I was born and raised in El Paso, TX with a brief time living in South Carolina when I was younger. I graduated from Hanks HS in 1992 and decided not to pursue a college education. I decided to become a more hands on learn as I go person and I don't regret it for one minute. I am not married nor do I have human children (car and truck get upset when I don't call them my children). Family has been a great thing in my life and my uncles were the ones who got me started in cars. I can remember being under the hood of my uncles 57 chevy and my other uncles 71 Camaro. Drag racing really became a big part of my life back in 1996 with my big block Chevelle and then I started racing my daily driver a 91 mustang lx 5.0. Pretty soon afterwords the mustang became faster than the Chevelle and the rest is history. It took me a year to get involved in auto x with motivation from Bud Jeffries but one ride in Phil Becker's Corvette got me to sign up the following event. The people I have met have taught me a lot and I hope I can contribute to making the local SCCA chapter a larger club and introduce more people to this great sport.
- How long have you been a member of SCCA?
- I have been a member for one year, a spectator for 2 years.
- What was your first car?
- 1977 Chevrolet Camaro z28
- What was/is your favorite car?
- There are too many to list but from the general it would have to be the 1996 lt4 corvette and c6 zo6.
- From Ford it would be the 1993 mustang cobra
- What is your favorite racing memory?
- My first time running on slicks. It took me by surprise so much I actually ran slower!� Aside from that it would be winning the 12 second class at the last dezert demonz shootout.
- Who is the racer you admire or respect the most?
- Locally it would have to be Bob Wilkenson. A person so modest and helpful can make a car do things I don't think the factory ever intended. Nationally it would have to be John Force.
- How do you rank the following (driver, car, car preparation)?
- Driver, car and car prep. I have seen a stock S2000 run faster than a modified Mustang Cobra (no comment)
- What makes you successful?
- My competitiveness and my ability to lose gracefully. Modesty goes a long way too.
Written by: Daniel Acevedo Edited by: John Basler
