by JD Green | Sep 20, 2016 | J.D.'s Take
What went right at your racetrack this past weekend? In this day of Facebook, Twitter, Snap Chat, or any of the social media outlets we can all find out and discover what went wrong at a racetrack. On any given weekend we can read the track was too rough, the track...
by JD Green | Sep 5, 2016 | J.D.'s Take
Today we induct a new Hall of Famer to the Racingkc racing legends and oh what a legend he became. It is with a heavy heart I write this article because the inductee is none other than Mike Knight, who passed away overnight, September 5, 2016. Mike is truly a behind...
by JD Green | Aug 30, 2016 | J.D.'s Take
Today we induct into the Racingkc.com Hall of Fame a long time stalwart of Kansas City area racing, truly a behind the scenes person, and someone most racers did not want to see, but truly a person every race track needs, former fireman, Butch Smeltzer. Butch became...
by JD Green | Aug 22, 2016 | J.D.'s Take
This is the bad thing about our sport, it is so selfish. Drivers sometime want to win at all cost and that is accepted. Owners don’t work together to promote the sport they battle against each other for the almighty dollar. Sanctioning bodies do the same thing. Even...
by JD Green | Aug 17, 2016 | J.D.'s Take
This article I wrote a few years ago but still applies today. I made a couple of updates but isn’t it awesome to still see one of the all time greats continue to wheel a racecar with the younger generation! Terry Who? Can you believe I have heard that statement...
by JD Green | Aug 17, 2016 | J.D.'s Take
We have to begin with the man whose life’s action meant the most to Kansas City area racing. As you will see he never wanted to fame or glory, he wanted racing to survive and grow. He was not about himself, he was simply about the sport! A man who worked six...
by JD Green | Aug 17, 2016 | J.D.'s Take
In 2003, my first year as President of the Central Auto Racing Boosters, we embarked on creating what has become the Central Auto Racing Boosters Hall of Fame. It has been well documented that this idea was first broached in 1969 by then C.A.R.B. President Lee Fagala....
by JD Green | Jul 18, 2016 | J.D.'s Take
On a cold, dark winter morning, a soldier rode out of his encampment and noticed a group of his comrades desperately trying to put a log on the top of a wall they were building. Each time they attempted it, the beam fell. The men were exhausted and ready to give up....
by JD Green | Jun 29, 2016 | J.D.'s Take
When upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed, When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, Count your many blessings, name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord has done. Those words come from a song we occasionally sing in church. The song was...
by JD Green | May 30, 2016 | J.D.'s Take
This is the day designated for us to remember those who paid the ultimate price by giving their life for our freedoms! It is a day loved ones visit graves to remember family who has lived and gone on before us. In the racing world, did you know Jim and Claudine Penney...
