My Racing "Treasure" / How About Yours?
General
Even though a have a collection of mostly 1/64 scale cars (don't collect them no more) at my house. I have a much bigger collection. As most of ya'll know, I volunteer at the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame as a tour guide/historian. I am there almost every weekend if some sort of racing event is not that day and most days after school. Even though I have very few pieces on display to the museum, just seeing all the historic items several times a day still gets me excited. And I love to tell and teach people about every little thing that's in thatmuseum. So like I said, even though I don't own that much, I just like the to think that the museum it self is part of my collection. I just love everything in that museum, every car, every photo, trophy, uniform, article, signs, just everything. It's just my life, and I know I keep saying it, but I think I have quite a unique collection.
But to answer Dave's question about MY prized possession. I really couldn't think of one, I mean I have a shadow box in my room on my wall of my personally autographed Tony Stewart Home Depot Jacket and a framed photo with his and Denny Hamlin's tire pieces, both autographed. But probably, more than the autographed Richard Petty championship cars, and more than my copy of Bill Elliott's sports illistrated, and maybe even more than anything else is my autograph book. I went to the Ford South Show that was in Cumming Ga, where I used to live about 10 miles from Dawsonville, anyway, there were tons of old drivers there and I didn't have anything for autographs. So that night, my mother ran to the dollar store and bought me a leather journal/notebook that I use for autographs. I have everyone from local drivers to current Nascar to old Nascar to old Drag Racing. Every one from Glen & Leonard Wood, to all three Elliott Brothers, to Bobby Allison, to Raymond Parks (three times) to David Reutimann, David Ragan, Micheal Waltrip, Sam McQuagg, Hubert Platt, Phil Bonner, Linda Vaughn, and of course Richard Petty (I told him he could have a whole page, and he did) plus tons more. It's not even half-full (but close) I've also got every living member to our Georgia Racing Hall of Fame, and some family. I take that book to every racing function/race I go to. I don't know what I'd do if I lost it. I just means so much to me.
-Cody
