"I sold my Viper, but the memories I'll keep."

[daytonprowler]

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/05/30/i-sold-my-viper-but-the-memories-ill-keep/#continued\

Tom Kowaleski

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[CEJ]

Good read, thanks for posting!

 

[Slug]

Great post. Why it took the perfect storm for the gen 1 and 2 cars to ever come to be and why there will likely never be anything like them again.

 

[AbsolutHank]

Very cool!

 

[Paul Hawker]

So, Thats how they did it. Great story.

 

[vipernut]

Thanks for that heartfelt recollection Tom....I can only imagine how difficult parting with such an iconic car was for you....I hope she went to a good home..

 

[denniskgb]

So now what. Are getting a different viper?

 

[daytonprowler]

..........

"Damn, I'm flying around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with a racing legend on his second heart at 140 miles per hour in a driving rainstorm in one of only two cars in existence, and all I can think about is – I never thought it would end like this. Then it was over. We slowed, entered the pit road, Carroll looked over and deadpans, "Dang it Tom, with all this excitement... I forgot to take my heart rejection pills today."

Rolling out of view for the last time watching the Viper leave my life, with these memories it's likely always to be a part of it."

 

[AFL in NJ]

Thanks for sharing; cool article!

Regards,
Aaron

 

[Boxer12]

So I guess the 'truck engine' is true ;(

 

[dtvtech]

Wow very cool......makes me proud to own a Gen One car! Thanks for sharing

 

[1bad540]

awesome!! Great read.