Night spaks
BK: aye, it was, in retrospect, brilliant. My dad passed away when I was 16, me and mum were talking the other day about what a daddy's girl I was as a kid. When he gave up racing, he bought a truck and ran a small haulage firm. When I was about 9 or 10, I used to go with him on a saturday morning in the truck to Fleetwood docks and watch as he met the container ships coming in. then we'd go for a trucker's breakfast at a transport cafe at the dock. then we'd drive back listening to Queen, or Status Quo and sing all the way home.

Not your average family outing, but pretty damn fab all the same.

EDIT: K2, dad used to race for Red Rose racing. one of his team mates was none other than crispy faced austrian Nikki Lauda. though he was less crispy at the time. obviously he had a slightly more successful career!
(Rakky (forgot her password) The muffin maverick, Sat 19 Jul 2008, 0:48, Reply)