Probably my favorite track picture

[Car Nut]

 

[RustyRatRod]

I keep coming back to this thread to look at the picture in the OP. All of you who have good relationships with your sons don't take it for granted. I've not seen my son in over ten years and he lives on the opposite side of the country, so cherish a good relationship if you have one.

 

[pittsburghracer]

Are you dropping corn out of that hole in your pocket? I'd follow you if you let me wipe your slicks off after your burnout. I've been watching and admiring you for years. Keep plugging away, Sir. If I get to meet you, I'll buy you that hotdog.

Thanks for the kind words. In the end I’m just an older guy doing what we all like to do.

 

[pittsburghracer]

I keep coming back to this thread to look at the picture in the OP. All of you who have good relationships with your sons don't take it for granted. I've not seen my son in over ten years and he lives on the opposite side of the country, so cherish a good relationship if you have one.

My son and I lost 3-4 good years of racing over an issue we had. We have since patched things up but now he’s living and working in Ohio. That was going to be my easy way of climbing out of the drivers seat. I could have still been building engines and maintaining the car (with his help) and I would have still felt involved at the track with him driving. So with that plan gone I’m not sure when my racing retirement date will be but for sure that date has been bumped up a few years. So now I’ll look at it a season at a time. I love the 3-4 day big money events because you get there, set up, and race. Pre-entry for my first one starts in March

 

[RustyRatRod]

My son and I lost 3-4 good years of racing over an issue we had. We have since patched things up but now he’s living and working in Ohio. That was going to be my easy way of climbing out of the drivers seat. I could have still been building engines and maintaining the car (with his help) and I would have still felt involved at the track with him driving. So with that plan gone I’m not sure when my racing retirement date will be but for sure that date has been bumped up a few years. So now I’ll look at it a season at a time. I love the 3-4 day big money events because you get there, set up, and race. Pre-entry for my first one starts in March

Well good luck man. I know I'll be pullin for you.

 

[toolmanmike]

A couple of our guys here: @intimidator and @TomMoparMan

 

[Krooser]

I keep coming back to this thread to look at the picture in the OP. All of you who have good relationships with your sons don't take it for granted. I've not seen my son in over ten years and he lives on the opposite side of the country, so cherish a good relationship if you have one.

My son Derek and I had a real tuff five years or so... no communication... he would not accept my calls or reply to my texts.

We always got along great. We both love racing. He worked at my tracks when he was 12 driving the water truck, helping to grade it and did a lot of maintenece work.

Then POOF he was gone.

Late last year he came down with Covid... he's an ornery guy like his Dad and didn't get any medical help until he nearly died. Went 3 months with the symptoms but kept on working (he is a long haul high/wide/heavy hauler). Finally someone dragged him into the hospital in North Dakota.

After talking to his wife and his sister while he was sick I found out his mother had been filling his head with all sorts of crap about me. We've been divorced since 1978... you would think she had gotten over it.

Anyway he finally figured out that I still love him and we have been in touch on a regular basis and all is forgotten.

Life is so short...

 

[pittsburghracer]

My son Derek and I had a real tuff five years or so... no communication... he would not accept my calls or reply to my texts.

We always got along great. We both love racing. He worked at my tracks when he was 12 driving the water truck, helping to grade it and did a lot of maintenece work.

Then POOF he was gone.

Late last year he came down with Covid... he's an ornery guy like his Dad and didn't get any medical help until he nearly died. Went 3 months with the symptoms but kept on working (he is a long haul high/wide/heavy hauler). Finally someone dragged him into the hospital in North Dakota.

After talking to his wife and his sister while he was sick I found out his mother had been filling his head with all sorts of crap about me. We've been divorced since 1978... you would think she had gotten over it.

Anyway he finally figured out that I still love him and we have been in touch on a regular basis and all is forgotten.

Life is so short...

Man that stinks about the five lost years but it sounds like things are better now. Good luck.

 

[Demonracer]

Speaking of hood scoops, I have a similar scoop on my Demon as you have on your car. Other than having to pin it multiple paces because of the air lift, I like it.

 

[missing linc]

Man that stinks about the five lost years but it sounds like things are better now. Good luck.

My stepson has not had any contact with his mother or myself in 4 or 5 years now. The last time he e-mailed her, he said that unless she was willing to do anything and everything that he demanded, he would not contact her again. She refused to be emotionally blackmailed by him, he has blamed her for everything that has gone wrong in his life for the last 20 years or more. She was a single mother before I met her, with minimal support from his father, she paid for his college and university education, he dropped out after 2 years, preferring to stay up all night playing video games online, living rent free at home, until she finally got tired of his behavior and attitude, and told him to leave. She has struggled with his emotional abuse for years, but will not tolerate it any longer. He refuses to grow up, even at 34 years old. Sad really, he could be a really good person when he wanted to, and I always got along well with him.