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Luke âSpikeâ Kohlbecker likes to say that he comes from a racing family. His grandfather, Jerroy A. Frank of Glendale, had a passion for cars â the faster the better â and even honeymooned with his new wife at the famous Road America, a raceway located in Wisconsinâs scenic Kettle Moraine.
âHe just loved being around cars and he became a car collector. When my mom was a little girl, family vacations consisted of going to races and car shows,â Kohlbecker said.
Kohlbecker, 18, has been âfollowing the dreamâ laid by his grandfather, racing âanything that has wheelsâ since he was 3 years old. His first racetrack was his Kirkwood familyâs driveway.