[ponyakr]

you can't eat a trophy or use it for fuel. they're just to look at & remind you of some acomplishment or an honor you received in life. i got 1 for riding a horse & several playing b-ball. but most of ours were won racing pontiacs. i've already mentioned that we talked the track owners into giving us $5 instead of a throphy. hey, at 60 cents a gal, thats 8+ gals of gas. & T.J. sold several to a single neighbor dude. i remember keeping a large cardboard box full in the corner of the shop for years. we finally went thru them & took all the small ones to the trash dumpster. we kept a few of the larger ones. here are 4 of the keepers. the 1st 1 is from 1 of the biggest races i won in either '73 or '74. the 2nd is from the La state championship race T.J. won in '75. the 3rd she won at the big end of the year race at prescott, ark in '77. they called it the southwest ark championship race. the 4th is from the only trophy dash i won in dirt racing in '84. the 5th, of course is a group shot. "know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? so run that ye may obtain." 1 cor 9:24. " i press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." phil 3:14. winning races & throphies is fun, but don't stop there. keep trying to achieve more, like helping someone who really needs help or giving hope to someone who has lost their hope. there are huge throphies waiting for those who dare to help others.