Idaho Racing News

ok, here it goes, what a week it has been around the valley, the heat is definetly getting to a few of us it seems. I have been a local race fan all my life, i know some of the stories and have heard all the names in the racing scene around Meridian Speedway since the early eighties, and now as an adult i am more involved, sometimes way more than i mean to be, in our crazy little world here at the track. As you know the politics involved with racing, or any group activity for that matter, will always be there--rather its the track, the promotor, he said she said, they cheat, i cheat bla bla bla bla......it is a part of life, but some take it as a bigger part than others. After the situation i put myself in on the "almighty" message boards, i have been racking my brain to decide how to put it into perspective and into words to vent. I am a pretty lucky guy, i have a great wife, beautiful kids(5 at last count, but after 3 does it matter?) i get to enjoy auto racing on a weekly basis both at Meridian and watching my son grow as a driver at SRP. The majority of my loved ones are healthy and still kicking, i have both parents alive and well to see my family and myself grow and mature--so what so i have to complain about??this morning i was preparing to write this column, many things went through my head, good and bad, rated g and rated R, then the phone rang, my wife was on the line, she adores children as do I and are so lucky to five healthy ones at home, her brothers son in Texas has been struggling for all five years of his life with liver problems, going through surgeries, medications, and a great deal of pain--last week he was put on a list to get yet another transplant--hopefully the one that would work and allow him and his family to enjoy life for the fist time without worries of rejection, or worse--today, his birthday, the little pager that for them seemed like it would never go off(he wears it to tell him when a match was found and they then have a matter of hours to get him to the hospital for surgery)it went off, today, his birthday--the new liver was found--he is being rushed to Dallas and by tonight will have another chance at life, hopefully the chance he has been waiting for--can you imagine being a small child, wishing for toys, video, games, movies, whatever a child may wish for--and then as your birthday draws to a close--the ultimate gift--for anyone, especially for a child fighting for life daily, a new lease on life--wether or not you are a religious person, things like today make you stop and think that someone is looking down and taking care of us the best they could--now i pray that my son does well in a race, that my kids stay healthy and happy, and that life is all that it can be---the i think of the BS that seems to become a daily issue in our lives---about noon today i said the hell with all of it--i too got a gift today, a wake up call of sorts---I announce at the track because i love it, i do the radio show because i enjoy promoting all the people, good or bad that have to do with ALL local racing--i am a father because i love kids and being a part of a family---so I will keep on plugging along, doing what i love with and for the people i care about--because just around the corner someone is going through hell why we all bitch and moan about things we do for enjoyment---Racing is fun--I will try to keep it that way--all the while praying for that little boy in Texas, fighting fo his life today as we pray for him---when things seem bad and piss you off, someone upstairs always kicks you in the ass with a dose of reality to bring you back to earth--It definately cleared my head--so no venting needed, no apologies, just take care of you and yours so we can all bitch, moan, and enjoy what we have---good luck little Colton, we are pulling for ya!!!leave a comment if you like, let Brian and I know if this site is good or bad for the valley---we would like to know--see ya at the races!!Brent