The Triplett Legacy

Chad comes from a long line of amazingly sucessful people. He has greatness in his blood. The Triplett's all started out in illinois, but one by one, they made there way to California. One was a boy who loved speed. Ernie Triplett (Chad's great uncle) was a racecar driver. And not just any race car driver, he was the Bellvedear Bad Boy, the Blonde Tornado, the King of Speed. He was the best race car driver of his day. He drove on the dusty tracks of Ascot, and was even in a movie. In 1991, he was named into the National Dirt Car Hall of Fame. Unfortunatly, in 1934, he lost his life while he was racing. He was only 27. If you google him, you will see lots of articals and pictures of him. He is even in Wikipedia.


Chad's other great uncle, his Uncle Trip, also has his name in history and google. He worked in the sound industry in the movies. He worked on The Jazz Singer, which was the first "talkie" picture. He was just hanging out when a truck pulled up with all this sound equipment. Trip walked up to the guy and asked what they were doing. When they said that they work in sound for the movies, Trip asked if they needed any help-and they gave him a job. I think that is how the story goes anyway. (Debbie, correct me if I'm wronge.)


He recored the MGM lion that roars at the begining of all the MGM movies you see even today. (Trip is the guy who is sitting down) Everytime Lauren sees that she says "Uncle Trip recored that." He worked on movies from the 30's all the way to the mid 60's when he retired. You would think that he would just relax and enjoy the rest of his life, but nope. At the age of 70, he started a new company along with my father in law called Convention Seminar Cassetts. He died when he was in his 90s. He lovingly called Chad "the boy". Chad now calls Evan "the boy", his way of honoring Trip. My father in law is now a sucessful business man. He has a reputation of being the best at what he does. It is because of his sucess that we are able to do and have so much. If it wern't for the conventions we go work on a couple of times a year, we wouldn't be able to make it!! I have a lot of love and respect for my father-in-law, as well as the example of Ernie and Trip. It is because of the example of these highly sucessful Triplett men, that I know we will make it on top. They came from very humble beginings. They made lemonade from lifes lemons. Chad has inherited their brains, and common sence. He has the ablity to look at a situation, figure out what needs to be done and just do it, without stoping to think of all the reasons he doesn't want to do it. I believe in Chad. Not only because I love him, but also I know where he came from. He has it in him to sucessed, and he will.