"My dad, Bob Myers and uncle, Bill Myers were early pioneers of racing. They started in the late 1940s and they were very successful. That was back in the days of Glen Wood, Curtis Turner, Fireball Roberts and all those legendary names you hear because they got to stay around a little while longer to make themselves legendary.

My dad had the opportunity to drive for Lee Petty and qualified second at the 1957 Southern 500 at Darlington. He lost his life in that race. My uncle Bill was a Grand National driver and won a couple of races while driving for the Mercury factory team. Less than a year after my dad lost his life, my Uncle Bill was leading a race at Bowman-Gray Stadium, pulled into the pits, laid his head on the steering wheel and died of a massive heart attack.

Both of them died at very early ages. My dad was only 31 or 32 years old and Bill was a few years older. Those guys worked all of the time on those race cars.

Today, it is still an honor for me because there is the Myers Brothers Award that is given out at a breakfast during the NASCAR Cup Championship Week in New York City. It's given to the person who has contributed the most to racing for that year. If you look at the list of people who have won that award, it is pretty neat because you have got folks like Glen Wood, Lowe's Motor Speedway, and the Hendricks.

The Myers Brothers Award is one thing that, before I finish my racing career, I would like to be a part of. I would like the Myers Brothers Award go to Richard Childress Racing. We almost won it one time. We were in the running and I didn't even know it. We were in New York City and Richard said that if we won it, he was going to let me go up and accept the trophy. I never thought much about it until then, but now I think about it a lot. I would like to see Richard Childress Racing be recognized for what we do in racing and win the Myers Brothers Award."