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824 dad (MD) Started a new thread 3 years ago today....
1/26/2012 4:09am It was 3 years ago today March 10th, 2005 at Lake Whitney about 4:00pm when my son Ricky suffered his spinal cord injury. It's not much easier when I think about it today as it was 3 years ago. I pray everyday that that medical research will be able to fix him. It's hard to believe a sport that we...
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824 dad (MD) Started a new thread OT: 824 Finishes 2nd
1/25/2012 10:37pm I know alot of you guys are not into car racing but.... Ricky James competed in his 5th racer ever in his West Coast Pro Truck last saturday night in Blythe california on a 1/4 mile oval track. Ricky was the last guy to go out in qualifing, you get 1 warm up lap and 2 laps at speed, he...
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824 dad (MD) Started a new thread #824 Website make over
1/25/2012 7:43pm We have been working over the past few months to give Ricky's website a fresh new look. Check it out at [url:lqhuimor]http://www.rickyjames824.com[/url:lqhuimor]
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824 dad (MD) Started a new thread 824 at California Speedway
1/25/2012 6:51pm Ricky was given a great opportunity on Saturday. Jamie Little from ESPN invited him out to the California Speedway to meet and talk to Jimmy Johnson. Ricky got to spend about an hour with Jimmy just prior to the afternoon practice. When Ricky was outside Jimmy's hauler Jeff Gordon came over and asked Ricky all about how it was to...
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824 dad (MD) Started a new thread OT: Tonight Channel 5 @ 10:00
1/21/2012 6:02pm David Bailey and Ricky James will be featured in a segment about the LA Marathon on channel 5 in the so. cal area. They are both competing in it Sunday on their hand cycles. 824 Dad
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824 dad (MD) Added a reply to Congrats Ricky James!
3/30/2008 3:25pm Unbelieveable...Ricky was on rails all weekend. The engine we bought the truck with was worn out, some how at the first race of the season in february he put it on the pole in qualifing and finished second in the main. We put a new untested crate engine(sealed spec. engine) in the truck last weekend. We weren't sure what rear...
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824 dad (MD) Added a reply to OT: Tonight Channel 5 @ 10:00
4/16/2016 6:16pm [quote="Matt414":3fwpmg2w][quote="824 dad":3fwpmg2w]David Bailey and Ricky James will be featured in a segment about the LA Marathon on channel 5 in the so. cal area. They are both competing in it Sunday on their hand cycles. 824 Dad[/quote:3fwpmg2w] Tell that son of yours that he needs to be doing that in his push rim. And has he started swimming yet?[/quote:3fwpmg2w] Hi...
824 dad (MD) Added a reply to OT: 824 Finishes 2nd
4/16/2016 6:12pm [quote="rockcrawlerdude":k0ub614a]awesome job! is he still racing 4 wheelers and bikes as well or is he concentrating on the trucks for now???[/quote:k0ub614a] Thanks for all the kind words guys. We are both pretty stoked about how the race went. Ricky has a full schedule for this year and some great opportunities ahead of him. We are going to race as many...
824 dad (MD) Added a reply to #824 Website make over
4/16/2016 6:08pm The truck racing starts Feb. 16th in Blythe and then goes to Irwindale March 29 and then again on April 5th. There's a full schedule of all 16 races at [url:2frwprqb]http://www.westcoastprotrucks.com[/url:2frwprqb] We would love to have you guys come out to one of the races, lets stay in touch and give me a PM about which event you want to...