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RYAN SPRINGER: PRO LITE SX CHAMP STEPS UP TO PRO OPEN FOR ’15-‘16
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he usual path for top racers in the three-way player/starter (DL/OL/Special to each other. “I had about four years of motorsports world is to start off Teams) and varsity baseball player, motocross experience before I ever raced with a Rookie of the Year award Springer understood well that relentless a sled,” he explains. “It all happened followed by another strong season and practice of your craft is paramount to pretty quickly. It started when I went to then perhaps a championship. Minnesota success. And it didn’t hurt either that his the Thursday night races at Elk River in snowmobile racer Ryan Springer took first passion, which far outweighed team 2011 just to watch. I missed racing MX quite a different path to glory during sports, was the love of dirt bikes and during the winter, and after I saw it I’m like, ‘Hey I want to give this a shot’. So I the 2014-’15 AMSOIL Championship motocross racing. sold all the toys I ever had and bought a Snocross series when he surprised everyone by not only capturing Rookie of “I made the All-Area teams in both sports, used, trail converted Polaris IQ race sled. the Year but the Season Championship as but I was the kind of kid that was more well, in the highly competitive Pro Lite focused on motocross, so I never tried “I entered the novice class for my first division. “At the beginning of the season that hard in the high school sports,” he snowmobile race because I had no idea I was just hoping to make some front row said. “I made all the practices, went to of where I was at in that type of racing. I starts and grab a few top fives,” says Ryan. all the camps, but my mind wasn’t into think I won that first race by about a half a lap. So the next race I moved up another “I didn’t even make the main in the first school sports – only motocross.” class and the same thing happened. I race so to finish on top at the end of the If those experiences weren’t enough for crashed a few times but got back on and season was a big deal.” the 24 year-old Minnesota racer, this still won. So by the third race I moved up Also remarkable was the fact that Springer summer marked yet another immersion to Sport. I think that is the race where I never raced a snowmobile until 2012 and into a new sport for Springer- UTV (Utility crashed through the fence after the start soon captured the Sport Championship Task Vehicle, aka Side-By-Side) racing on and I came back on the track and still won in 2014. This winter will find Ryan the AMA Grand National Cross Country the race. competing at the pinnacle in the Snocross (GNCC) circuit with a Polaris RZR. “There’s both similarities as well as series as he will be tackling the Pro Open We asked Ryan about the two big differences in MX and Snocross,” Ryan class on his Carlson Motorsports Polaris. transitions he’s done in the last few continued. “In motocross I always years and how the three entirely concentrated on maximum corner speed Excelling in sports is nothing new to different disciplines of racing compare rather than the jumps and whoops as I Springer. A high school varsity football NOV 2015
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feel the corners are where races are really won and lost. I applied the same thing to Snocross and so far that’s working out pretty well.”
a lot harder to keep these UTVs together Ross Martin on the other. Would there be for a race than it is with MX or Snocross. any intimidation in his mind if he thought You can’t wrap it around a tree or lose a about that? tire. My highlight for the summer was holeshotting and leading the Heartland “Yes and no. Obviously, you got Tucker Springer relayed a very unconventional 4-Hour Challenge (IA). Unfortunately I who is just amazing, but I think a lot of training method he used in the first few went the wrong way on the trail and then guys beat themselves up mentally before years of Snocross. “I knew the ditches got T-boned when a guy tried blocking the race ever starts. I watch the races and around our house really well so to train me as I got back onto the track and was sometimes when he’s (Tucker) coming on my snowmobile I would race cars that out with a bent front end.” it seems like some guys just move out of were traveling on the highway by running the way for him. I’m going to go out there in the ditch and hitting all the jumps over The big news this fall of course is that and do my best, but I won’t back down. I the driveways! Some of the drivers would Ryan will be stepping up to the Pro know I’m the new kid on the block and get a laugh and a kick it up a bit to try and Open class along with teammate Andrew I’m going to get pushed around but I’m beat me.” Carlson. He sees that having a strong going to do all I can to protect myself and teammate is a big plus. “We both have ride aggressively right back.” Interestingly, Ryan got into UTV racing very different and unique riding styles. in a manner similar to the way he entered He’s more smooth and technical while I’m What would be a successful season for Snocross. “My teammate had a RZR and more of a pounder. He’s taught me to look him as a first year Pro Open rider? he was hitting some local races so I gave for smoother lines, how to double with “I’d like to be in that second group of it a try. I wanted to stay sharp by racing in more rhythm, things like that.” top five guys. In that first group you’ve the summer but didn’t want to risk getting got guys like Tucker, Kody Kamm, Ross injured in MX. My first race I won from Springer explains that it can be a two-way Martin, Kyle Pallin, and Tim Tremblay. the back row and I caught the eye of Jimmy street. “I think I’ve taught him to just kind Then you’ve got the next group of riders Krantz from Bikeman Performance (St. let it all hang out and ride loose. When and I want to be ahead of those guys. If Croix Falls, WI). He offered me a full ride we train we are constantly pushing each you are in that position, it’s just a matter with a factory Polaris RZR on the GNCC other. It’s great to have someone who of time before someone in front of you circuit this past summer and I said yes.” has been around this sport since he was makes a mistake and then you have a young kid. His experience is extremely It’s of course a whole new ballgame and beneficial to me.” a shot at getting on the box. So a few Ryan had to learn a new way of tackling shots to get on the box, stay healthy and these longer cross country races with With the jump to Pro Open there’s the maybe at the end be in the top five in four wheels instead of two or a track. “It chance that when Ryan gets to the line at points would be huge.” // was basically a summer of checkers or Duluth there is a strong likelihood that wreckers for me,” chuckles Springer. “It’s he’ll have Tucker Hibbert on one side and
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lizabeth Loberg doesn’t slow down too often, but during her successful race weekend at the Fall Fest on the Mississippi Thunder Speedway, she took the time to tell me her journey through racing. Her roots are planted in the race cars that lived in her garage and on the tracks her champion racer dad would win on. It only took seven years of learning off the track to get behind her own wheel of a Quarter Midget. Ten years later, she’s progressed to her favorite classification she would always watch and wonder if she’d ever drive in one, B-Modifieds. When she’s not scoring excellent grades and preparing for her senior year in Menomonie, taking college courses studying up for a future in business and marketing, hanging with friends, playing with her pup Pixie or going fishing, you can catch Elizabeth ripping up the track in her #15 neon pink and purple USRA B-Modified
WOT // How were you introduced to racing? LOBERG \\ Racing was introduced to me by my dad, Chris Loberg. I grew up always having a race car in the garage. He began in 2000, racing the Vintage Midwest Pavement Touring Series, won many championships, and even had a NASCAR Whelen Modified from Jonathan Brown and currently races the skyrocket from Jason Cummins.
I got a sponsor who bought me a Pure Stock. My sponsor was there every week giving me tips and tricks because he used to race Pure Stocks back in the day when they were more stock than they are today. My first season I ended up 5th in points at Mississippi Thunder Speedway. Now I’m
WOT // What made you decide you would become a racer?
WOT // What is one of your most proud racing moments from the beginning?
LOBERG \\ At first I decided to be a racer because I wanted to be like my dad. I wanted to win like my dad did on pavement. I looked up to him and I still do to this day. Back then, my reason for being a racer was because I wanted to be just like my dad, but now my reason is because it is my passion and I love it.
LOBERG \\ When I officially got 5th in points in my pure stock. I was beating the guy behind me by just a few points, so I had to finish ahead of him in all of my races that night. The moment I finished the feature and realized I had 5th in points officially was one of my most proud moments because it was my first points trophy. I also felt proud because I have something my dad doesn’t, and that’s a trophy from racing on dirt.
WOT // When did you get behind the wheel as a racer? LOBERG \\ When I was seven years old I started pavement racing in a Quarter Midget. My dad and I would load and haul it two hours to Elko Speedway on Saturdays to race and watch races all day. One of my last races ended in a big wreck, but to this day, I’m still friends with the kids I met in Quarter Midgets. Three years ago my dad and I started racing on dirt. I raced a Mini Mod/ Slingshot I got from a family we pit next to at Mississippi Thunder Speedway. The first time I tried it out my dad said, “wow, I didn’t know THAT was there!” Then NOV 2015
Midget and I still remember it like it was yesterday. I was so nervous but excited. I had so many butterflies, I was hopping up and down in the truck the whole ride to Elko Speedway. My first race was a lot to take, but I went out there and I had a blast! I remember getting out of my car and saying, “Dad, my neck is very sore,” because my helmet was so big I was like a bobble head. My dad looked so proud when he saw me after the race. The whole day is one of my favorite memories I’ll remember forever.
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in a Skyrocket B-Modified and loving it. If it weren’t for my dad I probably wouldn’t be racing. WOT // What was your first race like? LOBERG \\ My first race was in the Quarter
WOT // How did it feel to run your first B-Mod race that you always dreamed of doing? LOBERG \\ That first race is one I will NEVER forget. I always stood on the hill at the races watching the B-Mods, wondering if I would ever be in one of them, and thinking of how much fun they looked. It was one of my personal goals to have a B-Mod at some point in time, and I never
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imagined me having one at the age of 16. It blew my mind and I couldn’t even explain the happiness I felt! My first race was at Mississippi Thunder Speedway. In my heat race I remember just running the bottom and feeling the car to get used to it when the pack came to lap me. When they did, one of the car drove too close to me and spun right in front of me! They bounced off my tire across the front of my car. I turned my wheel up just a bit to avoid the crash and came out without a ding on my car. WOT // How did you learn to become such a smart racer? LOBERG \\ Through my dad. If I didn’t have my dad, then I would not have had all of the amazing opportunities that I have had through racing. My dad taught me it is most important to race the track, learn my car, and to absorb. I ask questions and try to absorb any piece of advice that anyone has for me. I always ask what people think of my race because I want to be critiqued on what I can do differently. I don’t believe that anyone has perfected anything; there is always room for improvement. This whole season I have started in the back just so I race the track myself and learn. My dad and I work on our cars together. I don’t know how to do everything yet, but my dad gives me new tasks to learn when he thinks I am ready for another challenge. I have learned a lot since I was seven years old thanks to my dad. WOT // How has your confidence in your racing evolved? LOBERG \\ When I first raced my B-Mod I was very nervous before every race and would need to be buckled in and sit in my
car for at least three races before my turn because it calmed me. Now I can hop in one race before mine. I still get jitters, but everyone should get jitters if they really love what they do, because the moment that you don’t get jitters then you shouldn’t be doing it. I think about who is in my race, what the track is like, and get more and more excited every second I’m in my car leading up to my race. WOT // What do you think is the most important thing to do before each race? LOBERG \\ I like to have my own space to get into my own little zone. I take a deep breath, settle into my driver’s seat, and start getting buckled in while my dad stands next to my car in case I have last minute comments. It’s important for me to feel settled in my car before going out to a race because I don’t like to feel stressed or rushed before going out on the track. WOT // What racing strength does this come from? LOBERG \\ I keep calm no matter what. WOT // Any aspects you’re looking to improve upon? LOBERG \\ I have a lot to improve on, but if I could improve on anything, I would love to improve on speed and getting my corners down. It will just take more seat time :)
talked with Jenae and she has given me a few tips and tricks. She’s very nice. When you’re watching Jenae race, you can see the determination through her racing, and that really inspires me! WOT // What are some of your personal goals this race season? LOBERG \\ Every season I make challenging goals for myself. I like to push myself. This year my biggest goal was to make my first A-Main in a B-Modified, and I accomplished that at Deer Creek Speedway. That is a win in my book! I also made goals to not get lapped and not box my corners. I am getting better at my corners and tried changing my set up around a bit which helped. I tried the setup at Deer Creek Speedway and I loved it.
You can follow Elizabeth and her dad’s racing on their Facebook page “Loberg 15 Racing.” With this determination, wisdom, and talent, we’ll be watching Elizabeth combine her degree with racing to make quite the successful business someday! I’m picturing shelves full of trophies lining the walls. //
WOT // What racers inspire you? LOBERG \\ Jenae Gustin. She is my role model. I admire that she is such an amazing driver – clean, precise, and fast. She is a great example that you don’t have to be a dirty driver to be fast. I have personally
“...everyone should get jitters if they really love what they do, because the moment that you don’t get jitters then you shouldn’t be doing it...”
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IT WAS ANOTHER INTENSE WEEKEND OF RACING FOR TERRACROSS CHAMPIONSHIP. The third and fourth rounds took place at the annual Sno Barons Hay Days, which is the kick off for winter for snowmobilers and nationally known swap for power sports enthusiasts. Walker Evans/Polaris RZR RJ Anderson came out on top on Day 1, with the Final win! While Go Pro’s, Dana Creech took the Final on day 2! The TerraCross track was once again grueling and made for some tough racing and included TerraCross’ signature over-under jump, as well as more technical sections. The course once again introduced the Mystik Mangler section, which incorporated a large dugout wall section of tires, allowing the RZRs a dramatic launch over the tires. Mystik Lubricants / ATVRiders.com driver Mickey Thomas scored a third-place finish and sits third in points after Rounds 3 and 4 of the TerraCross Championship Pro RZR UTV series at Sno Barons Hay Days. Mickey is excited about his performance this weekend and is looking forward to the upcoming events! “Mystik goes hand in hand with Polaris Industries,” added Thomas. It’s perfect when you have a RZR. They build an awesome product. It’s a good partnership to have. They support TerraCross. Being a Mystik sponsored guy is pretty cool.” The final doubleheader of the Terracross Championship season has been postponed, and the new date and location will be announced in the near future after some issues came up for the event originally scheduled for Charlotte Motor Speedway. Joe Duncan said there is still plenty of action and activity that will be at Charlotte! “This will be an event I’ve envisioned as we grow the Terracross brand. Charlotte will be a true Terracross Experience, with racing, drive and ride opportunities, autograph signing and up close and personal interaction with some of the top racers in the world!” The final doubleheader weekend of the Terracross Championship to be announced. //
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The theme for Jim Dunn Racing at the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals is Nostalgia. Before driver John Hale jumped behindthe-wheel of the Jim Dunn Racing Mopar Funny Car, he was a Nostalgia Funny Car Champion, and still races in this class when not competing in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. At Hale’s hometown race in Dallas, the Jim Dunn Racing Funny Car will be wrapped to look like Hale’s Nostalgia Funny Car – One Bad Texan.
as a tribute to my Dad, who will be Grand Marshal for California Hot Rod Reunion in Bakersfield coming up on October 23 & 24. We are all really proud of him for receiving this honor.” Hale will be doing double-driving duty at the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals. On top of his driving duties for Jim Dunn Racing, he will be behind-the-wheel of his Nostalgia Funny Car in an exhibition race against the Blue Max.
Hale. “I want to thank the Dunn family for putting One Bad Texan on the Mopar Funny Car and to Steve Schuck who designed my Nostalgia Funny Car.” There is an element of surprise this weekend. Hale will not be running his One Bad Texan scheme on his Nostalgia car, but instead will have a new design to pay tribute to Big Jim Dunn. Fans will have to wait a few days to see what the car will look like; Hale is keeping the car under wraps. //
“We wanted to celebrate racing with two special edition cars: one in NHRA “The Texas Motorplex is a special place competition and one in Nostalgia where John for me. I’ve always dreamed of running a Hale got his start,” said Jim Dunn Racing professional fuel car here, and to be running Manager, Jon Dunn. “We wanted to do this two cars this weekend is just awesome,” said NOV 2015
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Mustang Sally
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Don’t even try to tell Maria “Mustang Sally” Erickson to slow her Mustang down (or slow anything down for that matter). This woman has a passion for life that emanates from every pore in her body. From cars (Mustangs in particular), her family, her job, and giving back to the community, it seems limitless.
At age 58, Erickson is comfortable in her Coupe with a 302 Engine, C4 Automatic own skin and has a made peace with the Transmission, 4bbl carb with beefed cam, fact that she isn’t your stereotypical female. GT P40 heads-ported out, Magna Flow But it wasn’t always that way. Headers, and plates that read “65Sally.” Growing up in large family with eight brothers, Erickson says she “didn’t stand a snowballs chance of getting out of being into cars.” Growing up, her family lived on the North side of Minneapolis and was “pretty poor.” Erickson remembers her brothers were always working on some old junker. But as a 7 year old girl, Erickson had, as she puts its, “no interest whatsoever in the difference between a 1964 and a 1965 Thunderbird!”
my husband Carl, [who by the way has been very supportive and encouraging of Erickson’s car buying all along] he actually said, why to do you need another one? To which I said, because I can!”
The story could end there, but it doesn’t, not even close. “I had my car and couldn’t The two talked it out and in his infinite have been happier,” says Erickson. “I wisdom, Carl told her, “There are fewer wasn’t even thinking about another one, days in front of us than behind us so if but these deals they kind of come in and you want the damn car, buy the damn drop in your lap so what are you going to car!” That made Erickson the proud owner do?” The deal she is talking about is baby of not one, not two, but three Mustangs. #2, a 1978 Ford Mustang Cobra II. The 2006 Ford Mustang Convertible “Shelby” has a V6 Automatic Transmission. This time, it was her son Jesse who found Erickson says, “It has been completely the car. He had planned on keeping it for stock-restored BACK to factory specs… himself, but with a wife and baby on the just because.” That might explain the Somewhere along the line though, she way it just wasn’t the practical choice. So, plates that read “Purbred.” started paying attention. That led to dating he called up Mom, who of course couldn’t guys who were into cars. “They had the all resist saying yes. “I didn’t want to take Somewhere between the first car and American muscle cars; Mustangs, Cudas, out a loan to buy it though,” explains the second car, people started calling 442’s and Novas. It didn’t matter, they Erickson. “I wanted this to be a car that Erickson “Mustang Sally.” She says she were into them,” says Erickson. Then at I owned outright and nobody could come can’t say for sure but she thinks it started 17, she dated a guy whose brother had and take away from me.” Her solution back when they used to promenade cars a ’65 Mustang. “That’s where my love of was to sell leftover gold and silver from down the main drag at shows. “As soon as Mustangs really started. I wanted that car her past jewelry business. Luckily, she I got in line I would pop in my CD, play so bad I couldn’t see straight.” bought at low prices and sold at very high Mustang Sally, and crank it up super loud. prices, which enabled her to not only buy So I think that’s where I got the name. Erickson did not forget about that car. In the car, but to also pay for needed body Plus, it’s a lot easier for to remember fact when she met her husband Carl, she work and detailing. “It really didn’t cost Mustang Sally than Maria!” told him, “My first car is going to be a 1965 me a cent. The car was basically free.” The Ford Mustang.” And she was dead serious. Cobra, as she calls it, is completely stock Promenading is not the only driving They couple has owned several cars since (for value reasons), has a 302 Engine with Erickson does on the main drag, and she those days but she never let Carl put her C4 Automatic Transmission and plates that may deny it if you ask her in the wrong name on any of them. “I meant what I said read “78CBRA”. The dash was signed by company, but she has been know to and I was sticking to my guns.” John Chun (original designer of the Ford partake in the occasional street race. “It really isn’t cool and I know it,” she says. Cobra) one week before he passed away. Erickson’s eldest son Lucas found a ’65 “But I can’t help myself.” Erickson says she and she finally got her Mustang when They say three is a charm so why not say has never been arrested, ticketed or even she was 48 years old. It was a long time yes when yet another opportunity falls pulled over in any of her classic cars. “I’m coming, but age was not stopping this in your lap? That’s just what Erickson smart about it. I’m only going to pick a go-getter of a lady from enjoying the did. She says she was with her son on spot that I know is safe, and believe or not full experience of a dream come true. “It the way to get pizza and drove by an ’06 we don’t go over the speed limit. It’s not was my car,” she says proudly. “I bought convertible for sale. “I slammed on by about speed. It’s about whose car is quicker and paid for it myself.” The car, aptly brakes and almost put my son through off the line.” named Sally, is a 1965 Ford Mustang the windshield! And then when I told NOV 2015
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Both Erickson and her husband also race at the annual Super Secret Fun Run at Brainerd International Raceway. The race is put on the by the MSRA the last weekend in August and is for members only. This is the only organized race Erickson currently competes in. “Neither of us have any drag strip experience,” she says. “This gives us a chance to get that.” Erickson is self-admittedly car crazy and knows that some people might see her as a little over-the-top (she even named her dog Rear Differential, A.K.A Posi). She confesses that her children were concerned, but only for a time. “All three of my kids have gone from saying, you know Mom, we think you’re taking this to a level that is really not healthy, to saying, I really get this now!” Her husband gets it too. In fact, she bought him a 1968 GTO for Father’s Day! What might have driven a wedge between some couples, actually bonds these two car lovers together.
documentary, and she got a big surprise on the last morning. “They had everyone gather together with their cars and they filmed us all screaming the song Mustang Sally at the top of our lungs in the middle of a parking lot,” Erickson reminisces fondly. “It was SO cool!” To put the icing on the cake, after the run they joined 1600 Mustangs and drove 16 miles, setting a new Guinness Book record for the longest Mustang cruise. When not traveling, the two love wrenching on their cars together. Being able share a passion as a couple and learn from each other is special and something neither takes for granted, especially Erickson. She admits that growing up she never felt like she fit in. She was a tomboy and liking cars didn’t make things any easier. As an adult, she says that feeling of being different remained. “Carl and I are very involved in our church and even there, I still felt like I didn’t quite fit the mold.” Erickson does point out that this feeling is “on her”, not on others.” “I don’t think people deliberately ostracized me, it was really about me and how I felt different and uncomfortable. I felt very much not a woman because I was into cars.”
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The financial and emotional strain of really broke her heart was that she didn’t medical expenses is something that hits even give herself a chance. So, she gave home with Erickson. After raising three herself a do-over. “Sometimes,” she says, kids of her own, all with special needs “you can go back.” (By the way, she might (two with Tourette Syndrome and one not have won the title of Mrs. Minnesota Erickson says they love all of the clubs with learning disabilities) Erickson’s can but she did win Most Photogenic, Best they belong to and credits them all with relate to the stress and worry her client’s Pitch book and Mrs. Congeniality. Not too doing great things to give back, but the experience. “It is my job to alleviate some bad for a tomboy!) DragLinks is special to them. “We see of that and to give them hope.” it as “our club” because when it first Erickson says she knows she is blessed. “If started it was just a bunch of long time Erickson also gives hope and support to I were to die today I would die one happy friends who got together on weekends.” other families who are affected by TS by woman. I’ve been married to the same man She says the club was great back then speaking out and educating others about for almost 38 years. I have three amazing but it has turned into so much more. To the neurological disorder. “In 2007, I individuals for children and five adorable summarize the club’s philosophy as stated was the state spokesperson for the MN grandchildren. I have two beautiful classic on their website, members are committed Tourette Society Association. I wanted cars and one soon to be classic car. I have to contributing their time and talents to to do something to help children and if I a beautiful home, a great job and the very charitable causes they believe in. Erickson could go around talking about TS that’s best of friends. My life is very, very good!” stands firmly behind that philosophy exactly what I was going to do.” And she adding, “If you are not giving back to the did. For a year she traveled around giving Her story is one of a blessed person but community, why bother?” speeches at VFW’s, American Legion’s and it is also one of perseverance and passion (on many levels) and in typical Mustang anywhere else she could. For Erickson, giving back doesn’t stop Sally fashion she hopes it touches, inspires with the car clubs. Her job with Hill-Rom This led to Erickson running for Mrs. or gives hope to even just one person. “If (a manufacturer and provider of medical Minnesota in 2007 (she ran as Mrs. Blaine). someone out there reads this and thinks to technologies and related services for the She didn’t win the title but she is okay with themselves, I’m not alone, then I’ve done health care industry) also allows her to do that. For her it was a platform to educate something good.” good things and help others. “I work in people about Tourette Syndrome as well as the patient financial assistance department a chance to make peace with the past. “The Mission accomplished, Maria, mission which is a really good place for me,” says point of my running was to check off a box accomplished. // Erickson. “The devices and equipment are on my bucket list,” she explains. “When very expensive and people just can’t afford I was 18 years old, I had a chance to do them, especially with all the changes in something like this and I didn’t think I insurance. It is my job to try to help bridge was pretty enough or smart enough. I was that gap and help the find ways for them to a tomboy and just didn’t think I could win.” get the things they need.” Erickson says that looking back, what NOV 2015
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