Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Paralyzed racer picks up his first stock car win

By Lewis Geyer

After a decade of racing, the losing streak is finally over for Longmont’s Mike McCarrick.

Last month, he won his first stock car race, a 45-minute, 100-lap enduro event at I-76 Speedway in Fort Morgan.

“He’s always done really good and been in the front, always 10th or better,” Bruce Allen said. Allen, also of Longmont, helps his son Cody in the same I-76 Speedway winter series and has known McCarrick for eight years.

“He’s just kept going and kept going and finally got that win last month,” Allen said. And it wasn’t an easy race: The top four finishers were all within half a lap of each other, according to Allen.

McCarrick is used to persevering and facing challenges. Forty-three years ago, he was born paralyzed from the waist down, and he learned early on to adapt to keep up with his three siblings.

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