Gary Smith:
CLASS OF 1978
Monterey High SchoolClass of 1978
Lubbock, TX
Coronado High SchoolClass of 1978
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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