During the summer of 1997 (or maybe 1998), Daddy was racing the AHRMA circuit on his vintage Penton that he had rebuilt. One of the races was at Mid Ohio Raceway. He invited me to go along on a quick trip for that race. We took off from Savannah, GA late one afternoon and drove all night, arriving at Mid Ohio in the morning. Daddy registered, we looked around at the vendors, and then found a hotel to get some sleep. The next morning we were at the track for his races, spending the day there. At one point a woman came up to me and asked if I wanted to register to race as they needed another woman in the event. She made sure I knew that if I raced I would get a trophy no matter what since they were giving trophies to the top three in each category and there would be only three women! I didn't race but I sure was tempted!! Daddy placed well in his races. We got up before daylight the next morning and headed to Orlando, arriving that night.
It was a very quick trip but so much fun! We talked and laughed and just generally enjoyed spending the time together.
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