Well ya'll can get to know me.....

Hey I been around here long enough i figgered it was about time to tell my life story a lil jus so people get to know me better.... My name is Eric I'm 19 and I was born and raised on my parents ranch in south eastern Wyoming (15ish miles north of Laramie) I have 4 siblings. I have and older brother Kyle (21) a adopted sister Steph (19) and younger brother Josh (17) and a younger sister Kelly (16). I am 19 dyed in the britches cowboy never gonna move I want that ranch in my name someday. At a young age my cousin Beau (20) got me interested in racing moto and fast cars so i started that at around 9 and I have kept at it never givin in to quitting and finding something that is less painful to do. From moto i have broken wrists arms legs ankles head back face hands and feet. I enjoy doing it and right now I'm on track to winning my division championship for the second time. I got my first ever vehicle when i was a sophmore in high school I was only 15 and my dream truck was a 1500 Chevy truck with the 350 or a Duramax like my dads but instead i got a 1996 12v I thought it was junk but met one of my best friends who is the same age as Kyle and he showed me how to turn it up. After that the addiction started and it drove me crazy. I honestly think that truck hooked me up with the love of my life and my wife because before her i was playin the hit it and quit it game and that really wasnt cuttin it for me.... Yea I roared passed her one day at lunch bein my usual smart ass self and she gave me hell about it in our class that we had together after class and the rest is history. In August of 06 right before my senoir year i went to Ft. Collins to dyno the 12v and had her tuned real good. Was on the dyno first run went great second run truck made a "pop" and i was like fuck it I'll go one more run and third run the turbo super spooled and gernaded the truck. I was up shit creek in a hurry and I had a fun time explainin that to my dad. Luckily I had come across some money a couple monthes earlier from oil leases and mineral rights that my grandfather owned and when he passed they were distributed to us kids. Went out the next weekend and bought a brand new 06 Duramax and drove that until feb 2008 had lots of mods done to it and lots of parts failures. I sold that to my cousin and bought a 2006 Dodge Cummins (I miss that truck alot) made my first memory with it when i hit a elk while driving balls out thru a swamp lol. I had that Cummins for a while and I got bored with it and in May of 2008 I ponyed up some cash and pulled the motor and sent it off to PDI where it was transformed into a full blown street legal ish race motor. That was in May which was a big month for me shit started goin my way, I bought the 6.7 Cummins I have now, my Duramax back, and i got a job at the local GM dealer as a Diesel tech so life was bein good to me. Well anyways in late June i had turbo problems with my 06 CTD and ended up swaping turbos and doing the dumb thing and hooking up nitrous and on a friday night i was doin a "dry" run by my self (thank god no one was with me) and i had the nos step up on a "on- off" switch but you had to have it to the floor for it to work and I was doin my run a little north of town out by Wyotech north campus and I bumped that switch and sent the rear tires into a spin and i caught the truck as it whipped once but the second time the throttle stuck pinned to the wall and the tires caught the shoulder and the truck rolled four times in the ditch. I wasnt wearing a seat belt and i am very lucky that i walked away from that one with cuts and bruises. I rebuilt the 96 and its in a new body now and it has a friend now with my white 96 being done. I also have a 2001 24v flat bed that is my ranch truck but my dad owns it so it really isnt mine i just drive it. My wife Tallia and I just got married a week ago and I couldnt have asked for a better wife she loves me for me and has never given up on me even though i have done some really crazy and stupid things she has always stood beside me and supported me. I almost lost her two days after the wedding she got apendicitis and if would have waited any longer to take her to hospital her apendix would have burst killing her in just an hour or so is what the doctor said. I am a really easy person to get along with I joke around alot so dont always take me seriously I'm here because I got started at Diesel Power back in January 08 because I had a question about my truck and ended up joining in a war against another member. One night while workin the late shift at the towing company i was workin at I thought of a group i could form for diesel enthusiats and it sat and marinated on my mind for days and one day at school this kid i became friends with has a 6.0L Ford and he said blah blah blah blowin smoke blah blah blah and thats where it hit me to start the Blowin Smoke Gang. I never thought it would really catch on i just thought it would be a few guys that called themselve the Blowin Smoke Gang but it turned out huge and I think its around 70 members now and even has a sub division for it the Gals of the Blowin Smoke Gang. I was told about this site by a couple of BSG admins and decided to check it out, didnt like it at first cause i didnt know anyone and i was really unfamilar with everthing. But like my moto career and all my toys that break lol i didnt give up I kept comin and now I'm here alot almost too much lol. I'm here to make friends and learn and to have a good laugh and this site does that. Well sorry that its so long I guess i had alot to say and just thought i would share a little of me with all of you. Sorry again its so damn long.