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NORMAN — Reggie Grimes hopes to have an enormous day Thursday in Orlando, Florida.
However OU’s protection already had one.
When Grimes was seven or eight years previous, his household visited Disney’s Hollywood Studios within the Orlando space. When Lightning McQueen lined up earlier than the present, he was ready for one of many points of interest.
“Hey little buddy, you within the little yellow shirt,” stated a particular character from the film “Automobiles.”
Grimes regarded down at his shirt first.
Grimes’ mom, Mikaela Grimes-Perry, stated, “And he regarded up and thought, oh my god, it is Christmas time with Lightning McQueen.” He was simply speaking to Lightning McQueen. It was the cutest factor ever.
“If he may very well be a race automobile driver, he would. — He would have been a race automobile driver.
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After a generally irritating common season, Grimes can have an early begin when OU faces Florida State within the Cheez-It Bowl at Tenting World Stadium (ESPN, 4:30 p.m.) on Thursday. I am hoping to convey again the chaos of the season.
Grimes’ dream of driving a race automobile collapsed within the car parking zone of a church within the Nashville space the place he grew up. Grimes’ Boy Scouts troupe constructed a soapbox derby-style automobile, and Grimes wished a possibility to showcase his driving abilities.
“He was very excited,” stated Grimes-Perry. “They began on the prime of the hill…and by the point he received right down to the underside of the hill, the sucker had fully collapsed.”
Grimes has deserted the idea of racing, however automobiles are one in every of his passions.
It began with the film “Automobiles”.
Years later, Grimes was rooting for Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon, however his first favourite drivers had been Lightning McQueen and Doc Hudson.
Grimes watched the film on daily basis.
“If a brand new automobile got here out, me or his dad would go to Walmart or Toys R Us or wherever we might get a model new Lightning McQueen,” stated Grimes-Perry. “He nonetheless has a whole Lightning McQueen automobile case that he intends to at some point save for his mute son.
“Automobiles and Lego had been his.”
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Grimes has a keychain with a lightning bolt and a McQueen 95 on it.
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On his nightstand are the McQueen and Hudson automobiles he purchased shortly after transferring to Norman.
In the course of the summer season, Grimes and a number of the OU trainers host “LEGO Fridays” the place they construct units that embrace a lot of automobiles.
Grimes grew up watching his father and grandfather work on automobiles, and his obsession with cartoons and toy automobiles became actual automobiles.
When Grimes was about 12, his father, Reggie Sr., had Reggie Jr. assist change the brakes on the 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe that Reggie Sr. nonetheless drives.
“We did brake strains, actual brake pads and all that enjoyable stuff,” stated Grimes. “I truly noticed it and stated, ‘Oh, that is the way it works.’ (It was fascinating).”
It has grow to be greater than only a sensible restore.
“It is a actually, actually particular connection,” Grimes stated. “Simply sitting in my grandfather’s truck, my father’s automobile, or my very own automobile made me and my father and my grandfather, all three of us, bond extra as a complete.”
Grimes calls his ardour for automobiles “heavy, deep, deep.”
“My all-time favourite automobile needs to be the Impala. I’ve a ’09. I am an Impala man. I like Camaros. I am an enormous Camaro fan,” stated Grimes. “However truthfully, I can work with it so long as I can do it quick.”
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Grimes has grow to be the Sooners’ de facto mechanic, serving to teammates with minor repairs and instructing upkeep.
“One in all my teammates did not know the right way to soar begin the automobile, so I had to assist him with it final yr,” stated Grimes.
One other known as Grimes and requested for a journey to a tire store, not figuring out he had a spare tire beneath the trunk carpet.
“Clear the trunk instantly,” stated Grimes. “Please put all of your baggage within the again seat.”
After serving to clear the trunk and ensuring the pull tab was there, Grimes checked out his teammates.
“This may blow your thoughts,” Grimes stated, revealing a spare with a toolkit to put in it.
Grimes would not thoughts the position.
“Lots of people did not have anybody to inform them this,” he stated. “It’s very fantastic. It’s a must to discover ways to change tires, the right way to change batteries, the right way to change headlights and taillights, and so forth. In my view, it is important.”
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OU VS. Florida: Thursday at 4:30 p.m. Tenting World Stadium in Orlando, Florida (ESPN)
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