Gary Smith:  

CLASS OF 1978
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Lubbock, TX
Lubbock, TX

Gary's Story

Life I've been a seismic surveyor for 29 years, been married for 4 years {2nd time) We have been together 10 years!! first from 1985-1990. 2 daughters: Christy Renee Smith, 25 years old,Kelsey Michaela Smith 23 years old 2 grandchild Ethan McBeath 6 years old Aubrey Reyes 2 years old Wife: Dianna C.Smith from Chickasha, OK. Step Daughter Heather Cobb 27 years old Been racing as a hobbie since high school Current car is a 215" wheelbase rear engined Dragster that I built in 1994 sports a 1000 horspower motor and will run the 1/4 mile in 7 seconds at 190 mph The engine is a fuel injected 500" Mopar and while this motor has realitivly few runs on it and is a great engine, I am building a 528" Hemi that will start with fuel injection and as soon as I get all the pieces in place will switch to a blower which will run well over 200 mph. My proudest achievment next to my kids was rescueing 2 people from a burning helicopter that had crashed on McCracken Mesa in Blanding Utah, I was changing a flat on my work truck when a call came over the radio that one of m...Expand for more
y other workers had just witnessed the crash,I jumped in my truck and drove to the scene still with 1 flat tire, I was the first person at the scene and was able to pull 2 victims out however the pilot was killed along with 2 other people, and it was very hard to take. but to be able to save 2 from the flames is something I'm very proud of. One of the guys I pulled out had very serious burns, but what he said to me I'll never forget. When the life flight helicopter landed he said " I was just in one of those that crashed and your going to make me get in another one?" I told him God answered my prayer to get you out, he won't let this one go down. While this would rate as my proudest acheivement, it is clouded by my biggest disappointment of witnessing the other 3 perish in the flames Workplace 1980-1990 Geo-Search Inc. 1980-1981 survey helper,1981-1990 chief surveyor 1990-1994 Dawson Geophysical Corp. 1990-1994 chief surveyor 1994-1999 Western Geophysical Corp. 1994-1999 chief surveyor 2000-Present Dawson Geophysical Corp. 2000-present chief surveyor
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new rear end installation almost complete
Hoosier Tires
chassis upgrade
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getting it ready for paint
prep work
just took delivery of my present car in 1994
loved driving this one
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then bought this front engine car
VERY SHORT WHEELBASE
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my first race car
after paint
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car he was building for Royal Purple
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