The King Has Left the Building
I spoke with Mike briefly about his plans for me, he was rattled at best he looked at me and said the Pontiac 2+2 had an issue with parts, Bouchard and Valvoline was coming, everything in the team was changing, …
October Surprise, Big Time Racing at Hutcherson-Pagan
I was told to get all the cars painted and ready to race by Charlotte. Around Labor Day Robert and Jimmy Gee were looking out the door. Earnhardt showed up with a new Browning pump and a case of shells, …
Chapter 6: What Patty Does on Her Own Time is Her Business
When I landed in LA LA Land in 1985, I quickly realized all Winston Cup teams were not created equal. My curiosity about the difference was answered shortly after I went to work at Baker Schiff Racing. Teams were in …
J. Franklin Keller, “Do You Hear the Words Coming Out of My Mouth?”
The desegregation adventure in Baker County, Florida started in 1971-1972 school year, the system moved a number of black students into the white elementary schools. For the 1972-1973 year the system trashed the junior high program and went to a …
Industry Doesn’t Know What They Need: “We Control the Expertise”
In 2015, in an effort to expand income for collegiate design programs, research labs renovation, and new lab equipment TN Tech professors devised a program where they would provide expertise to TN automotive companies. The leader of the concept reached …
Baker County High School In 1974, It’s a Cluster
Business in our family was a priority and there were only so many hands. Understanding the plan always discounts the pursuit of frivolous information, if there’s not a profit in it don’t do it even if it feels good. School …
Sell It, The One Thing I Don’t Need is a Vegetable in A Hospital Bed!
Adventures have a way of interlocking, after we sold the 57 in 74, I traded a dude a truck rear end for a VW dune buggy, typical for that generation, a beetle pan and roll bars. I was always intrigued …
And The Pig Said WUHG!
The pig adventure was quite a learning experience. The pig operation as I stated before was no different than any of our adventures, find a hole and jump in. Raising animals was never a passion, an interest yes, but the …
Knowledge Is a Gift, As Long As You Use It, You Own It
As I talked about in many of my writings my family as a collective had crazy amount of craftsman related skills. Both grandfathers were craftsmen trained by systems pushing specific skills using specific tools. John Armond Davis was not short …
Education: motorsports 101
Article from the Carolina Youth Alliance Magazine, Fall/Winter 2003