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Besides
motorcycles, I have a strong passion for automobiles as well.
I've been reading about autos since I was 8, and fooling with them since my teen years. Engineering, artistic beauty, and performance...lots to enjoy. I'm no purist, just an enthusiast, so I get similar joy from the elegance and amazing engineering in a Citroen ID-21 or a new Porsche Boxster, even though the target market and performance level couldn't be more contrasting. My formative years were spent in the midst of muscle-car hey-dey, so I was fully informed at the time about Mopar Hemi's, SS454's, big-block Novas, Cobra Jets, Stage 1 Buicks. Just after high school, I spent 7 years in the auto parts business: first as a parts counterman at a NAPA shop, then as an order expediter at both full-line and high-performance parts warehouses. I had the privilege of working for each of the owners of Ronnie's Speed Shop and Arrow Speed Shop in Kansas City. Spent many great weekends watching and participating in bracket racing at Kansas City International Raceway on Noland Road ("Sundaaay...see the ground-pounding top fuel match races...Sundaaay") as well as SCCA races at Lake Garnett, Ks. I drove in my first autocross/gymkhana at age 16, then went bracket-racing the next weekend. So what I'm
interested in is...basically anything with an engine. A list of autos I've owned, in order: 1955 Dodge Royal Lancer, 270 Hemi
V-8 I'm pleased to be able to
appreciate
drag/street racing, to custom cars at Autorama, to sniffy English
sportsters,
to high-tech modern equipment. The beat goes on, and it's all fun
to
be involved with.
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