But it started well before then when at a young age while traveling with my family to race the Pacemaker/Bubble Up funny car with Gordie Bonin as the driver. This experience lead to my life long desire to race a funny car. My biggest influence to graduate to where I am now was in 2012 when Tim Boychuck won the March Meet. My dad (Ron Hodgson), Bob Papirnick, Jim Basko and Ray Randazzo were all there, and now those same members are with me as my journey continues.