tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28794390.post3099320147501365704..comments2014-08-16T12:47:35.504-07:00Comments on FOUR FOR N.P.R.A: 2011 Bakersfield March Meet Tony Noto Grumpy's Toy CrashGlobehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10551000592393500657noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28794390.post-28957891064658255932011-04-13T19:08:26.639-07:002011-04-13T19:08:26.639-07:00Need help promoting this story I wrote for Tony No...Need help promoting this story I wrote for Tony Noto. <br /> <br />Where can I send it to?<br />Who can I ask for help..........<br />Please help.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Hey You Drag Racers out there,<br /> <br />LISTEN UP..........<br /> <br />Let me tell you a little story about Tony Noto, <br />who I like to call "Mr Speed."<br /> <br />Here is a guy that grew up in the San Fernando Valley in California<br /> <br />idolizing two things, <br /> <br />Drag Racing and his Big Brother CHUCK.<br /> <br /> <br /><br /> He spent all of his time dreaming about Drag Racing and <br />watching his brother build cars and living in the fast lane.<br />When he was old enough he built his own cars and his <br />brother helped him and taught him how to build. He even got <br />so good he built cars that were featured on the covers Hotrod <br />magazine.He won lots of races on and off the track <br />and everyone wanted him to build their engines. <br />He got so good that even Hot Rod magazine hired him to build <br />project cars for them.<br /> <br /><br />LIFE WAS GOOD AND GOD SAID <br /> <br />LET THERE BE <br /> <br />HORSEPOWER AND TONY NOTO TO GO FAST..........<br /><br /> <br />AND THEN..........<br /> <br /> <br />TRADGEDY STRUCK.<br /> <br />Tonys brother and mentor Chuck was killed one day <br /> <br />while working at his job at the power company. <br /> <br /> <br />Tony was devastated, but he vowed to go on<br />and keep the horsepower flowing through his veins. <br /> <br />Time passed and Tony eventually fell in love and<br /> <br />married his now wife of 20 years and together they had 6 <br /> <br />beautiful children. Now he had to work 2 jobs to provide for his <br /> <br />family and little by little the dream of racing faded with the <br /> <br />responsibilities of parenthood. <br /> <br />last year his wife Terry was a saint <br /> <br />and told <br /> <br />Tony to go forth and find the horsepower again and so <br /> <br />with the help of some good friends, he built the Grumpys Toy <br /> <br />tribute Vega with a Monster 427 motor that could lift the tires <br /> <br />off the ground. And on March 18, he went to bakersfield to <br /> <br />qualify for the NHRA March Meet and race. <br /> <br />And then tradgedy struck <br /> <br />when he was forced to race early on a cold and wet track.... <br /> <br />And so<br /> <br />the best looking car there turned left for no apparent reason <br /> <br />and hit the wall at 125 miles per hour. Tony got out sore and <br /> <br />bruised but alive and well. <br /> <br />But the little Vega was tore up and the front <br /> <br />end gone. <br /> <br />All the money and parts Tony had scrimped and saved and borrowed <br /> <br />was finished and junk in 6 seconds..................<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />SO here is my pitch to all you Drag Racers out there. <br /> <br /> <br />WE NEED TO HELP TONY <br /> <br />AND ALLOW HIS BROTHER IN HEAVEN TO SEE HIM ONCE <br /> <br />AGAIN LIVE THE DREAM THAT THEY BOTH SHARED WITH <br /> <br />SO MUCH HAPPINESS.<br /> <br /> <br /><br />AND SO I HAVE CREATED THIS BUMPER STICKER <br /> <br /> THERE'S NO LEFT TURNS IN <br /> DRAG RACING!<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />AND I AM <br /> <br />ASKING FOR DONATIONS TO <br /> <br />"THE REBUILD TONYS GRUMPYS TOY FUND". <br /> <br />Make checks or money orders payable to <br />"Tony Noto" <br />28170 AVENUE CROCKER #205<br />VALENCIA CA. 91355<br /> <br />FOR EVERY DONATION OF WHATEVER YOU CAN GIVE, I WILL <br /> <br />SEND YOU THIS BUMPER STICKER AND I WILL THANK YOU <br /> <br />FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY (NOW REPAIRED) HEART. <br /> <br />OH AND WHO AM I? <br /> <br />I am just a guy who never had a BIG brother to love and idolize.<br /><br />But if I did, I would want it to Tony Noto.<br />In Drag Racing as in life, <br /> <br />WE ARE ALL BROTHERS.......<br /> <br />DAMN STRAIGHT<br /> <br />MY NAME IS CHUCK<br /> <br /> <br />"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<br /> WOW! WHAT A RIDE!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11083554660228491740noreply@blogger.com