A happening at the local hardware store gave me a smile and reinforced the fan base we sometimes perceive.

This hardware store is located in Kilgore Tx, home of two time top fuel champ, Steve Torrence.

At the checkout counter, I was paying for a package of cables ties when the mid-20s man ask what I was working on.

"I build drag race cars, this is for the wiring."

He replied, "O yea, some other guy from Kilgore races, I think I remember that he won some race lately." [he was talking about Torrence]