Welcome! Since you obviously have nothing better to do today, I'll do my
best to retain your interest for a few moments.
Interests
My main interests are computers, and auto racing. In fact, the two consume
nearly all of my free time in one form or another. Nascar is my real
passion, but more about that later.....
My Car
I love my car...what more can I say. It's a 1987
Buick Grand National and it's my pride and joy. This car was the fastest
US production car made in 1987. It has a Turbo V6 and will outrun just about
anything on the street. It will also get you in trouble with John E. Law
pretty darn quick!
I rode a bus for better than 1000 miles to buy this car. It sits in the
garage during the winters here in Decatur IL, and has never seen snow and
ice. In fact, my wife says I take better care of the car than I do her. Do
you think she's kidding? ;-)
Petty Driving Experience
In March of 1998 I had the pleasure to attend the
Richard Petty Driving
Experience at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. I fulfilled a life-long dream
of actually driving a Winston Cup stock car, and what an experience! I can
tell you I climbed out of the car with a whole new respect for what race
drivers do each week. Visit their site for full details about this exciting
experience. Worth every penny I spent, and them some!
Auto Racing
NASCAR® Winston Cup racing has been my passion.....no, obsession, for the last
20 years. In fact, you may have seen me on the track in this
car.
I actually got to drive a WC car, and it was incredible (see Petty Experience above).
I guess the highlight of my racing memories was the day I met the
King.
Richard Petty has always been my hero.
This man has done more for the sport of auto racing than we can ever
imagine. I was in attendance for his final ride at Atlanta 1992, and it was
a time I will always cherish.
Simulation Auto Racing
"It's the next best thing to actually being there"! Sim auto racing has been
a passion of mine for some time now. In fact, it's what led me to buy my
first computer. I saw this little clip of a game called "Indy 500 - The
Simulation", and I had to have it.
Simulation auto racing for me is spelled
NASS.
The sim series uses NASCAR® Racing 2003 from Papyrus, and has brought the computer
racing sim into the 21st century. NASS is known and respected worldwide as one of
the biggest and best series running today. I spend countless hours each week
doing all the behind the scenes stuff to make that happen, but enjoy every
minute of it.
My Job
I work for one of the largest fire equipment distributors in the US as a
service technician. I install and service
Ansul fire systems
in restaurants. I only see most of my customers twice a year, so I enjoy my job
quite a bit because I'm always doing something different every day. Not everyone
can say that, so I feel quite lucky.
My Family
I have two boys, Tim Jr (23) and Kevin (15).
They're both great kids!
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I love my car...what more can I say. It's a 1987
Buick Grand National and it's my pride and joy. This car was the fastest
US production car made in 1987. It has a Turbo V6 and will outrun just about
anything on the street. It will also get you in trouble with John E. Law
pretty darn quick!
I rode a bus for better than 1000 miles to buy this car. It sits in the
garage during the winters here in Decatur IL, and has never seen snow and
ice. In fact, my wife says I take better care of the car than I do her. Do
you think she's kidding? ;-)
In March of 1998 I had the pleasure to attend the
Richard Petty Driving
Experience at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. I fulfilled a life-long dream
of actually driving a Winston Cup stock car, and what an experience! I can
tell you I climbed out of the car with a whole new respect for what race
drivers do each week. Visit their site for full details about this exciting
experience. Worth every penny I spent, and them some!
NASCAR® Winston Cup racing has been my passion.....no, obsession, for the last
20 years. In fact, you may have seen me on the track in this
car.
I actually got to drive a WC car, and it was incredible (see Petty Experience above).
I guess the highlight of my racing memories was the day I met the
King.
Richard Petty has always been my hero.
This man has done more for the sport of auto racing than we can ever
imagine. I was in attendance for his final ride at Atlanta 1992, and it was
a time I will always cherish.