I know I admired him immensely, for all types of reasons.

In the few times I saw him after he became ill, it just tore me up inside. I pray for his family, and admire his son Carl Jr. immensely as well. That young man has sacrificed a lot over the past few years to take care of his mom and dad, which is a testament to the job they did in raising him.

There was a period of time, back around 68 or 69, when Carl went undefeated for thirteen straight weeks at three different drag strips, Keystone, PID, and Quaker City. I was hanging with my cousin, who owned the "Lucifer" Hemi Dodge out of Ohio and everyone was doing things short of throwing nails in Carl's path to beat him. Nothing worked. This is a pic of the restored car, wearing the original lettering which is the way it looked at that time. In this shot, that is Carl Jr. behind the wheel, with his dad next to him.

Put in a good word for me, Carl. I'd sure appreciate it.