Frank A. Cicerale:  

WOW. WHO KNEW WE WOULD BE ALIVE AT SIXTY FIVE!!! SO, PERHAPS I SHOULD SAY SOMETHING ABOUT MY JOURNEY WHILE I STILL HAVE THE CHANCE. MET MY WIFE, MY ANGEL IN 77 & THOUGHT I WAS IN HEAVEN. SHE GAVE ME TWO BUNDLES OF JOY; FRANKIE IN 81 AND VINNIE IN 84. WE CREATED GREAT MEMORIES TOGETHER AND EACH DAY I LOVED THEM ALL MORE & MORE. MARIAN WAS A STAY AT HOME MOM WATCHING THE BOYS GROW AS I WORKED IN THE CORPORATE WORLD IN THE ACCOUNTING FIELD WHILE I WORKED PART TIME BUILDING MY ACCOUNTING FIRM. 45 YEARS DOING TAX RETURNS - I EITHER LOVED IT OR WAS A LUNATIC. STARTED DRAG RACING AGAIN IN 88 & IN 94, MY BOYS WERE DRIVING IN THE JUNIOR DRAG RACING LEAGUE (THE INVENTION OF VINNIE KNAPP AT RACEWAY PARK IN ENGLISHTOWN). DAD WAS NOW THE CREW CHIEF & MARIAN KEPT HER 3 BOYS IN LINE, TOOK CARE OF TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS, COMPUTER AND WEATHER STATION INFO. I WAS ALSO TOW/PAY; I TOWED THE TRUCK AND TRAILER TO THE TRACK AND PAID ALL THE FRIGGIN BILLS. I DID, HOWEVER, GET TO WATCH MY BOYS HAVE FUN AND WIN MANY RACES AND CHAMPIONSHIPS. GOD BLESSED US IN ABUNDANCE. WE MET MANY NICE PEOPLE AND MADE SOME LIFE LONG FRIENDS. THE BOYS EVEN GOT TO MEET A.J. FOYT AND RACE WITH HIS GRANDSON IN TEXAS. WE RACED UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST, MID WEST (INDY) & TWICE IN POMONA CALIFORNIA FOR A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. I LOOK AT THE PICTURES ON MY OFFICE WALLS EVERY DAY. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES, MY BOYS. MY BOYS ARE NOW YOUNG MEN, MARRIED AND BOTH FATHERS OF A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BOY. I HAVE 2 BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER IN LAWS AND MARIAN & I ENJOY WATCHING THE BABIES GROW. THERE IS ONLY ONE PROBLEM THAT THIS CREATED. NO MORE DRAG RACING & NO ONE LIVING AT HOME, ...Expand for more