Racing Friends
The 25th annual Inman Farm Heritage Days, held each year on our family farm, wrapped up last Sunday. By most all accounts, it was one of the best, if not the best, Heritage Days yet. Like most everything else in my life, Inman Farm Heritage Days has strong ties to the racing community. As we get back to Senoia Raceway after a few weeks off and take in the Michael Head Jr. Memorial Southern All Stars race, I can’t help but think of the death of young Michael Head and how it’s related to Inman Farm Heritage Days. Back on a Sunday in April of 1997, on Joanne’s birthday, she and I were picking up rocks, by hand, on what would become our showgrounds in a few months. (Some birthday celebration, right?) My pager went off. It was Carolyn Head calling. I immediately called her back. In a calm, measured voice she informed me that her son had been killed. Joanne and I can take you to within a few feet of exactly where we were standing when we got that call...