sckracing

Had neighbors and freinds dads in the 60's & 70's that were into "souping up" cars, and my dad was pretty handy around everything mechanical and electrical (he pretty much taught me how to modify what you have around the shop/garage to fit your particular need). Also had a high school auto shop teacher in the late 70's that looked like "Bo Hopkins", and drove a killer '63 'vette (I took every auto shop course our school had from engine building to body repair). He even helped tune some of the baddest cars in our school... during class!
Did 20 yrs in the US Air Force as an aircraft mechanic... got alot of hot rod/racing ideas from working on aircraft mechanical systems.
Have spent 35 +/- yrs of drag racing, car building and hot rodding mainly as a hobby (although at times it seemed as though I spent money like the pros did).