It's amazing what you can find on Amazon. I received a nice gift titled: Driven to the Past, written by our own John Potts. Most of you know John - he's only about the most famous flagman we have here on Racers Reunion.
John put pen to paper and created a sixty year (plus) memoir of his fantastic experiences in auto racing. You might think this is a "midwestern" remembrance since John is from the Kentucky - Indiana - Ohio area, but that's not true. There are MANY NASCAR and USAC stories mixed in with all the ASA and ARCA gems. Heck, Darrel Waltrip even wrote the Forward to John's book !
The book is very easy to read - especially if you are "of that era" or maybe were personally involved with, or in attendance at some of the events. Even if you weren't there, John's storytelling makes you think you were !
My only regret with the book is that it ended too soon. There's got to be anotherthousand or so stories that need to be told, so maybe we could talk John into starting Volume II.
The other thing John's book does is start the memories going - it searches in the deepest nooks and crannies of your brain and you suddenly remember incidents, in detail, that have long been buried. That was the best part of reading the book - dredging up some really fond memories of races past.
If you have read John's book, feel free to post your thoughts. If you haven't yet had the oppoortunity, I highly recommend it to everyone.
Steve Struve
updated by @steve-struve: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
