John Force - Truck driver
Jason Line - Mechanic - and engine builder/tuner for the Joe Gibbs NASCAR teams
Greg Anderson - Tuner/Mechanic
Tommy Johnson, Jr. - race car driver
Jack Beckman - elevator repair man
Gary Den sham = Teacher
Jim Dunn- Fireman
Bob Gladden- Ford dealership mechanic (duh)
Kenny Bernstein- Wrecker service\ Restaurant owner
Blaine & Alan Johnson- Dairymen\farmers
Mike Ashley--Mortgage Broker
Max Naylor --UPS
Jim Head --Civil Engineer, has his own company
Jim Yates ---owned auto parts stores & recently sold them
Gary Scelzi --he and his brothers own a truck body biz
Tim Wilkerson - Owned gas stations/service centers
Angelle Sampey---Registered Nurse
Karen Stoffer---Operations and Statistical Manager at GE (or something like that)

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StockersRock

You can still have 1/4 mile racing if you don't go get a hot dog after the fuel classes.

These days, one could argue that for some of the top drivers.... what you see is what you get. With big sponsor commitments, driving & P.R. promotions, it can easily be a full time career.

Doug Kalitta - to this very day is President & CEO of the Doug Kalitta Aviation Group; which includes Kalitta Charters (a business/executive aircraft charter service and maintenance facility), Kalitta Charters II (an on-demand, fly-for-hire air cargo carrier), DK Turbines (an aircraft parts supplier) & flyacharter.com (a private jet charter trip booking/brokering service).

Connie Kalitta is currently President & CEO of Kalitta Air - a cargo aircraft charter carrier with on-demand and scheduled transatlantic flights, as well as President of Kalitta Leasing, an aircraft sales, acquisition & brokerage service.

Scott Kalitta in the past has owned & ran a Marina, served as President of a couple spin-off air cargo carriers under his Dad's unmbrella.

These days Hillary Will & Dave Grubnic are lucky enough to call racing thier profession & livelihood.

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On my arm until the day I die, but in my heart forever

Thank you, Dave..and your memory does just fine. If I could remember 1/2 of what you've forgotten..I'd be 1 happy camper!!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

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Cruz And Tony Pedregon bought and sold used big truck.

Welcome to the Mater, Anita

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What was Bill Simpson's day job before going into safety equipment full time?

Don, from Bill Simpson's autobiography, 'Racing Safely, Living Dangerously'. I'm about 60 pages in, it's a good read:"Until I started the business, I had moved from job to job, doing anything I could to help fund my racing. For example, during the period when I made that first parachute, I was working in the sound department at MGM studios. I had dated a girl whose father was a sound man, and he got me the gig. I'd go out to the movie locations and work as a cable boy, hauling rolls of wire and helping the guys who carried those big boom microphones. The job had its perks: The money was great, I got to see a lot of famous movie stars-all of 'em, it seemed, worked for MGM-and best of all, I was a day laborer, meaning I only worked when I felt like working. Most weeks I worked one or two days in th sound department and spent the rest of my time sewing parachutes together. Before long, the chute business became a genuine occupation and then an obsession."

Tim Wilkerson still operates service center, machine shop, besides owning his team and son Daniel's Alky car team

Del went straight from racing BMX bicycles to Funny Car. I saw him that first year he ran at Columbus riding his bike around the pit area.

Do you happen to remember how old he was?

Feel free to put down crew members real jobs and other people involved in drag racing .

Alan Bradshaw- Doctor of Chiropractic

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The late Elmer Trett was a Kudzu farmer.

Jay

Dan Pastorini NFL QB

Jack Clark-Pro Baseball Player

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