The ADRL.us Family Scenario – Never Forget, No Good Deed Goes Unnoticed

By Camp Stanley

Hagerstown, MD – These time worn words we often hear, The ADRL.us Family, is definitely more than just an analogy! It is a real, true, living, breathing factual entity that really does exist. And exist it does, not only in the heads and hearts of those of us who are believers, but in actual actions. This family thought process lives not only at the race tracks across this wide USA we reside in but also up and down the highways and byways we travel on! And we at Stanley & Weiss Racing are one of teams who can attest to the camaraderie that exists across the ADRL teams.

The one thing that does not enter into this equation is the class “I’m better than you” thought processes that have come to pass in other organizations! This part first came to light to me along I-10 in Louisiana where I sat with only ONE of our 2010 dilemmas! As I sat along the interstate highway on a Sunday morning awaiting a tire vendor my friend, Shawn Davis’ bride had found for me I had at least 4 teams across all classes pull up and back up the interstate to see if we needed any help. That My Friends, is what “family” does for “family”!

After the year we have had in 2010 with traveling dramas, race car dramas and racing dramas I actually thought it was all behind us. BUT of course that nasty wench Fate proved me wrong as she had all year! Would you believe that I got within a lousy TWO miles of the exit to Billy Meyer’s Texas Motorplex when I blew out ANOTHER trailer tire. That probably made Stan Allen and crew alongside me think they were in Iraq! Of course my mindset wasn’t much better! The words through my mind and out of my mouth ALMOST melted the entire dash in Clifford. Luckily I was right by an exit, so up the ramp I limped expecting to see no fender left on the trailer because of what steel belted radial tires do when they explode at 70+ MPH (did I say that? YEPPERS, I did!).

When I looked in the mirror I saw that The Bankston Boyz Racing team of Stan Allen had followed me off the ramp to see if I needed anything. Since my spare was up on the mezzanine in the trailer I told them if they would help me get it down I would surely appreciate it. I dug out my trusty electric impact wrench and extension cord for lug removal while they went and got a strong arm to get the lugs loose and tight. With an electric jack on the trailer we had no need for a jack so as I raised the trailer their entire team jumped on that shredded flat tire like it was gumbo!!! Not only dd they take it off AND put it back on, they wouldn’t even let me roll up and put away my own extension cord!!! The nerve of some people! Some people may say they were just taking pity on an ole worn out drag racer, but we all know it was but another chapter written in The ADRL Family Book!

So if and when you are ever rushing hither and yon and see a fellow racer disabled along the highway, remember this story and PLEASE do your best to carry this “family” saga forward!!!