The Author
While in grade school, Chris found his love for writing being cultivated. As an assignment by his fourth grade teacher , Chris wrote his first book and later had it published that year. Fully illustrated by Chris ( with the help of his parents) , the book about a red headed boy who loved his family life went on to win City honors. It was his first achievement when he won “ The Calibury Book Award “ that year in the 60’s.
Later in his junior and high school years he became heavily involved in school newspapers and newsletters, writing articles for school publications. The experience of writing would plant a seed that would later manifest itself into a flaming love for writing.
With his heavy racing involvement, it seemed only natural that he would embark on a writing career in motorsports. In 1990, Chris was offered the part time position of being the track writer for a speedway in Michigan, one that he gladly accepted. Writing weekly articles on race results, he found that being able to capture the excitement in the evenings programs within his words brought a challenge to his new career, as did his 8 hour story deadlines after each race. He began submitting articles to publications all over the United States on behalf of the speedway, and soon began meeting other writers as a result. During this time, Chris came in contact with one writer, Dennis Castelle, a motorsports public relations expert and the author of the book “ The Cars of Oldsmobile“.
Dennis took an interest in Chris’s motorsports writing career and began helping him develop his own writing style. The untimely death of Dennis due to health complications gave way for Chris’s most touching article ever written when he wrote an article at the request of a national publication, about Dennis, their friendship and writing careers.
Chris continued his one year obligation with the speedway and then went on to free lance work. Within three short years, his writing career took a wild ride to the top of motorsports. After a brief time in his newly found writing career he found his articles and feature stories being published not only across the United States, but also finding their way overseas into seven foreign countries. His work was translated into several different languages, and he has authored articles as a “ghost writer “ for foreign publications as well on various automotive topics.
In all, Chris reached the “100 article” mark in 1997, and has written for 36 separate publications. His experience has also paved the way for him in other ventures as well, including being the editor and publisher for a museum newsletter, the asst. editor and most recently the editor of a National Association periodical. His writing career has included exclusive writing contracts with international motorsports magazine publishers as a regular marketing columnist, feature and technical article writer, while also dabbling in photography work for several publications as well.
Since a series of strokes have effected the cognitive function in his brain, Chris can no longer write.