Posted on 07/16/2006 12:41:09 PM PDT by kokonut
Jason and engineers spent three years testing the device, working and reworking the design, and interviewing deaf people for ideas. When the prototype was done, Jason needed some people to test it. He contacted Mike McConnell, perhaps the nation’s best known deaf blogger. Mike said he knew the perfect guy.
He wrote: “Do you know about Greg Gunderson, who is trying to become the first deaf NASCAR driver?”
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When Greg clicked on the “Driver Wanted” message, he was taken to a Web site for an upcoming reality TV show. The show would be called “Racin’ for a Livin,’ ” and it would feature 15 rookie drivers and five veterans. There would be numerous off-track tests, 10 races, each week another driver would be eliminated — you know how the reality show thing works — but the most important thing, the thing that jolted Greg, is that the winner would get the chance to qualify for seven Busch series races.
With exclusive pictures taken on the race track and off.
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http://kokonutpundits.blogspot.com/2006/07/racing-reunites-deaf-men-front-page.html
With exclusive pictures taken on the race track and off.
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