A great story and a grea insight into a kid growing up in Central and at Gibbs and doing what he had always wanted to do. Doing it with class and with prayer and demonstrating a tremendous amount of humility and genuineness that is not ordinarily found in the sports world these days.

A tip of the hat to Trevor Bayne and the Wood Brothers Mercury team. It is good to have them back in NASCAR in a big, big way.

As in Pat and Mike and Jerry from South Knoxville?

In the Orlando Sentinel:

NASCAR's crusty, iconic hero [Dale Earnhardt] may finally rest in peace a decade after his death. The Intimidator can step aside and make way for a new Speed Racer. They have much in common. Both dropped out of high school to focus on racing. They each made personal sacrifices to keep on running — Bayne moved out of his home in Knoxville to live alone in Mooresville when he was 15 years old because it was a hub for racing.

He [Trevor Bayne] is Buster Douglas bringing Mike Tyson to the canvas in Tokyo in 1990.

He is Joe Willie Namath wagging his index finger at the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III.

He is a bunch of U.S hockey team neophytes beating the Soviets in the Olympics in 1980.