My name is Douglas Kimball. My friends call me Doug (or
other unmentionables). I was born in Seattle Washington in 1960 and am
the youngest of three boys. My father is a retired Navy aviator and my
mother is...well, she's my mom. :) I spent most of my first twenty some
years living on Whidbey Island in the Puget Sound in the great Pacific
Northwest. We lived in the country on the beach and have very good memories
of my childhood and friends and the fun we had.
I was baptized in the Southern Baptist church when I was ten then shortly
after that we attended the local holy rollin', amen, hallelujah, bible
thumpin', camp meetin' Assembly of God Church. That church was rockin'
on Sunday nights. Sunday school, youth group, summer church camp, a very
busy and fun time of my life. I was on the track team at school and being
a distance runner is where I think I learned that passing someone on the
outside was sooooo much fun on the track! lol
At twenty-one I had lost both brothers to Cystic Fibrosis. The oldest
left at a much earlier age. Sad for me for sure but, so very sad for my
parents. Relocating shortly after to the Boise area in southwestern Idaho
where aunts and uncles and cousins live we settled down while I found
a quite little farming town just across the Oregon border called Ontario
just a half hour drive away from my parents home. I worked several years
at a glass shop doing a lot of glass cutting and installing auto glass.
In 1991 the state built there largest prison just out of town. I looked
into it and a few years later I decided to try it out. I've been there
ever since as a correctional officer keeping a watchful eye as 3000 inmates
do there time. An interesting job to say the least but, I do enjoy it.
One winter day I stepped inside a bank and saw the prettiest and darkest
brown eyes that I have ever seen. It was then that I lost my sanity and
decided to toss my care free bachelor life aside and pursue this new found
interest. Kim and I have been married for 14 years now with a 13 year
old daughter and a 21 year old step son. She's perfect in every way except
she likes country music so I took her to a Van Halen concert just recently.
I don't think she's forgiven me for that yet but I do believe her hearing
is finally coming back. lol We recently started to snow ski and I also
love to play city rec basketball in the winter along with some volleyball
too with my father.
As a child I loved to watch NASCAR on, I believe it was The Wide World
of Sports on the weekends. I mostly looked forward to the Daytona 500
that was televised every year and the Indy 500 too. Richard Petty was
my driver then and still is even though he's retired. I didn't follow
NASCAR too much during Dale Earnhardt's years but I knew who he was. I
really got back into NASCAR again a while back when cable TV finally came
to my town. Then, I received NASCAR 4 for Christmas in 2001 and that started
it all. Video cards, steering wheels, new computers......it'll never end.
lol I found Christian Racing when I was getting tired of racing on the
open servers. You all know what I mean. A little intimidated to join a
league I wanted one that would have a lot of patience for the "newbie".
I saw the Christian Racing server and remembered how great the christian
people were that I knew when I was younger and decided to sign up. Ray
was so very nice and I knew I had found the right place. I love to listen
on the talk programs while racing and sometimes get to laughing so hard
that my wife has to step into the room to see just what's going on. lol
I've been to a NASCAR race at Las Vegas and plan on going again soon.
I also plan on racing here at Christian Racing as long as Brent keeps
letting this "newbie" from Oregon hang around the track. Thanks
for the fun everbody.....................Doug
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