Video: The Danny Simkins Story – Doing the Impossible

Image Credit: Billy Simkins

This weekend two West Coast Heroes will be honored at Chris Kearns’ Santa Maria Speedway. Legendary race car driver Danny Simkins and wife Sandie will be spotlighted. Danny is a ten time track champion at Santa Maria that battled cancer the final stretch of his career. Sandie created a series that unified Street Stock drivers across the state of California with one common rule package. Check out Danny’s incredible story here that displays what is deemed to be impossible clearly isn’t.

It begs the question, would you of kept racing if you had lost your leg?

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Stephanie Odom

Stephanie Odom, though most just call her Steph, grew up on the Central Coast of California where she currently resides. Steph is a Journalism student at a local community college where she plays soccer as well. She became involved in dirt track racing at a young age with her father racing at their local track. She can be found on the weekends chasing the West Coast's biggest Sprint Car shows as well as the West Coast Shootout Super Late Model Series.
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