chester, South Carolina, until I left LVMS at the end of the SCSN race, my life has been drag racing. Most of my close friends are those I met through drag racing. Many date back some 50 years and we still visit on the ‘net’ and attend races when possible. I call that the intangible spirit of drag racing!

It goes far beyond those we know personally. Most of us cannot name anytime a racer broken down on the road was not helped by another race team who saw their plight.

One night back in the ‘70s while returning home from the Gatornationals in Florida, an axle perch broke on our trailer allowing the tires to touch each other. We were pondering how to fix it when a team from San Antonio pulled up behind us. After all these years I cannot remember their name but they used a log chain they had and tied the axel so the tires could not rub. We limped into Tallahassee and got the perch welded the next day.  On our way back on I-10 we stopped at their shop and gave them back their chain. That is the spirit of drag racing; all of us have it. That’s how we roll.

This month drag racing pretty much takes a hiatus until Jan. 1. All during this month cars are being prepped for 2018, sponsorship deals are being sought, and a Christmas tree appears at home. We send cards and gifts to family and friends. There is no law that directs us to do so; it is the intangible ‘spirit of Christmas’.