Thank You!
World of Speed would like to thank our team of highly dedicated volunteers for their work over the past five years. We thank you. We salute you. We couldn’t have done it without you.
Check out these Volunteer Spotlights, highlighting some of the people who were a part of this amazing group.
Q: When and how did you become a motorsports enthusiast? I was first exposed to motorsports in the early ‘50s. My late brother-in-law was an engineer at North American Aviation in West Los Angeles. He and a close friend both drove MGTCs and were drawn into the burgeoning SoCal sports car racing community. When he was …
Q: When and how did you become a motorsports enthusiast? I’ve been an automotive enthusiast since I was a child. I love cars — driving them, working on them, modifying them, looking at them, photographing them, listening to other car owners talking about them. This year, I went back to autocrossing them, after a 40-year …
Q: When and how did you become a motorsports enthusiast? I had an interest in cars since before I was legally able to drive. In my high school years, guys were building hot-rods using chopped Model As with flathead motors. I then progressed into the “muscle car” age and continued my interest. Although I …
Q: When and how did you become a motorsports enthusiast? I guess when I was around 12. I remember that there was a 1940-something Buick just down the street from us, and I dreamed of getting it and making it into a “hot rod.” Of course, that never happened and I ended up with a …
Q: When and how did you become a motorsports enthusiast? When I was 8 years old my father took me to stock car races at Soldier Field (Home of Da Bears) on Chicago’s Lake Front. The cars and were local often based in neighborhood gas stations. I made a point of looking into these garages …
Q: When and how did you become a motorsports enthusiast? My husband and I were members of the Clackamas County Four Wheelers. It was a four-wheel drive club dedicated to family four-wheeling and community service. We spent our early days at the midnight drags at Sand Lake, later participating in four-wheel racing venues that were …
Q: When and how did you become a motorsports enthusiast? My father and uncle were both car enthusiasts, and I started reading “Road & Track” as a young child. We lived in the San Francisco bay area, and sports cars of all types were fairly common on the streets there. I started collecting toy cars as …
Q: When and how did you become a motorsports enthusiast? I grew up hanging out at the Woodburn Dragstrip and Portland International Raceway. In the mid-‘70s, my dad raced a 1957 Ford T-Bird in the Oldies but Goodies Drags, while I sat shotgun and picked up the time slips as we drove back up to …
Q: When and how did you become a motorsports enthusiast? At the age of 10 years old. My neighbor took me to a midget-car race. I smelled the alcohol, heard the sound of an Offy engine, and was hooked! Q: What kind of influence has that had on your life? I have always enjoyed auto …
Name: Tom Nelson Volunteer Position(s): Docent I started volunteering in: 2015, April 24, opening day Q: When and how did you become a motorsports enthusiast? It was a long and winding road. The first seed was sown in 1956, when my future brother-in-law came to our house in a MG-TC and gave me a ride. We lived in …
