User:JLG 2701

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About me
I've been in racing pretty much my whole life. I've done almost every job there is to do in racing. I started at the bottom as a "Gofer" ("You, go for this"...."You, go for that"...Gofer). I managed to make my way up to crew member, then to crew chief.

After a tour-of-duty in the US Navy, in which I was a participant of both Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm, I got my own car (an off-road buggy, pictured left) and became a driver, as well as a team owner. A major influence in my choice of racing careers was fellow Taylorville, Illinois resident, Randy Eller. After watching Randy on an ESPN 2 Television Broadcast of a SODA Series race, I decided Off Road Racing was for me. I joined an off road racing sanctioning body (MAORA), and after a relatively short time (4 years) assumed the duties of the Vice President of the same sanctioning body. While working with the sanctioning body, I also held the jobs of class representative, corner worker, race official, tech inspector, and chief flagman. Before retiring as a driver, I won 1 championship, and many, many races (including 6 event wins in-a-row, and 9 heat race wins in-a-row).

In 2000 I had the opportunity to work with a game company, Ratbag Games, beta testing a new off road racing game called Leadfoot. I got to work with some of the best programmers in Motorsports gaming, Saxon Druce, David Hewitt, and Greg Siegele. I also got to work with some great race drivers. Matt Gerald, and Chris Hord from the WSORR, and NHRA's Ron Capps are those who really stand out in my memories.

Even though I'm retired from driving, I am still involved in racing through my vinyl graphics business, which specializes in race cars, and through working on my dad's UMP Late Model (pictured left) that he regularly races at Macon Speedway.

Projects for Wiki
Right now, I'm working on a project for Wikipedia on Matt Kenseth's new crew chief, Drew Blickensderfer. My latest published project, the Chili Bowl (race) Midget Natinals can be found at the link provided.  JLG 2701 

My Own Personal Sandbox....you are all invited, but you have to bring your own Tonka Trucks!!!  JLG  2701 

Places I've been
(IN the US)
 * St Louis, MO
 * Edward Jones Dome
 * Six Flags St. Louis


 * Chicago, IL
 * RTC Great Lakes
 * Sears Tower
 * Six Flags Great America
 * Chicago Stock Exchange
 * Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago


 * Memphis, TN
 * Naval Air Technical Training Center, Memphis


 * Nashville, TN
 * Opryland


 * Dawsonville, GA
 * Racing shop of Bill Elliott


 * Atlanta, GA
 * Daytona, FL
 * Daytona International Speedway
 * Disney World
 * Sea World


 * Seattle, WA
 * Pike Place Market
 * Space Needle
 * Kingdome
 * Tacoma Dome
 * Sea-Tac Airport
 * Tacoma Narrows Bridge


 * Oak Harbor, WA
 * NAS Whidbey Island


 * Spokane, WA
 * Fairchild Air Force Base


 * Fallon, NV
 * NAS Fallon
 * Rattlesnake Raceway


 * Reno, NV
 * San Diego, CA
 * NAS North Island


 * San Francisco, CA
 * NAS Alameda


 * Pearl City, HI
 * Pearl Harbor


 * Indianapolis, IN
 * Indianapolis Motor Speedway
 * Major Taylor Velodrome
 * Chip Ganassi Racing


 * Terre Haute, IN
 * Terre Haute Action Track


 * Mattoon, IL
 * Lender's Bagels


 * Decatur, IL
 * Archer Daniels Midland
 * A.E. Staley's


 * Macon, IL
 * Macon Speedway


 * Assumption, IL
 * Motion Raceway


 * Springfield, IL
 * Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack
 * Springfield Speedway


 * DuQuoin, IL
 * DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack


 * Pana, IL
 * Kitchell Park

Places I've been
(Outside of the US)
 * Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
 * Subic Bay Naval Base, Olongopo, Philippines
 * Perth, Western Australia
 * Narrogin, Western Australia
 * Safety Bay, Western Australia
 * Deigo Garcia
 * Karachi, Pakistan
 * Pattaya, Thailand
 * Hong Kong
 * Singapore
 * Bahrain

Memorial
(The user formerly known as JG Race 1194 is now  JLG  2701 .)