I was honored when he wanted to return to racing Karts in 1992 (after being retired for about 5 seasons), and he called me on the phone and wanted me to be his car owner. We didn’t do great that season, but you know, we didn’t do bad either, and I will always keep that season in my mind as being a winning season, which helped make our friendship even stronger.

One thing I always tell people to this day, and mind you I have been a Crew Chief for a winning Dirt Modified team in Pennsylvania, is that most of what I have learned I took from watching Dave not only when he was on the track racing a Kart at well over 100 MPH, but more so when he was in the pits, or at the shop, he could see things in his head, and then turn those thoughts into reality by producing some of the most innovative parts that I’ve ever seen.

Dave has a work ethic that is second to none, and he works until every last detail is 100 percent, and he is happy with the result, because if he is happy, then you will be 200 percent happy, yeah, he is that good.

Dave is the guy you would want to go to war with, if you know what I mean, racing war that is, because this guy can think it, do it, and build it, and in the end it will work, plain and simple. I was thrilled when he moved from Reading, PA, and landed in Indy, and then worked his way up the ladder over the past years, and look at where he is now, top of the World to you Dave!

You will always have a ride waiting for you my friend, and it’s nice to say that good guys do finish 1st! Peace my friend, Blake Tobias