Re: Happy Thanksgiving 2006
I am thankful for friends. Like everyone who has spoken at a banquet over the last few months, I am grateful and thankful for the family that is Skip Barber Racing. It's the worlds largest racing team, and everyone here is part of it.
I am thankful to those who have helped me become more. I am thankful to my parents for teaching me to give back. I am thankful for my brutal high school English teachers for teaching me to write. I am thankful for my mentors for encouraging me to take risk. I am thankful to Ryan Justice for opening my eyes to the Racing for Kids program this year. I am thankful to Elan Motorsports for building a carbon tub that kept me safe in so many wrecks. I am thankful to Dan Andersen.
I am thankful to Terry Earwood, who hired me into Skip Barber almost nine years ago, changing my life, and giving me the opportunity to teach others and change their lives.
I am thankful to the Mardens, for listening to me when I needed it most. I am thankful to the Auriemma's, Lowe's, Lipperts, Mayes, Pew's, Thornton's, Edwards', Addison's, and the rest of the customers who are some of the best friends I've ever had. I'm thankful to the instructors and staff at Skip Barber for training and friendship.
But mostly, I'm thankful that I can love, sleep, eat solid foods, stretch out, see in color, and hear music.
Life is good.
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Gerardo Bonilla
Professor of Comedic Slip Angle Use
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