WOW, what a great story --- brought tears to my eyes.
So are you going to "LET" her adopt the CC/? and start
her out with ever ingreasing HP? or will she get the
real cool car-- the roadster? wmts
Quoting Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>:
> Sorry you missed Maxton, Bob, but I have just
> learned that under certain circumstances, drag
> racing can be a suitable substitute.
>
> My daughter turned sixteen last week and for one
> of her birthday gifts, she wanted to race.
> Friday night I took her to the local drag strip
> where she got her first taste of "sanctioned
> speed". She was trembling and crying as she
> neared the tree in her little Storm coupe for her
> first run. I talked to the staging marshal ahead
> of time, and they helped her stage for her first
> run. The minute the green came on, I ran as fast
> as I could back through the staging lanes towards
> the return road to meet her, fearing that she was
> so scared she'd never want to race again. As she
> approached, I pointed towards our pit. She
> stopped with a puzzled look on her face and asked
> what the problem was. I told her we'd let her
> settle down a little to be sure she really wanted
> to do this.
> "Settle down?" Her main concern was that I had
> already delayed her getting back into the staging
> lane and someone else would get more runs than
> she would. We (she)raced well into the night.
>
> Saturday morning I got up, made my coffee and
> went to her room to see if she still felt the
> same way about racing. To my surprise, she
> wasn't there. After a few moments, I found her
> out in the shop(accompanied by her little black
> and white kitten), sitting in the drivers seat of
> my LSR Camaro! "How much different will it feel,
> Dad?" she asked.
> LOOK OUT MAXTON - - HERE SHE COMES!
>
> Dick J
> Proud East Texas Father
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