Race Car Tribute
Jane, a Stryker mom, sent the following photos and description of her boyfriend's race car that she decorated to honor her son and his fellow soldiers deployed to Iraq. Thanks!
Here are a couple pictures of the race car - it is a 360 Sprint Car. My boyfriend is the car owner and each year I do the decals on it. This year it only took a moment for me to know what I wanted to do with the car. My son is stationed in Mosul Iraq he is with the 1/24 B. Company. I wanted to find a way to show my support to all armed forces fighting overseas - especially my son and his brothers in arms - most of which I know or have become acquainted with thru pictures, letters and instant messages.
The outside of the wings which is very hard to see in a picture has stars on it - those are not hard to see, but each star has the name of my son and his buddies - the inside of the wing has a support our troops yellow ribbon and the names of fallen heroes whom my son knows.
When i told my son what i was doing it brought alot of excitement from his buddies - the first night the car was brought out to race - it did four laps around the track by itself - while the announcer spoke about the car - the crowd started cheering, and several wiped away tears as it made it's final lap. The next night we raced it in Michael’s home town Billings Montana - it drew the same response from the crowd.
I also started a support group with some parents of soldiers from fort lewis all stationed in Iraq – the names of their soldiers are also on the car. It is funny a whole world away some of our boys have met each other. This group has been a GOD SEND to me - without them I don't think I could have made it through this time of my life.
I am proud to honor all our soldiers this way.
Jane
