Saturday, November 1, 2008

The Name Granddaddy

Yes, there was a few of us that wanted to be known as the "Big Daddy" of Top Fuel Motorcycle...But saying that would be stealing from "Big Daddy Don"...When I became a Grandfather at a very young age I felt it was my chance to say it another way...I felt I had did enough of every thing in the bike ranks to have that name more than anybody at that time....So, Granddaddy Joe Smith was born...
NHRA and the announcers at the National Events where I was doing Exhibitions for them picked it up right away...It actually started at Indy in 1974 when I won with the new Double. If I'm not mistake it was said on the Wide World of Sports at the end of the track on the final run...

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