American Racing News Vol 1, Issue 2 Issue 6 | Page 20

“Life’s Been Good To Me So Far”
Life’s been good to me so far, is a
true statement. Linda and I have
been blessed during the past fifty
plus years of marriage, with two
kids and six grandkids, including
twenty eight years as followers of
Jesus Christ. We’ve been blessed
traveling and enjoying the good life
in the world of motorsports. We
have hundreds of friends. Life’s
been good to us.
We’ve all had difficult periods in
life including your racing endeavors, and everyone who dabbles in
racing will have situations arise
they would not have chosen. But
that’s life. Things happen simply
because the risk in drag racing is
high for those who choose to drive
fast.
Drag racing has brought so many
good times into all of our lives, and
also brought many wonderful people into all of our lives, so the good
times far out-weigh the bad times a
million to one. Everyone who reads
this column has experienced unpleasant things at the racetrack, i.e.
personal issues, explosions, crashes, and worse things like the loss of
good friends.
Life’s been good to me so far… I
get to drive a nice car…I didn’t
have to go to war…my life isn’t
trapped on a sandbar…someday I
may shoot par…I’m not stuck in a
pit of tar…my nightlife doesn’t
consist of a drink at a bar…my
life’s wealth isn’t stashed in an old
jar…my conscience is free from
any mar…my future is guaranteed
to reach quite far…the only life
blemishes are a God forgiven scar.

Joe Walsh (who plays and sings
with The Eagles) is a guy known
for getting a little wild back in the
day. He sings about how life had
been good to him so far. The lyrics
detail a few of their shenanigans
throughout the years, yet life was
still good. We can all say the same
thing, even through our trials and
tribulations; life has been good to
you and to me. You know, if Joe
was a drag racer, he may have written the lyrics to go something like
this:
“My Top Fuel Hydro goes 265;
I have a license so I can drive.
We stay in hotels, some nights I
don’t recall;
Our awesome sponsors pay for it
all.
We ride in a motor home, we’re
truly blessed;
Even racers need extra comfort
and rest.
Racing fans like to tell me I’m
great;

I have world record plaques
hanging on my wall;
If you need any advice, maybe I’ll
call.”
Joe also penned some other very
interesting words; “I’m just looking for clues at the scene of the
crime.” As I wrote in a previous
column, there was only one real
crime committed in and around our
planet—Jesus’ crucifixion on the
cross.
Let’s think back to those days during the Passion Week. There were
many clues as to what was happening and what it all meant to mankind? God had lovingly left
hundreds of clues during the previous two thousand years. He also
exposed some of those clues during
that haunting week, such as betrayal, mocking and torture, a bogus
trial, an innocent man found guilty,
the innocent man crucified—but
then Jesus was raised from the dead
three days later! All the clues came
together pointing to the Savior of
mankind.

Check out the trophies on my
mantelpiece;

Fortunately for us, even today,
these clues still point to the situation Jesus was in, and why He was
headed to the cross…for Him [and
us] it wasn’t a loss…He didn’t lose
the coin toss…He was innocent
with no obvious dross…God’s plan
didn’t slip on any moss…He didn’t
need a big ‘ol cowboy named
Hoss…because He has always
been the universes’ Boss.

I’d shake your hand, but mine’s
covered with grease.

If we look back into drag racing
history, there are many people who

For a championship, I can hardly
wait.
We’re rebuilding the engine
sometimes until four;
Feeling so tired we’ll just sleep on
the trailer floor.