Posted By: undefeated on March 30 2008 at 07:06:08 PM
To the Entire Perkins Family, Bill, Will, Kenny Thanks so much for making my first laps in a Sprint Car something I'll never forget. You have good equipment, that's set up right. It was something I've waited 28 years for. When I jumped our of the car after the first session, I wept. For 28 years there was never a day in my life I didn't think about that moment at least once. And to finally drive the way I've always visualized myself driving one was a feeling I've experienced only once in my lifetime, and that was on October 4, 1989... the day that my daughter was born. I will never forget it. It was something that I always believed I could do and it has finally come to pass. Sorry for being such a P.I.T.A. at times, but I wanted to make sure I was absolutely comfortable with everything. It is for this reason, I've never bent up as much as a single radius rod in a race car, something I'm proud of. And I'm really sorry I was feeling under the weather, I'd been fighting a bad cold for 3 days. I look forward to returning to your program in a few weeks to refine my skills and further develop my career as a Sprint Car Driver. I learned a great deal from the video. It gave me a good idea of my strong points, as well as the things I need to work on. I would like to make a suggestion; have video replays available at the the track. It's a great teaching tool, and will give immediate feedback to your students, making track-time even more productive. The video gave me a great insight in the difference between what I was actually doing as opposed to what I thought I was doing. I went to Ventura last week. Normally, in the past, I found myself getting depressed afterwards. But last weekend when walking through the pits and leaving the track, I felt a real spring in my step. Because, for the first time in my life, I felt I was one of them. Thanks for what has been the time of my life (and for chastising me when I needed it!! LOL!). Please share this with your family and crew. I hope to see all of you again very soon! Keep Diggin'!! God Bless You All! "The V-man" VJ Vendrell
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