CATCHING UP
Wow I don't even know where to start.
It has been a great year. It started out with so much uncertainty but as usual things have a way of working out.
Ashley and I had a little girl on October 13th. We named her Harlow Emerson Wise. It has been the greatest experience ever. Today Ashley went back to work so I am officially on daddy day care until the holidays. It has been fun this morning, the quality time is priceless.
Racing has just been awesome. I got to race all the open wheel races that I set out to race this year. It was really challenging living in Charlotte and trying to race in the midwest all summer but we made it work. I drove for some great people/teams and had probably the most fun I have ever had in a year. Everyone from Terry Riggs to Greg Wilke and Cruz Pedregon gave me opportunities that made this a year to never forget. At the beginning of the year I felt like I had a lot to prove-that I could still compete at the highest level of open wheel short track racing. Right out of the gates we won in Terry Riggs sprint car which was huge, had some good Silver Crown runs, won at Belleville, made a last lap pass a Sun Prarie Nationals in one of my coolest victories ever and set fast time and had a legitimate chance to win Turkey night at Irwindale Speedway-which is a race on my bucket list. Though those are the things people will remember about me this year, I will remember the late nights at the car wash with Dutcher and Riggs, me and my best friend Danny Stratton in long debates about how to set up Cruz's midgets, and the greatest moment of my life when I met my daughter.
I got an opportunity to race Nationwide at Texas and Phoenix at the end of the season. John Cohen and xxxtreme motorsport had been working hard on getting sponsorship for me to race and started making headway late in the season. Cavi Clothing spnosored the two races. Cavi is an awesome clothing brand and there is talks of them sponsoring some races for me next year. Hopefully moving foreward I will be able to race some more for them but the uncertainty of the future isn't as freightening as it used to be. I will just keep on trucking and doing all I know how to do.....race my ass off.