Day 2 Father’s Day

We should start by recognizing all fathers today, and mine in particular. However we need to recognize three other people, before we discuss dads. First, our friends Jane and Sherald who we met at our first Great Race in 2014. Jane and Sherald flew from New Orleans to Dallas and then drove almost two hours to Nocona, Texas to be there when we came in at the end of the day.

When we came through the arch at the end of the day, there they were cheering us on. Aside from being our biggest fans when we drove through the arch, they had the town scoped out and showed us exactly where we needed to be. We were smiling ear to ear seeing our friends.

A few minutes later, we were all in the local saloon having ice cold drinks. While catching up and cooling off, our nephew Ford joined us. Ford drove from Fort Worth where he is in school and spending the Summer working. Ford drove his 1967 Ford Bronco an hour and a half each way to join us.

So now that we covered the end of the day, we will go back to the beginning. We started our morning in Temple, Texas where the weather was perfect at 8:30am. The sky was blue, the sun shining with billowing clouds going by and a nice breeze. It was Father’s Day.

We are obviously not with my dad today, but it made me think of my dad and his influences on me that brought me to this place. My dad loves cars and all things racing. As a young girl, I would go with my dad to the Long Beach Grand Prix and be in aww of the cars and the drivers. My dad would often go to the Indianapolis 500 too. I never made the journey with him, but the years he didn’t go, we would always watch it together on tv or any car race for that matter. I never thought I would race or rally cars, but my interest was peaked at a young age because of my dad. Thanks dad for bringing this great hobby, sport and passion into my life.

One of our favorite things about the Great Race are all of the father daughter and father son teams. I don’t know how many teams are made up of fathers and daughters, and fathers and sons, but we love that they do it. Below are a few of these teams and their cars.

We saw lots of families out today watching our group go by. It is always fun seeing families together enjoying the old cars.

More to come on the route tomorrow….Happy Father’s Day