Hi everyone,I am new to this wonderful site. I have long held the Legends of our sport in the highest esteem and this site could NOT have come at a better time.One of the reasons I wanted to join the site isn't because of the "names" in our sport. Sure there are many who have made a great living in racing, lots of wins, championships and such and they are honored here and everywhere. But the unique part of this site is the honoring of the "less then popular" known names on a National level.Names of drivers and grease monkeys and owners and sponsors who are the bricks and mortar of stock car racing. People who got in the sport and laid the ground work for FAMILY togetherness and FAN involvement.One such man was John Linville. He is the father of Kevin Harvick's wife DeLana. DeLana owns and manages Kevin Harvick Incorporated. By her own words, she is a racing brat. Brought up in the pits of racetracks all over the south.Every year there is a Fan Club Gathering held at KHI headquarters and it is more like a FAMILY rather then Fan gathering. Kevin and DeLana and her mom Joyce Linville welcome all of us fans with open arms. Calling many of us by our first names.Joyce spends the whole evening amongst the crowd. She has a sense of humor that keeps you in stitches and will spend hours talking about the racing life with Mr. John and DeLana. Kevin has related many a story of some of the pranks he pulled on Mr. John.The NASCAR website has Mr. John's racing stats from 1982 to 1992. No you won't find any wins, championships or top 5's. But if you read Darrell Waltrip's poem when Mr. John passed away or if you saw Kevin's Harvick's emotional win in the Busch Series at Texas Motor Speedway right after Mr. John passed away, you might say WOW, he must have been something.Yes he was. His legacy to racing was family values, honesty, integrity and the fans.I hope that any fans of Mr. John Linville will join this site and help promote his induction into the Hall Of Fame.The sport has it's big names and big money people but if it weren't for the blood, sweat and sacrifices made by people like John Linville, the sport would just be another big money game with no heart.God Bless you guys.just a fantannis