During his recent battle with coronavirus, NHRA Funny Car driver Bob Tasca has discovered that America has an unsung group of front-line heroes.
They’re far away from Kent County Hospital at Warwick, Rhode Island, where he spent several days fighting pneumonia in both lungs, coughing uncontrollably, and watching his heart rate fluctuate wildly – all side effects of the disease. There his already slim body was dropping pounds nearly as fast as his Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Mustang burns nitromethane on the dragstrip.
They’re the technicians who have kept the service departments humming at his family’s new-vehicle dealerships in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut that represent Ford, Lincoln, Chevrolet, GMC, Buick, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram, Volvo, Mazda, and Nissan.