John Barr

St. Charles High School

Class of 1982

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John Barr - Class of 1982 - St. Charles High School

First Name	John
Last Name	Barr
Graduation Year	Class of 1982
Gender	Male
Hometown	Saint Charles, Missouri
Relationship Status	Married
About Me	I am of a genial and pleasant nature, good humored and easily amused. I'm also distracted by shiny objects.....................Like just now.......... OK, I’m back. I fancy myself the next Hemmingway. I enjoy writing, even if some of my stuff is off the wall. There are things you don’t know about my creative story writing abilities. There are things you should never know about my creative writing abilities. Unless of course it concerns official use for work or press releases for Montgomery County Speedway, then it tends to be rather tame. I teach English in Jinan China for Aston English and New World Primary School. I started teaching English after getting laid off from my previous job at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis after 13 years. I enjoy teaching English in China. It's been quite an experience. I also enjoy playing Medal of Honor Allied Assault on a game server I rent. The server is called Trashdog Afterhours and the IP address is, 8.9.16.26. So if you have the game and feel like getting your tail end shot off come on in. I enjoy photography and auto racing. Well, actually, I enjoy dirt track stock car racing. On any given weekend you can find me at a local dirt track in the St. Louis area photographing the races. I used to be the track photographer at Montgomery County Speedway in New Florence, MO. I have been photographing the races from 2004 til the track shut down in 2009. I have met many great and near great and slightly off the wall people there. I have been going to dirt track racing events since I was 6 years old, photographing them since I was 12. I am currently 43, though I refuse to act my age. So needless to say I’ve been around the sport for a long time now. I can still remember the first race I ever went to. It was at St. Charles Speedway back in 1971. Back in those days there were still many Cowboy shows on TV and I wanted to be a Cowboy when I grew up. That dream ended quickly when I walked into the grandstands with my mom and dad and witnessed the most colorful display of noise, sight and sound that my young mind had ever seen. I was hooked. I have had the honor of being the track photographer for many area speedways. I have shot at Montgomery County Speedway, I55 Raceway, St. Charles Speedway, Belle-Claire Speedway, Highland Speedway, Tri-City Speedway and Lake Hill Speedway. I retired after that for a number of years to work and start a family. I returned later to what I loved working with a fellow named Jeff Mills and his Driver’s Seat Racing News Paper. I photographed for the Driver'...(read more)