Letter, 11

Hi...
 i forgot to answer your  questions  about my racing career... it was brief... during the summer between 8th and 9th grade ...  { i think}
 me and an older man  that was an engeneer at the big  JOHN Deere travtor  factory  made it ... so i was the driver and he was  my mechanic .. we  only  raced one   ummer but won lots  of races  and trophies .. it was  a very  competitive  class  because  we all had  to have  the same  horsepower engine   so  the  drivers skill would  be important ...  but everyone  cheated  like  hell  to get  more horsepower and advantage .. but  i suppose  that put us  all equal again ... one of the  simplest  and most effective  things  we did  was  take  out  the filter of our  cleaner and replace  it  with a small  wet  sponge... moist air carries  more  oxygen into  the carburator .. it seemed  to give us  a boost ... another thing  we did  was to put  a lock  swith on the  brake and  i,d  control my speed  by skidding the tires slightly ... it,s call " scrubbing".. if i was going too fast for  a corner  i,d scrub off some speed ... but we always keep the motor  at maximum speed  and horsepower ... it was illegal and unsafe to lock  your  accelerator  but  what- the - hell !!!... after that summer  i was  too involved  with  high school  sports  and band  and  my 2 jobs  to continue.. but i was really fun  .. i hated  getting passed!! it  really tok me off...  HA!! ...  i only  wrecked  the car  once .... it was really bad crash and 2 kids  got hurt .. we had  to rebuild our car ... the best race it had ... it was  a paved  track  and  on the fastest corner  it was  highly banked  and i was  passed on the outside  and some  muther fcker ran me off the track over the high bank !! ... i flew  through the air about 90 miles HA!!!... i landed  in a  cloud  of dust in the pits and kept on  going full speeed  through  the  pits  abd back onto the track ... i caught up the pack and i finished third from last .. it was not a good finish  but i think  it was my best race ...