Family

Mama Speed

Gaye Busch keeps her racing worries in check By Mike Savicki   Like all caring mothers, Gaye Busch is concerned about the well-being of her children. She worries about them when they are on vacation, driving on the roadways and, especially, when they are at…

Big Rigs and Big Fun

It’s all about flash and flair at Outcast Kustoms and K&L Collision By Mike Savicki   If you ever caught “Trick My Truck” on Country Music Television (CMT), Speed’s “American Trucker,” Travel Channel’s “Outrageous Rigs” or “Outcast Kustoms”on Discovery’s Velocity Channel, then you’ll most likely…

A Golden Spirit

Twenty years later, Dan Jansen’s Olympic story still resonates By Mike Savicki   It’s hard to imagine that it has been twenty years since the world last saw speed skater, Dan Jansen, streak across the Olympic ice in American red, white and blue. Two decades…

Family Ties

Henry and Dot Pender share memories as Cornelius opens a road named in their family’s honor By Mike Savicki   The Town of Cornelius, like thousands of other small towns across the country, has a crisscrossing array of roadways named to honor those who have…