On this evening's telecast of ABC World News Tonight I watched an excerpted story from ESPN's Sports Center that told the inspiring story of Beaufort, South Carolina's Richie Parker , an armless engineer for Hendrick Motorsports. Awesome and inspiring are two words that immediately come to mind.
Richie is anAMAZING guy. It is a "SHAME" that he has been sheltered from the media. Thank YOU Dave for bringing Richie here for our attention. Yes, he is a "gifted" human.
And thank you Hendrick Motorsports!
GOD BLESS you Richie! U R DA MAN!
Thanks, Dave. I had not seen this although apparently it was on our local news last night. Ann and I went to the Wednesday night church supper, as we always do, and I was absolutely blown away by what happened. Everyone at church knows about my connection with racing and our previous pastor, who moved last year, would sometimes put something I wrote for RR on the church bulletin board. I drive the van for the church hiking group most times because the guy in charge of the group likes to tell everyone I'm "a former NASCAR driver". Last night, when Ann and I walked in, a couple who usually remain somewhat aloof, had seen the short video on the news and racing was all they wanted to talk about last night. That couple, who only considered golf and college football as sports, and neither of whom had ever acknowledged stock car racing in any way, were suddenly full of questions about the sport. By the time supper was over, there were several folks joining in the "racing conversation". Wasn't quite the bench racing of our RR get-togethers, but was very enjoyable.
