The other day we lost an original at eighty nine years. To say John McGill was one of a kind is a vast understatement.  Although his picture is in the dictionary as a definition of curmudgeon, he also had a heart for anyone down on his luck. Many a “poor boy” was helped by spending time at John’s home for the wayward otherwise known as the Nelson Ledges Road Course. John had formed the track with Marvin (great name, huh?) Drucker and was the track manager from 1962-2004. Now his son Scott Lane and daughter Kerrie Bartzi run the track.

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Have you heard about Susan Boyle? Most of us have. The British singing sensation, whom everyone dismissed upon first glance, stunned the world with her amazing talent. Though her stage presence lacked she soon won us over with her commanding voice.

I love epic stories. Victories like that of Susan's are depicted in John Eldredge's book Waking the Dead. Stories about real people with real problems and how God meets them with real answers. And the stories John highlights are those we can relate to as well, Biblical and personal stories.

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Back in the day (late 60’s or early 70’s) Sports Illustrated, yes Sports Illustrated, published an article with artist renderings some of the most difficult corners in auto racing. I bought two copies because some of the pictures were back to back and I wanted to put them up on my dorm room walls at Ohio State. Two of the corners, the Masta Kink and Burnenville, were from the original configuration of a Formula One Course I would definitely like to visit, the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in the Ardennes Forest in Belgium. The natural beauty of the area looks spectacular. For history, both racing and world, few can match.

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