"I met Jason Tanner the week before he had his bad wreck in Dodge City, KS. Jason Tanner drives the # 7 sprint car.
We talked a bunch about racing and shared some stories about racing. He's a cool guy and shoots a mean game of billiards.
Then I heard about his wreck and how he got hurt real bad in Dodge City. I was pretty disgusted (being a racer myself) and it was a weird feeling to hear about his situation, especially since I just met him a few days before the wreck. I called Jason a few times to see how he was doing during his stay at the hospital. I assisted with promoting some donations for his recovery and left a couple voice mails of encouragement. However, I never went to the hospital to visit. 
I kind of felt bad about not going to the hospital, but....  I don't do hospitals.
 
So, at the next modified show after Jason gets out of the hospital, he fills in as crew chief for me!  Man, what a cool frickin dude! 

My regular crew chief's uncle is very sick right now.  So, my regular crew chief needed to go to Texas the weekend of 8/25.  I had talked to Jason Tanner and told him we were ready to race, but we were going to be short handed and just planning on doing the best we could that night.  He volunteered to come help out in the pits !  He worked the pit area, prepared the car for the race, and gave me some outstanding advice about driving a race car.
Oh yeah, he did all this while still dealing with his injuries. He showed us his burns on his leg and they are very bad.

I just thought the situation was pretty damn cool. 

A sprint car driver gets out of the hospital....  
A week later he's in the pit area at Hollywood Hills Speedway helping out a Modified driver. 
 
Hats off to Jason Tanner and a very special THANK YOU!!"

--James Hodgdon