Big, bad Boris
Many NASCAR drivers, it seems, have pretty much the same life story. They:
* Were born into racing family
* Learned how to drive a go-kart before they could ride a bike
* Tore up the small town, hometown dirt tracks before they were old enough to shave
* Graduated to stock cars before they had a high school degree
* Worked their way up to a Nextel Cup ride.
And then there's Boris Said, who spent his childhood and young adulthood ripping off grocery stores, working at a motorcycle shop and mouthing off to The Donald. He didn't get his first taste of racin' until he was a teenager. And when he got behind the wheel of something more powerful than the family car for the first time, he got told that he ought to think about doing something else. On Sunday, however, he'll start the Daytona 500 alongside some of the most famous names in racin'.
Said has a ton of guts, which is one reason I'm hoping he does well this weekend. His
story, as told by Dustin Long in today's News & Record, is another.
And, oh yeah: The hair. Gotta love the lid on this guy.
