Today's Florida Times-Union newspaper has a front page story about Jacksonville resident Jerry Walsh's recent ALS diagnosis and marriage. The one and a half page article has a small section about Pintos. It reads as follows:
After a divorce at 30, living near New York City, Walsh jumped back fully into racing on courses around America, happily leaving a job selling advertising in the city. In his earlier years he had raced British cars, but this time around he started on a souped-up 1971 Pinto that his son now owns. It became his signature car.
People sometimes ask him: Jerry, a Pinto? Really?
"The Pinto, believe it or not-- people laugh at them now-- there were a lot of them raced. They were the easiest cars to turn into race cars. A great little race car," he says.
I thought those of you who have the ability and talent to modify your cars might appreciate Walsh's comments.