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Santa Maria Speedway
July 26th 2008
All Thrill No Fill
Jace VanderWeerd Focused at Santa Maria
Like Humphrey Bogart Like Jimmy Stewart
My family’s Sunday morning routine doesn’t change much. The kids sleep
in. The wife dials in Turner Classics on the TV and stretches out on
the couch. She likes to watch those old time black and white classics
with all those movie stars. I sit off to the side at my desk and start
downloading my racing pictures from the night before. “Why do you like
that old stuff” I ask? “ Honey” she looks at me deadpan “it’s the
Golden Age of Hollywood!” Hmmm, I’m looking at “Hollywood” Faria and
Peter Murphy and I’m thinking this is their Age. Dave Mahar tells me
it’s the Golden Age of Sprint Cars and he might be right. I did miss
Ascot and Saugus, but I look around and I see racing everywhere,
Ventura, Perris, Victorville, Bakersfield and Santa Maria to mention a
few. I’m hooked up with greats like Rutherford, Taylor, Pombo, Sheridan
and a couple million others. Everybody’s just locked into g-force turns
and speed runs. They don’t care what age it is, they’re focused on
their set up. But as I’m checking out these Santa Maria Grand Slam
photos, it’s works as the Golden Age for me…. Continue story
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