MY WIFE AND I WERE MARRIED IN APRIL 1996.AT THE TIME I WAS WORKING FOR JASPER ENGINES AND TRANSMISSIONS AS A DIESEL ENGINE BUILDER.WHEN JASPER ENGINES GOT THEIR START IN CUP ENGINES THEY BOUGHT A ENGINE SHOP FROM VINCE SAURINO(I THINK I SPELLED HIS NAME CORRECTLY) IN HIAWASSEE,GA.VINCE WOULD COME TO JASPER ABOUT ONCE A MONTH AND HELP WITH ANY ISSUES WE MIGHT HAVE,QUALITY CONTROL ETC...VINCE SAW MY BILL ELLIOTT PICTURES IN MY TOOL BOX AND KNEW I WAS AN ELLIOTT FAN.I LIKED VINCE A LOT AND LIKED TALKING TO HIM.HE KNEW THE ELLIOT'S FROM HIS RACE ENGINE BUSINESS.WHEN HE FOUND OUT WE WERE TAKING OUR HONEYMOON TO DAWSONVILLE HE HELPED PLAT THE TRIP FOR US.WE TOURED JASPER ENGINES RACE ENGINE SHOP IN HIAWASSEE.WE WENT TO BILL ELLIOTT FORD MERCURY,THE POOL HALL TO EAT AND TO THE RACE SHOPS.VINCE HAD ARRANGED TOURS OF THE ENGINE AND RACE SHOPS.WE DID NOT SEE ANY OF THE ELLIOTT BROTHERS THAT DAY,BUT WE DID MEET CINDY AND CHASE(HE WAS A BABY) AT THE MUSEUM.ALTHOUGH I DID NOT MEET BILL THAT DAY I DID GET TO MEET HIM AT RUXER FORD IN JASPER,IN ,MARCH OF 1985.HIS OLD FRIEND CHARLIE HILL(CHARLIE USED TO LIVE IN SANTA CLAUS,IN) BROUGHT BILL AND HIS SHOW CAR TO RUXER'S.I STILL TALK TO CHARLIE SOMETIMES.HE STILL LIVES IN THE AREA.I ALSO SAW BILL RACE AT KENTUCKY MOTOR SPEEDWAY IN 1987.I WAS A MEMBER OF THE BILL ELLIOTT FAN CLUB SINCE 1985.I HOPE TO TAKE A TRIP TO DAWSONVILLE SOON.I WOULD LOVE TO GET OUT RED 2010 FORD FUSION AUTOGRAPHED. IT IS GREAT TO SEE BILL BACK IN A FORD.HIS HERO WAS DAVIS PEARSON AND NOW HE IS IN THE 21 CAR.HOW COOL IS THAT.THANKS FOR ALL THE MEMORIES BILL.

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