Please allow myself to introduce...myself.

For those of you that don't know me, my name is James M. Tharrington III, aka Big T, and I am the owner of the Class 3 Jeep, Mean Streak. This will be the first of many articles appearing here. I will try to cover some of the issues near and dear to me and hopefully to the rest of my Class 3 brothers. After a couple of years of drag racing, I went to my first mud race in 1991, and have been hooked ever since. Back in those days, the pits were deep and the times were, well, not what they are today. Over the years, the evolution of the class been impressive to say the least, from Rich McConnell's 3 second run in 1998, to the Michigan invasion with 3 consecutive national championships and the birth of the modern era of Class 3. The one thing about this sport that has not changed is the people. I consider myself blessed with all of the friends that I have made over the years. It's not every day that you meet people from all over the country and walks of life that share the same passion for speed on the Oh So Consistent medium of mud. So if you are at the races, please feel free to stop by the trailer, pull up a chair and your favorite beverage, and b.s. for a while.