Rick Johnson:  

Short, fat, tired and ugly is the way i respond when folks ask how i am. I see no reason to lie to folks when they can see the truth. I some times find it hard to believe i am the same guy who competed in Football, baseball, track and wrestling in Jr high and/or High school. The same guy who took up golf and tennis after graduation. The same guy who spent 20 years on the same championship softball team. The same guy who used to run from summer twin to the fairgrounds. I guess 30+ years of not taking care of injuries finally caught up with me. That and the inside guard rail at the speedway. It is funny how things work out. My interest in racing has been there since birth. I attended my first race as an infant and always thought i would compete. Then drifted away from the sport when my Dad quit competing only to return to the sport later in life. Things may not be as i would have liked them but i am so far still around and kicking and causing trouble while many of those i grew up with are not. I some what regret i didn't try to get to know my classmates at Kingsbury better. Being an ...Expand for more