My Richard Petty Driving Experience



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Race Prep, Step 1: No Beard!

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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