pennsylvania. mike is where he loves to be every saturday night, behind the wheel of race car at the mahoning valley speedway. i got interested in racing because my grandfather raced for 30-some years. by the age of 11 i had already learned how to drive a car. at age 26 mike has been racing stock cars for eight years. it s even how he met his wife marle marlena. my father was on his grandfather s pit crew. he was very honest with me when we first started dating about how racing was his first love, will always be his first love and that was that. it s a passion more dangerous than most. i do get nervous a lot. but i know push comes to shove he s going to be all right because he s a good driver. marlena usually watches mike
marlaina usually watches mike race, but on this night, she s at home while he competes. i m pregnant and that s part of the reason i stayed home that night. mike s cousin, colton perry, is in the stands with their grandfather, taking video of the race. uh i go every saturday. he s pretty fun to watch. another camera records from inside the car. about one minute into the race, mike, in car number 83, is falling behind. we were actually running second last, i was trying to work my way up through, and all i remember seeing was a car coming down the track, and thinking, man, i m going for a ride here. and as soon as we touched wheels, i was up in the air. flipping over is fairly common in stock car racing. at first, mike isn t worried. the impact really didn t hurt. it was an everyday accident.
pennsylvania. mike is where he loves to be every saturday night, behind the wheel of race car at the mahoning valley speedway. i got interested in racing because my grandfather raced for 30-some years. by the age 11 i already learned how to drive a car. at age 26, mike has been racing stock cars for eight years. it s even how he met his wife, marlaina. my father was actually on his grandfather s pit crew. he was very honest with me when we first started dating about how racing was his first love, will always be his first love, and that was that. it s a passion more dangerous than most. i do get nervous a lot, but i know when push comes to shove, he s going to be all right, because he s a good driver. marlaina usually watches mike race, but on this night, she s