So anyway , those of you who know me know that i've been competing since 1996 . I've made alot of friends along the way and lost a few too . in the history of my participation in this super expensive lifestyle , i've traveled across the country almost from coast to coast . Those of us who grew up and competed in the kansas city area almost always keep in contact on a regular basis and can still talk about the old days when we'd get off work on friday as fast as we could so we could go cruise noland rd til the sun came up on sunday morning . well since then , the lovely independence police dept. shut down cruising and many of us have the noise pollution tickets to prove it . Anyway , if you live in the las vegas area , you'd know that my girlfriend and i judged the last i.f.o. show at the drag strip in 2010 . I figured out that i can't go anywhere without knowing someone i used to compete with no matter what city i go to . It's kinda nice to see that even though it's been almost 17 years , most of us are still into the same thing we were into at 17 years old (and younger in my case haha) . I ran into Brian Kelly while in the beautiful city of L.V. and got to talkin about the old days of U.S.A.C. (before some asses made Ralph put the " i " on the end . I realized that we can go anywhere and still have family because outside the comp arena , we're all the same people to the core (for the most part anyway ) because all of us still play with our toys and still brag about our stereo bein the loudest in our neighborhood . I LOVE OUR FAMILY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we all act just like me ! see ya all in the lanes and let's make 2011 the best year (since 96) !