I am so thankful for such a solid afternoon. The car was fast and our team really put me in position to succeed. No laps of any kind since last year at Darlington had me nervous. The rust showed during those first laps.
Things steadily improved and soon I found myself running with the leaders. I was surprised to be doing that. Ultimately we weren’t set up for the short run and it hurt us that final restart. But Im proud of the effort. Racing without fans is so strange.
Mar 12, 2020 • 23 tweets • 8 min read
Thread: A Racecars History.
In the end of 1992, my dad decided to send me to meet Gary Hargett in Marshville, NC. Gary had a racecar and I was going to drive it. Marshville is the home of Randy Travis I would learn.
After a year of racing at Myrtle Beach with Gary, dad decided to create a company called Chance Inc. It would fund the next couple seasons of racing for me, my sister Kelley, and brother Kerry. I would stay with Gary and race the beach. Kelley and Kerry would run at Hickory.
Jun 8, 2019 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Was reminiscing with an old friend the other day. He told me a story from 1999 I’d never heard. We were at the Regent Beverly Wiltshire in California celebrating the Busch Series Championship ...
Apparently director Ron Howard had rented a room very close to the ballroom that we were using for the after party. It was late and the party was loud and crazy. I had invited my friends band from back home to play the party....