Former President Jimmy Carter was a true, staunch race fan

It has been almost three months since President Jimmy Carter’s passage. The 39th President, outside the White House, had a lot of things in his time – farmers, southern gentlemen, Governor of Georgia, hardcore human, and as it turned out, a racing fan.

Shortly after his death, IMSA posted an interview clip that he did with the former President about ten years ago, where he talks about his rather unexpected family tradition, which makes a big journey to see the 12 -hour -old center in Sebring, Florida.

It was a fairly staunch family case for cartors. Sweetly, the former President reminds us of attending 12 hours of Sebring with his late wife of about eight decades, Rosalin – 33 RPM will listen to one of the records he bought in the race packed with tracks (not asphalt) Carcrifying the engine noise of cars in the race. When this race day arrives, both will remove their heads and quiz to each other, on which the car was about to blow them on the bumpy, unexpected surface of the sebring.

He describes the Italian manufacturers Ferrari and Masareti V10 to be smooth “like sewing machines” to be smooth “as compared to the V8 of a Chevrolet Carvet, which looked like John dera tractor.

It is no surprise that Carter came to a racing fan: as a Georgian, he was born in the NASCAR country. He worked as a ticket seller in his “home track,” Atlanta Motor Speedway when he was not participating in the race. Later, he hosted the NASCAR Great in the office of the office in the office, and the Governor’s mansion at the White House in 1978. I am elected, I am going to get those people out of the mansion for the first time, when I got a chance. “He certainly followed.

While the presidents have known their love of sports over the years, racing is not one that is usually at the top of the list. Every time at a great time, some presidents or vice -presidents will perform briefly in some of the largest American race programs of the season. But sometimes, they are brief, and sometimes only appear.

As I, myself, traveled more than 20 hours from Michigan to Florida for a 12-hour race in the end of this week, I often thought of my own long family road trips from Carter and Georgia to Mid-Florida city that we appreciate the same thing when we stand on the track. Listening to records in preparation – the hours they spent on the road with their family – and the hours he spent, enjoying every car, like we all do today (and at the end of this week). He was one of us.

I also consider if I would have been as good as he and Rosalin were spotting cars with their voice. I feel honestly that he will still school on me.