The humble Californian got an early start as a young boy watching his uncle Baja racing.
“He had a ’28 Ford truck that was in the magazines and was modifying Baja bugs and dune buggies and always took the time to involve me,” Tra-vers remembered. As he grew up his appreciation of cars grew as well. His best friend’s dad had a ’67 Camaro, and being typical car-crazy teens, when his buddy’s dad was out of town, they would regularly disconnect the odometer, throw some slicks on it, load the backseat up with three or four people, and go look for races around town. Travers continued to enjoy cars, but ventured into most anything with an internal combustion engine; getting his first car (a 1968 Camaro) at 16 and...
