Student of the sport
Nitro Member
My name is Darrell Reid, I have been a lurker most of the time , but may have gotten off to a bad start with my first post, my apologies to Mr. Yates.
I do not have a race car, I have been around the sport since that fateful day in 1971 when my big brother took me to the Winternationals at Pomona, got a sniff of nitro, and, well, the rest is history.
I now own a machine shop, after working at JFR for only about 8 months, (not really long enough to become family), back in 2005, opportunity to start cnc shop came along, and you guessed it, me went for it!
I love this sport, and after raising 4 kids, am trying to get back into it, maybe not as a racer, but hopefully able to apply 30 yrs. of machining experience to contribute to making better parts for the cars, I am fascinated with the mechanical side of things, and am working with a couple of folks in the alcohol fc and tad ranks, so we'll see what happens.
I have a lot to learn, honest ingnorance I guess is the best way to put it, but I hope to prove to myself that "it's never too late to start again".
Sorry if the intro was long winded.
"D"
I do not have a race car, I have been around the sport since that fateful day in 1971 when my big brother took me to the Winternationals at Pomona, got a sniff of nitro, and, well, the rest is history.
I now own a machine shop, after working at JFR for only about 8 months, (not really long enough to become family), back in 2005, opportunity to start cnc shop came along, and you guessed it, me went for it!
I love this sport, and after raising 4 kids, am trying to get back into it, maybe not as a racer, but hopefully able to apply 30 yrs. of machining experience to contribute to making better parts for the cars, I am fascinated with the mechanical side of things, and am working with a couple of folks in the alcohol fc and tad ranks, so we'll see what happens.
I have a lot to learn, honest ingnorance I guess is the best way to put it, but I hope to prove to myself that "it's never too late to start again".
Sorry if the intro was long winded.
"D"
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