A Message From Smokey

by: PattyKay Lilley

All I can say at this point is, "Wow!"  This morning, I dragged out the vast tome, "Best Damn Garage in Town (The world according to Smokey)." It has been some time now since I'd even touched the magic that lives within those pages, but a friend had asked me if I had the book and if so, would it be possible to borrow it. No problem, I thought, until I lifted it. I'd rather forgotten how much those three hefty volumes weighed when taken altogether. Keeping the U.S. Postal Service afloat singlehandedly has never been one of my goals, but I'll find a way to share.

Ah, but that is not the point I mean to make today, but rather what I found when I removed all three volumes from their library case. Nestled in-between two of the three volumes was a message about what he refers to only as "The book", from the author, Smokey Yunick, easily my greatest and most respected  hero in racing, bar none.

As I read the words on that single sheet of paper, I swear I could almost hear Smokey speaking them, and I truly wish so much that were possible.