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#fgf #FeelGoodFriday In 2009 I was asked if I would donate our time, Team & FD race car to give rides to 25 boys aged 9-17 at the Pikes Peak Raceway, Colorado Springs, Colorado. These 25 boys have lost their fathers, 19 heroes that lost their life serving their country in Iraq & Afghanistan. I gave them a big YES. Turns out to be a movie alled “Sons of the Fallen” hosted by actor #RyanMerriman , actor/host #BillGoldberg , and country music star #ClintBlack . Problem was we just destroyed our SR20DET at @formulad But me, Gerti, #MikeAngel #SeanKriner #BillSherman #TroyMeikle & @00.dylan a few days to fix her and get her to CO. We got the motor rebuilt but couldn’t start her. We had to trailer the car to CO in 6 hours or call it all off. I decided to pull the trigger and get to CO figuring we will just have to get her running for these boys up there. Once at PPIR Sean, Angel & #WildBillSherman discovered that a few parts in the head were bad & we didn’t have spares. Unbelievably a local junk yard had a single complete head that we could rob from. With filming starting the next morning we reassembled everything and found a local dyno to tune. We managed to give ALL these boys at least 1-2 rides each, and even the movie talent got a ride just before the head literally lifted a little blowing out the gasket between 2 cylinders. Our #FD S13.5 managed to stay together long enough to make these “young men” very happy, at least for the day. #sons #fallenfathers #family #sharelife #livelife #retaks__lifestyle

Babies were born, people got married, people got divorced, people died, people were hired, fired, quit, homes were bought, expensive cars were leased, tears were shed, harsh words were spoken, fear, dread, resentment, jealousy, frustration and rage came and went like clouds in the sky. The only constant was laughter & the FormulaD LB race coming up! See you there!!! @retaks_lifestyle @ryantuerck @portlandspeedindustries @tunedbypsi @brian_hartsock @formulad @maxxistires @gracielledavid @00dylan #troymeikle @laurenabraham #bobbymarini

(Try again lol) Thanks to my family, friends, teams, sponsors and of course our fans for making 2013 awesome! #gerti #troymeikle @00dylan @ryantuerck @justin_tuerck @portlandspeedindustries @tunedbypsi @brian_hartsock @bellamygabriella @annikabellamy @gracielledavid @lovefilipina @umm_hey_its_jerlene @missajd @formulad @xgames @usopenofsurf #sema #retaks #retaks_lifestyle