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HEY BOB…MAN… YOU HAVE PICTURES…GREAT STUFF…”SEEING” THE THE “FRANTIC FORD”…CAR BRINGS BACK GOOD MEMORIES FOR SURE…AND SOME SAD MEMORY AS WELL…I HAD GOTTEN PRETTY FRIENDLY WITH “DODGER” GLENN & HIS WIFE CATHY…THEY WERE GENUINE “SALT OF THE EARTH” PEOPLE…DODGER WAS A RACER…A “RACER’S” RACER…JUST TRYING TO GET BY…WEEK TO WEEK…TO CONTINUE WITH HIS PASSION/ADDICTION (FUNNY CAR RACER)…IT WAS AN AWFUL NIGHT @ MAPLE GROVE…AND WE ALL KNEW IT WAS REALLY A BAD “ACCIDENT”…I GUESS THERE’S A “REASON” WHY SOME LOSE THEIR LIVES’ WAY, WAY TOO YOUNG…WE ALL “KNOW” THAT THERE IS A INHERIT DANGER IN MOTORSPORTS…IT JUST REALLY,REALLY, HURTS THINKING EVEN TODAY ABOUT DODGER…HIS VERY YOUNG KIDS’ LOSING THEIR DAD…CATHY…HEY, IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO…I GUESS I SHOULD “GET OVER IT”…I’VE “ACCUMLATED” A FAIR SIZED “LIST” OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS DRAG RACING…EVERYDAY, THEY ARE SOMEHOW STILL IN MY THOUGHTS…IF IT WASN’T ON THE “RACE-TRACK”…IT WAS TO SOME SORT OF ILLNESS…WAY TOO YOUNG..SO HEY…ENOUGH OF A OL’ GEEZER’S “EULOGY”…IT’S BEEN 50 YEARS OF AN AWFUL, AWFUL LOT OF GOOD…IN ALL WAYS..I’M TRULY GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR PRETTY MUCH… DAILY…BRINGIN’ “BACK” THE GOOD!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 DRAKE VISCOME