drivers tear up the track. couldn t ask for nicer weather. mid-70s, clear day, perfect day for racing. tommy adams was the driver of 2 yellow car, the 69 and david hugo was the driver of the lumina in the right lane. the drivers get the green light and the race starts as it is supposed to. when the cars took off down the track, everything looked so smooth. kind of a relaxed run. both cars lobbed side to side, no unnecessary fishtailing and no stupid moves at all at that point in time. everything looked as it was going as normal for a drag race. a friend and competitor of both drivers for years. having raced against them several times. he has great respect for their skills. tommy haas been racing since 69. he was a true racer. if the tracks were opened and there was something going on, he was there. david hugo was a smooth driver. they had a team that would do anything for you. as far as i know, tommy adams
texas. racer smith relaxes before his run while watching two tear up the track. couldn t ask for nicer weather. mid-70s, clear day, perfect day for racing. tommy adams was the driver of the yellow car and david hugo was the driver of the lumina in the right lane. the drivers get the green light and the race starts as it is supposed to. when the cars took off down the track, everything looked so smooth. kind of a relaxed run. both cars lobbed side to side, no unnecessary fishtailing and no stupid moves at all at that point in time. everything looked as it was going as normal for a drag racing. he has been a friend and competitor of both drivers for several years. having raced against them several times, he has great respect for their skills. tommy haas been racing since 69. he was a true racer. if the tracks were opened and there was something going on, he was there.
a dad home on leave from the u.s. military surprised his son just in time for christmas. and he had a little help from you know who. larry flowers of our affiliate wsmv in nashville has the story. reporter: it s one of those christmas stories that will have you glued to the pages from beginning to end. couldn t ask for anything really more than to be home for christmas. reporter: but this christmas tale is real. 6-year-old aaron williams, the little boy in the plaid shirt, is one of the main characters and doesn t even know it. nervous, anxious. a little bit of every emotion, i think. reporter: that s just dad in a back room putting on a santa suit. i m here to surprise my son, who doesn t know that i m coming home for christmas. reporter: air force senior
welcome back to caught on camera. i m contessa brewer. drag racers can go from 0 to 125 in just ten seconds. that s so quick it leaves little room for error. in the rare instances where things do go wrong, the results can be dreadful. like this heart stopper of a moment on a texas race track. a fender bender sends a drag race way off track. it looks like a model car out there coming apart and somebody stuck a fire cracker in it or something. january 14th, 2004. racer smith relaxes before his run while watching two tear up the track. couldn t ask for nicer weather. mid-70s, no wind, clear day.
chicago and he would go back and forth to afghanistan for ten years. in 2005 is when he first started going there. we know that his wife, dr. umanos wife jan is still here in chicago. the pastor of their church is with her now trying to comfort her. he has three grown children. i m not quite sure where they live if they still live in the area, but he had a family that he would leave to go serve. he felt the need according to his co-workers to go serve the people of kabul. i understand he sort of saw a little bit of similarity between the west side of chicago and the great need here as well as these children in afghanistan who also needed his care. they needed his compassion. a woman said he had the twarmes spirit and you couldn t ask for a better person and that s how one of his co-workers described him to us. dr. jerry. lauren petty from our affiliate