Triumph

picture by Kaimen Miller

Friday, October 21, 2011

Speed

So this weekend there are no dog shows for me...I am going to do something that I have never done in my life...I am getting to ride in Marc's race car in Daytona, on the track, Daytona International Speedway...



I have known Marc for 35 years...it's a long story, but we met and started dating in high school in Miami, Florida in 1976...damn that was a long time ago...Marc has been racing since about 1987 and I have only been in his race car to help him bleed the brakes!!!!!

I don't have any good pics of his car on the track in Daytona...these pics were taken on the track in Sebring, Florida...but this is his car...



Ironically, I have been reading a novel by Garth Stein...The Art of Racing in the Rain...it's a book narrated by a terrier mix named Enzo about his life as the dog of a race car driver named Denny...Enzo loved car racing as much as Denny...the chapter I read last night was about Enzo's very first ride in Denny's race car...Denny told him two barks would mean to go faster!!! 

Don't ask me to bark...


2 comments:

  1. I loved that book so much that I made my dad read it. He used to race, now he just drives the wrecker at Sebring. ;) Too bad you didn't get to go for a ride, I bet that would be awesome!

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  2. Sarah, Marc knows everyone in Sebring and Daytona and I bet he knows your dad!!!!

    Laurie

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