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Friday
PERSEVERANCE=Real Heros: "MS can't stop man's need for speed: Meet Robert Burgin: drag racer, MS patient"
"At first, it seems hard to reconcile the two realities. Burgin, who was diagnosed with MS more than 12 years ago, spends most weekends strapped into a vehicle with 300 horsepower, drag racing on a narrow strip of pavement at speeds in excess of 150 miles per hour. Burgin refuses to let his disease slow him down. "People do find it a bit strange, a guy with MS out there drag racing," he said. "But as long as I am healthy enough to do it, I'm going to keep racing........." |