Former Fallbrookian and his Impala win Hot Wheels Legends tour event

Alfredo "Freddy" Quintero will tell you straight up – he needed to make a change in his life – a big change.

Growing up in Fallbrook, Quintero found trouble the way a lot of youngsters with difficult upbringings find it – too much time on their hands and not enough money in the family to pay to keep them busy.

His father picked avocados and his mother packed them for more than 30 years and Quintero said times were tough.

"We had very limited income, so they couldn't put us into sports or anything like that," Quintero said.

Quintero readily admitted he was always in trouble. He didn't make it t...