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Ventura Raceway
Saturday, September 22nd 2007
I’ll Notify Dave Darland That You’re Coming
Brudder Brett and I ride together so we pulled into Carrow’s after last
night’s race. Had a delightful breakfast with Mike Cook and a bunch of
his fast friends. Mike told me an interesting story. Back in about 1994
he was racing Perris with a bunch of cronies like Williams, Marcum and
others. Perris was just a chicken track back then. Troy Rutherford
showed up and he was just a punk kid, all shy and nervous. He says to
Cook “Man, I don’t know any of these drivers and I hope I don’t get in
the way.” Apparently it was his first 360 race out there. “Don’t
worry,” Mike tells the kid, “you’ll be fine”. Troy went out and spanked
everybody….Continue story
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