I'm Lora, and I've been to CR events off and on for a few years. I started five years ago helping with the food at Doc's open house at the Hangout and my husband was the DJ for the event. I go to car shows every year with my family, I've been to Cars and Coffee a few times and I've gone to the book signings at the Hangout. And yeah, I'm some distant relative of Doc's (supposedly) Don't hold that against me.
I've got some racing in my blood. My Dad raced cars when I was growing up and I was a bit of a tomboy "helping" Dad with his cars. He raced mostly at MCIR and National Trail. Some of our family cars from back in those days:
http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r445/martyr65/LoraCR/63Impala_zps3101e1a5.jpg
'63 Impala with some quarter mile trophies
http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r445/martyr65/LoraCR/64Corvette_zpsb8fee0ef.jpg
'64 Corvette
http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r445/martyr65/LoraCR/72Nova_zps5c593a3e.jpg
my mom's '72 Nova (also raced)
http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r445/martyr65/LoraCR/78Z28_zps870d4061.jpg
'78 Z28 Camaro (mostly for street)
My first car was a Pontiac Sunfire. It's probably better we skip over that whole experience. It was a real turd compared to my first car I paid for myself, which was a '98 Cavalier Z24. I bought totaled when I was 17. My Dad and I worked on it for about 3 months, so I really felt it was my first real car.
http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r445/martyr65/LoraCR/CavwithDad_zps2781b77c.jpg
http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r445/martyr65/LoraCR/LorainCAV_zps2fd235f7.jpg
Me, at 17, thinking I had the bestest car in town!
I had a 2006 Acura RSX when I was at OSU. Unfortunately, it wasn't the Type S, but at least it was a 5 speed. I graduated with a financial management degree and started a family with my husband. Between buying our first home and starting our family (one son), we've had to put performance cars on hold. (We've got a 2003 Town and Country Van and 2006 Civic, no need for pics of those here, though.)
We're started our son out right with a racing poster in the nursery, car toys, car walker, car book bedtime stories, and of course a Recaro car seat.
I'm going through the process of becoming a sponsor for the site also. When I get that all processed, I'll post a thread about my business and how I might be able to assist folks from CR.
Feel free to ask if I haven't covered the basics. I hope to meet more of you at some upcoming CR events.