This is a letter received from Lee McKinney, who is based in Iraq guarding the U.S. Embassy. McKinney is a huge fan of NHRA Funny Car driver Mike Ashley. Ashley forwarded this letter to us and we thought it was neat.

This is a letter received from Lee McKinney, who is based in Iraq guarding the U.S. Embassy. McKinney is a huge fan of NHRA Funny Car driver Mike Ashley. Ashley forwarded this letter to us and we thought it was neat.

 

Well at 4 am here in downtown Baghdad, I was in the palace /embassy making
rounds of all the security checkpoints . Keep in mind I am dressed
with full body armor and my M4 and Glock and so forth. I walk into the
media office and what do I see? Nothing but Mike Ashley in the Torco Dodge
flying down the strip and running 331, the second fastest for the round.
They had the TV on ORBIT ESPN. That was the coolest thing i have seen since
I have been here. Man do I miss drag racing so much. I just wanted to say
great job guys . You make me proud.  Your number one fan, Lee McKinney