Lodi drag racer Garrett Easley, 13, living life in the fast lane

Posted: Saturday, July 16, 2011 12:00 am | Updated: 7:17 am, Sat Jul 16, 2011.

When he was younger, Lodi’s Paul Easley spent the weekends racing at the Kingdon drag strip.

For the last four years, he’s spent many a weekend driving his son, 13-year-old Garrett, around to races and serving as his pit crew chief and lead mechanic.

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