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Message: In 1965 I was 12 years old and a member of the Boy Scouts of America. There was a monthly magazine you could subscribe to called "Boys Life". In the May issue there was an article about Jimmy Clark and the new rear engined Indy car entered in the 500. It was that article that hooked my on open wheel racing. I made myself a promise that someday I would attend the 500 and hopefully meet Jimmy Clark. Well, we lost Jim Clark to an accident but after all these years my wife and I will attend the 92nd running of the Indy 500. I have had the great fortune to meet some of my boyhood racing heros including Mario Amdretti, the Unser brothers, Colin Chapman of Lotus, Emmerson Fittipaldi, Roger Penske to name but a few. I can't wait to get there and possibly meet more of my racing heros while fullfilling that boyhood promise to myself.

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