I guess it goes without saying how much Ronnie influenced me.

The one thing I will never forget was at the 1993 Monster Mopar Weekend in St. Louis. Ronnie was racing his '68 S/S Cuda there and broke the car early in the weekend. He came looking for me and asked if I had brought the Superbird to the event as he needed something to race and as luck would have it, I hadn't. I was totally flattered that Ronnis Sox wanted to race my car and totally devastated that I didn't bring it with me that weekend.

Ronnie autographed the inside of the decklid in St. Louis in 2000 and autographed the dash above the glove box door last year at York.

They had a moment of silence for Ronnie at the Beech Bend Chrysler Classic yesterday. R.I.P. Ronnie, you will be missed.