I’m sure many of you flip through the pictures from the track and wonder why there is a pretty little 3 year old girl at the track? You’re thinking, “Is she with out a babysitter?” “What kind of people take a kid to the track?” “That’s not safe”. Bla….bla…bla! What many people don’t realize is that many racing icons and industry legends started out their path as children in a very familiar setting.

Meet Kaila. She is our 3-year-old daughter. She enjoys long walks on the beach, and any sort of racing! Since the day she was born, she has been apart of the world we love. Going to the track is as normal to her as it is to a usual child to go to the park. It is a big part of her life, and she really enjoys being apart of it. While most 3 year olds are home watching Barney, Kaila is out learning from the best, having the time of her life! The level of questions that she constantly has for us is insane! If it has any sort of tie to racing or how a car runs and is fixed, she must know everything! If you ask her what kind of cars we own, she knows. You ask her to grab the floor jack, she grabs it. You ask her opinion of the competition; she tells you how she sees it! You ask her to name the many components of the car, she knows where the exhaust is ! And, then some! She is on top of it! Kaila knows about safety, and what is required to race. If a car is coming, she knows her boundaries. Her constant willingness to learn is intense! By the time she has a driver’s license, I can see it now! Kaila will be the next family member to be setting track records!

What made this discussion on racing and children even more interesting was that we had Oscar Jackson and his son Oscar Jackson Jr, out racing with us for our third event together this year. Junior is the prime example of a bright child raised in the world of racing and the automotive industry. Junior shared some old family photos of him and his parents during their times of racing. It was such an awesome example of a child such as Kaila growing up in such an amazing way! The stories that both Junior and Senior share with us were priceless! As we carried a sleeping Kaila away over our shoulders after a long day of racing on Sunday, Senior flashed back on the all too familiar scenes of his son’s early childhood.

Besides the fact that we make racing a family affair including our kids, we also consider the ones around us as part of our family. Racing has brought us so much closer to some of the best people out there! We are always there for each other. They are our family! Racing will always run in the family!

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SRT-4 Owners and lovers unite! The Time Attack series this year was dominated in the street class by this “evil skittle” and for good reason! Doug Wind is a local to me here in upstate  South Carolina, and this car notorious on all levels of bad-ass! Sitting on 285’s and boasting over 450hp, this bitch hauls.

Doug clinched the street Championship with the Forced Performance/Continental Tire-backed SRT-4 taking home a victory in damn near every event! This title, The East Region Buddy Club Street FWD Class, was more or less Doug’s playground! He even won the west coast Super Lap Battle Finals at Buttonwillow, setting a new lap record and winning the Street FF title in the event! Congrats to a great season in 2009, and the best of luck for 2010. I hear the car is already under the knife for changes, and I cant wait to see what those changes will be! Stay tuned to Greasy, and you might just get a sneak peek here and here!!!

For more on Doug, his car, sponsors, ETC, check out his company website: www.windspeedmotorsports.com

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