08/25/2026
There was a little kid at the Southeast Gassers' G-Force Racing Transmissions Nationals at Farmington Dragway this past Friday night who was absolutely living his best life.
He had his Hot Wheels cars in hand, holding it up like he was staging right alongside the cars on the track. The second a SEGA car launched, he was off running full speed down the fence line, trying to keep up with it.
I watched him do it over and over again, and honestly, it reminded me why this sport means so much to me, and why I know it means so much to so many of you.
The Southeast Gassers are there to put on a show, and these guys and gals deliver every single time. But seeing that little boy running his heart out along the fence line was a different kind of proof. He wasn’t just watching a race. He was experiencing it.
Maybe someday, that kid will be the one behind the wheel.
That’s the next generation of our sport. That’s what we need more of kids coming to the track, hearing the engines, feeling the excitement and falling in love with this crazy sport just like so many of us did.
A quote from my friends at Lone Star Throwdown Show really says it all:
“SOMEWHERE AROUND THIS SHOW, THERE IS A LITTLE KID THAT WANTS TO BE JUST LIKE YOU SOMEDAY. YOU OWE IT TO THEM TO BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE.”
Picture of the Week - SEGA Photographer Adam Dobbs - Dough-Boy-Media
