Jeff Gurski:
CLASS OF 1968
Ft. Hunt High SchoolClass of 1968
Alexandria, VA
University of Virginia - EducationClass of 1973
Charlottesville, VA
University of Virginia - Arts & SciencesClass of 1972
Charlottesville, VA
Jeff's Story
Life
--Graduate of UVA Coll/Arts&Sciences (BA 1972), Grad Education (M.Ed.1973), Northern VA Writing Project Fellow, Northern VA Reading Project Fellow.
--Married Nola Charnock (FHHS 1969) in 1973.
--Retired Fairfax County high school teacher now/ Living in Potomac Falls, VA.
--Still loves cars.
--We are enjoying retired life and taking every opportunity to travel.
--Look for us in Curacao, Mexico, the Bahamas, Antigua, St. Lucia, Panama, and St. John. We've got the wanderlust! Life is good!
I always wanted to be a race car driver when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a crazy idea. As it turns out, they were half right. When I was still young and fearless, I had the opportunity to go to racing school, but I got practical and went to grad school instead to prepare for a career. Once...Expand for more
married, that speed dream seemed even more distant. Sure, I still drove in weekend sports car rallyes, gymkahnas. etc., but I never actually hit the track except as a cameraman or pacing a parade lap with the Mazda or Corvette sports car clubs.
On my 50th birthday, my lovely wife Nola made my racing dreams come true for a time. She booked me into the Richard Petty racing driving school at Charlotte, NC, (Lowes's Motor Speedway) and I hit the historic high banks faster than I had ever driven before in a thundering NASCAR stocker. What a thrill for an old guy who still was young at heart. I liked it so much that I did the whole thing again in Florida. With luck I'll do it still again. I am a lucky guy in so many ways, but that was just icing on the cake, and I still smile about it. What a hoot!
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