When I
was born and the doctor slapped my butt, I whinnied (that's the story Mom
tells). In other words, I was born 'horse- crazy'... In April of 2000 that
affliction transformed into 'horsepower crazy', and my life just hasn't
been the same, it's been awesome!! Judy "forced" me to go to Talladega with
her and a group of relatives and NASCAR fans from my home town of Wellsville,
Kansas. I had a dairy in western Missouri, hadn't left the farm for any
length of time in 15 years (had no burning desire to) - just didn't want
to leave my cows, chores, routine... I know, what's up with that?? Even
before the green flag dropped I was hooked - when Jeff Gordon crossed the
finish line first Judy's enthusiasm inspired my own. So... I sold the cows
and the farm, moved back to Wellsville, the rest is history! It wasn't quite
as easy as it sounds -
my youngest daughter graduated in 2000
and left the nest, so
I had all sorts of freedom and choices - I chose racing! It's primal - driver
and car become one beast, the race becomes survival of the fittest... Cool!
I love racing, everything about it... have lots of favorite drivers: Buckshot
Jones, Tony Stewart, Scott
Riggs, Dave Blaney, Carl Edwards, Clint
Bowyer (he's local!). Every Friday night it's out to our local dirt track,
Lakeside Speedway -
I cheered for Clint Bowyer when he ran out there before RCR snatched him off
to the big leagues... just love to watch him in his Modified! And Duane Walker,
Chad Lyle, Alison
Quick. Judy and I work night-shift, 10 hours a day, 4 day week, so you
know what that means - 3 day weekends! Perfect for racing fans. I have two
kids, Brad (driver Greg Biffle - Ford drivers) is 34, has a cool wife Carley
(Jimmy Johnson is her driver) and three daughters. Shannon is 28, and has
visited the Pits numerous
times. Brad is a fireman in Colorado Springs, and has been on a couple of
Fire and Rescue crews at Pikes Peak International raceway - how cool is that??
Shannon works at the same place that Judy and I do, she's an executive assistant
- also our Pit Reporter.
2004: I bought the perfect house for a race fan with a nice little
garage made to house a Factory
Stock. So, now I live 14 miles from Kansas
Speedway, add on one more mile to get to Lakeside, and have lots of race
fan neighbors! Then, April of 2008 I married the perfect man for me
- the son of legendary driver Terry
Bivins - James Bivins. My seesters and friends even held an amazing tailgate
wedding reception for us at our favorite place, Kansas Speedway! My life
is soooo epic! Enough about this...
Carley and Brad at the Pike's Peak Busch Race, July 2005
Check out Brad's website: www.dividephotography.com