Back in the day (2003), I competed in the Skip Barber Formula Dodge Eastern Series, where I won 4 races and finished runner-up Rookie of the Year to Marco Andretti (politics involved in that one…). This video is from a Memorial Race (non-points race done at the end of the weekend) at Lime Rock Park, running the chicane. During these Memorial races, many of the Skip Barber instructors would join us “regulars” for the race, and in this case, the late Josh Rehm started at the back of the grid.

Josh was one of the instructors that helped watch out for me, and made that extra effort to coach me in my first year of car racing. We quickly became good friends, and this was the one and only time that he and I got the chance to race each other. Unfortunately, Josh was killed a few years ago in a car accident by a careless driver who “fell asleep” driving the opposite direction on a highway in Wisconsin, and jumped the median, hitting Josh’s car. To this day, we still run “Detroit Coffee” decals on all of our cars: this was Josh’s new company that was doing extremely well before he passed…it’s our way, and many other racers’ way, of keeping Josh on the track.

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