[A Quiet Boom]

Originally posted by djmcmath
Christian -- just read your "life history" post. That's awesome, in a "Good on ya for surviving all that" sort of way. I'm impressed that you can keep your chin up, and keep on going.

Dan

Dan,

Cool name BTW, my middle name is Daniel. I keep my chin up through the inspiration of others. That's one thing I like about GW, on numerous occasions he's been reported as saying how the victims of 9/11, the hurricanes, and wounded soldiers inspire him. There is something about facing tough times that brings out the best or the worst in people, I'm thankful it brought out my best. I got my nickname for my attitude, I've told the story before but I'll tell it again anyway. When I used to drag race I had a bad habit of blowing up very expensive motors, I'd just push the car on the trailer and come back a few weeks later with a better version of the motor I had ruined. A friend of mine pointed out that I never seemed to get mad or upset, boom goes the motor and you quietly go home and make it better. Somehow he called me "a quiet boom" and it just stuck, I even used it as my screen name when I played Unreal Tournament online. I bought the P-car, dropped the video games and found this place, I couldn't be happier. Well maybe I can, seems NorthCoastCab and Pete Brown have conspired to infect me with the track bug after getting me a few laps around Mid-Ohio last week with Paul Hamm and his race prepped M3. I'm told he runs 1:39's, I thought I was a good driver BEFORE that ride, after I didn't feel qualified to drive my truck around the parking lot LOL Coming in '05 A Quiet Boom will be back on a race track, only this time it'll last more than 10 seconds. My wife knows me perfectly, one look at my face when I got home and she knew I'd be racing next year. Even better she want's me to do it. I think she new when she married me I'd always have a mistress with four wheels.