I drive my 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt everyday, but I can’t remember the last time I washed it. Nathan Parkhurst probably can’t remember the last day he didn’t wash his customized Mustang.

With Lamborghini doors that fold up and forward, Parkhurst polishes his “baby” while at the Sugar Hill Speedway in Weare for a story Karen Lovett is writing for Sunday about the Merrimack teen who will be going off to NASCAR school to become a mechanic and a driver, he hopes.

Nathan kept his handy buffing brush and bottle of spray wax, among other car beautification items, in the back seat, to pull out when needed. There’s more wax on his fenders than there is in all of my wife’s Yankee Candles!

He’s a kart racing buff, and has recruited his parents as the pit crew. I don’t think it took much convincing though. His mother took more pictures than I did during the interview. To see a video of him driving his mini race car, check out Karen’s story on www.nashuatelegraph.com Sunday.

Hey, when you get a chance Nathan, would you mind using some of that wax on my Cobalt? I still want to know why he has a big round mirror hanging inside his kart racing trailer!

-Bob Hammerstrom

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