I grew up on a farm, plus had a Dad who was a racer... He quit racing when I was 8 so that there would be more money for us boys and our kart racing! My two older brothers were alrady racing, so I had snuck in a bit of time in their karts, plus all the usual farm stuff of tractors, pickups, grain trucks, etc. I guess I can't really remember NOT driving! With all us boys and Dad's help, there was always everything from pedal tractors to full fledged race cars around the place! By the time I was old enough to get a license I already had 8 years of racing behind me. I remember laughing at what some of my pals went through learning how to drive when they were 14 or 15 and just starting to learn! Driving always seemed like such a natual thing to do around our house!

However, the one significant event in our driving was when Grandpa was out for the day. You knew you had progressed as a driver and were ready for "real cars" when Grandpa had you drive him around in HIS car to check on the crops, and generally "supervise" the entire farming operation both at our place and two of my Uncle's places.....Once you got good enough to drive Grandp around, you'd made it!!!!