Larry, Slate and
Britt Cummings
celebrate a win
in 2014 “Three
Amigos” style.
of age. Britt’s two sons both raced juniors, but
then got out of it to pursue other sports through
high school.
“Now Britt’s 23-year-old, Cole, started racing
last year and it just absolutely fulfilled a dream for
me: three generations out there racing together,”
adds Larry. “My grandson is getting really competitive, too. Very proud of him. He’s just a race
away from winning one. He’s got it now. I feel
like I’m still competitive and as long as I can get
in and out of a car and these boys want to race,
I’m going with them.”
Larry, Britt, and Slate all confirm that their
wives also play a critical role in their racing operation; giving them peace of mind each time they
hit the road. “I’d like to thank my wife for being
so supportive of us. She’s right there on our side.
Also, my daughter-in-laws are very supportive
of what we do. They have to put up with a lot.
It means a lot when you go off and you know
everything is good.
“I thank the Lord we’ve been so blessed with
everything we’ve done,” Larry emphasizes. “I’ve
been racing 54 years. It’s been a good run.”
Loyalty, hard work, and enjoy ing life are high
on the Cummings family list of virtues, and are
applied to every endeavor they undertake. Those
ingredients may play a strong role in helping the
family retain its closeness, but there’s no doubt
racing has helped solidify the bond.
Larry, Britt, Slate, and Cole all race and work
together and live within close proximity of each
other. They spend seven days a week together and
still, “get along great. Very rarely fight. Sometimes
I sit back and think, it’s very impressive to get
along with your family, but we’re together every
single day of our lives. We have a real strong family bond here that’s for sure. I think that’s part of
what makes us good racers, also. We all support
each other and help each other. If anything goes
wrong we all one hundred percent have each
other’s back,” says Slate.
“We are a tight knit bunch, I guess you could
say,” says Larry, in agreement. “If you mess with
one, you gotta mess with all of us.”
Britt already has one win under his belt this
year, and if the legacy is any prediction for the
future, three generations will continue racking up
wins and having a fine time doing it. So as they
say in Louisiana, “laissez les bon temps rouler,”
DI DI DI
or “let the good times roll”.
Cole Cummings
and his girlfriend,
Madison Ellison.
Britt Cummings
with his
granddaughter.
Slate Cummings
with his wife
and son in 2013.
THE CUMMINGS FAMILY
Louisiana.
“We still stripe parking lots and work every day,”
says Slate. “Nights sometimes, too. Sometimes
we get home from a race, jump out of the truck
and get straight in the work truck. We don’t even
go home.”
Maintaining a large racing fleet and a successful business comes with a tremendous workload.
Adding another racer - Britt’s son, Cole - to the
roster last season helped lighten that load a bit,
and also fulfilled a dream for Britt and Larry, reenergizing their own passion for racing.
“It’s absolutely wonderful [to have family follow
in my footsteps],” beams Larry. “Britt started at
a young age. Fourteen years old he was going
down the track. Slate didn’t start until he graduated. He has done really well. I’m really proud of
both of them.”
Slate is already planning on running juniors
with his now four-year-old son as soon as he’s
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