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The announcement about the banquet this year got me thinking about last year's banquet. I thought it was a well run event and had a lot of fun. Probably more than I should have but that's not where I'm going with this. There was one thing that really caught me off guard last year. Maybe I'm alone in this, I dunno, but here goes nothing.
Each year as we sign in we get an opportunity to vote for a peer award that goes to honor someone that has helped out their fellow racers. Last year it was given to Buffington, a friggin Legends car guy. WTF? Maybe the LRRS racers didn't vote or didn't cast enough votes in any one direction. This year I want to start a movement to get people thinking of it ahead of time so the award stays in our "family".
Along those lines I want to make a nomination/suggestion. The time spent on the race track is important, but one of the main reasons I still race are the relationships I form with my racing brethren. The bonds I form with my fellow racers are strong and I hope will last many years after I retire. These bonds are formed more in the garages and infields than they are on track. They are formed laughing around campfires and bench racing from behind bottles of beer (or wine, or whatever). There is one family that has regularly tried to bring us all together over a common need. Macaroni and cheese. I say we nominate Adam Butler as the representative of that family and send him the community "thank you" that he deserves.
Thanks