Yesterday You Couldn’t Spell Sawyer

Pigs, Frogs, Worms and Chickens OH MY!Several our inner circle pointed us in the direction of an old moonshiner/sawyer that had an old 1940’s Frick sawmill. His name was Aaron Davis a typical seasonal connoisseur of non-taxed adult spirits and …

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Pigs, Frogs, Worms and Chickens OH MY!

With the racing on hold my dad got a chance to buy a 10-acre tract of land in Taylor, FL, the goal was to go sell sufficient, for me it was another learning experience, as the race car set outside …

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Chapter 3: Racing “A Thorne in My Side”

The 1977 season was crazy, we jumped in, with the best racing knowledge we had, stumbled across an equalizer, rotating weight is king. The fall and winter changed our approach to everything. We embraced an engineer’s direction more than ever, …

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Bomb Carriers and Water

The pig operation included several animal related skillsets that a racer should never be exposed to. Pigs can tear down an oak tree, but hate electric wire, learning to be fence installer became another skillset. In a 2-year period we …

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LIFE Lessons 1 & 2 & 3 & 4

Life lessons slap you right in the kisser, some are good others not! I realized several things right off, Folks always discount your position in the game based on their incompetence, it is a way for them to equal the …

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Chapter 2: Learn to Race

Business in our family was a priority and there is only so many hands. Understanding the plan discounts the pursuit of frivolous information when it doesn’t enhance the income. School was an afterthought in the quest of profitability, most of …

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Chapter 1: Racing The Start 1966-1974

My grandfather started the fire as a heavy equipment operator in Volusia County Florida. His job included grading the famed Daytona Road course on A1A. From 1948-1959 his baby was the “Beach course”. In 1959 Big Bill started building the …

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Our Fearless Leader

The Makers IP LLC project is a culmination of a series of life adventures that circle around the premise that if THEY can do it I can do it to. I was graced with a family of craftsman and craftswomen …

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GM Tech Team

In 1987 GM started a program centered around the GM Tech center. The concept was to give racers access to engineering resources from multiple GM companies. Communication between the teams and engineers was challenged at best. After meeting with both …

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