this is a post i felt i had to make. i got a phone call october 13th 2013 that changed my life forever. a very dear to my heart friend and hero had passed away. so i am thinking back to who actually got me into cars and racing. who was the guy or guys you very first saw who lit that spark? who kindled the fire in you and made you all wide eyed over a hot rod, or a race car.

here is what i have to say

here are perhaps 6 people who i have to thank for getting me into cars and drag racing. those names are as follows in no particular order.

virgil sellers
chris denison
ron sellers
chris davis
brett hordeman
and of course my dad.

my dad used to race when i was a little kid and i can fondly remember going to the track almost every weekend it seemed like, running around seeing and hearing the sights and sounds of SRP"spokane raceway park" . and i can fondly remember hanging off the fence when the big boys would run, who to me were the above mentioned names. i always wanted to be just like them when i grow up i used to say. now being 26 it might sound kinda childish to some. but these guys were and still are my heroes. as i got older i learned more of the 60's and those drivers who also became some of my idols. but the above mentioned names are the people i remember watching for the 1st time in my life shake the ground deafen me with noise and make my eyes water with obnoxious fumes of various assorted mixed fuels..... but these are the people i remember seeing and they are the ones who lit my spark for drag racing, and folks once its lit it never goes out. so i am sure chris and virg are sitting up there kicking a beer back talking old times. because i know one things for sure, i sure as hell miss them both. dearly.