Race Prep, Step 1: No Beard!
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I did the Richard Petty Driving Experience in Florida. Walt Disney World
Raceway in Orlando, Florida, to be precise. It was early June, and was
rather hot in Florida.
So, I shaved my beard off, partly because of the heat, and also
because the full beard, such as you saw in the previous
picture can get tangled in a helmet chin strap, especially if someone
else tightens it.
Besides, I eventually reasoned, to have a true
Richard Petty Driving Experience, one really should have sideburns similar
to the ones Richard Petty wore at the height of his racing career in the
mid-1970's.
So, after we arrived in Florida, I began shaving my own beard off.
This was the first step. Even though I first cut the beard hair short
with scissors, I still wore out an amazing number of Trac II blades just
getting to this stage.
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