While our pictures this week aren't very old, they are technically still a 'flashback.' This time last year, Mark was down in Gainesville, Florida for the NHRA Gator Nationals. Last year was important because Clayton Harris, the crew chief Mark worked under during the late '90s, was honored with an induction into the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame. Sadly, Clayton passed away in a plane crash back in 2000, but his wife was there to receive the award for him. Mark's wife, Jill, and their daughter Kelly were also down in Florida for the ceremony, along with a few other crew members from the old team. During Mark's years with the race crew, Clayton became like family. It was a great little reunion after many years apart.
A couple days after the induction ceremony, Mark, Kelly, and some of the guys headed down to Ocala, Florida to go through Don Garlits' Museum of Drag Racing, where Mark worked in late 1986/early 1987. Here are a few pictures from their trip to the museum:
Part of the old crew, plus Clayton's son Rex and a friend.
The guys outside of Don Garlits' museum- March 12, 2011
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