Perhaps it was the burning rubber and Budweiser talking, but Charlie put the national drag-racing championship right up there with going to Disney World.
A huge thank you to funny car driver Bob Tasca III and his sponsor, Ford Racing, for inviting Charlie and a handful of other children from the local JDRF chapter to be their guest for the day.
This was a brand new experience not just for Charlie, but for me too. When the sonic blast of the engines revved and the cars shook our insides with a wave of sound at 310 miles per hour, we turned to each other with big smiles, shouting over the noise.
"This is so cool!!!!"
"When do the silly cars race?" Charlie asked.
"Funny cars," I corrected him. "Soon."
