I received a phone call from a bride I photographed last year wanting to know if I would be interested in photographing a race car driver. Hey I was hoping for Richard Petty but instead turned out to be Melanie Troxel. She is a top fuel dragster and at the time was first in the points. The shoot was for Gates Corp. who is one of her sponsors. When I was in high school I loved drag racing. Maybe it was because there were plenty of straight roads to race on around my home. I met Don Garlits when I was a senior in high school. I still have one of his autographed pistons. Paula doesn't think it is too cool but I still like it.