May 2010

I know I know, it has been forever since I have posted a blog entry. It's just that facebook and twitter make it so much easier to keep everyone posted. Anyhow, I am sitting here thinking this morning about something and wanted to write about it. Unfortunatley the team I am driving for right now, due to lack of sponsor dollars has had to "start and park" the last few races. This really stinks for me because I want to race obviously! Hopefully after a few races of doing this we can save up enough money to race a few. I really try to find the posative in the situation though, it is definatley better than sitting at home on the couch. I am still able to learn a lot. Darlington last weekend for example, I have never been to Darlington and with our limited budget for tires and engine bills I was only able to run 20 laps in practice. On top of this I never made a "practice" qualifying run which most teams make 2 of them. It puts a lot of pressure on you as a driver with so many things lacking and knowing that in the end it is all on your shoulders to go run 2 laps at the cars maximum potential. And we did it, we qualified 32nd of 46 cars, which may not seem great but knowing the full circumstances of the hand we were dealt, it was a great accomplishment! In the end we ran a fuel cycle, learned a little about the car and track, kept it in one piece and go on to Dover. I spend every day trying to figure out ways to keep my team going. I go to the shop to help with setting the car up (i dont have a real crew cheif, me and a couple of the guys just work together on it), I build and send out sponsor proposals, even  make cold calls to sponsors myself. It is great. I love the grind. I love having to claw and scratch my way to the top. It's how I have succeeded at every level up until now and it's how I will succeed here in NASCAR.

Anyways enough pep talk lol. Life at home has been fantastic. Our little girl Harlow is getting so big! She says "daadaadaadaa"! My wife Ashley is seriously the coolest, smartest and most beautiful woman and I hope Harlow grows up to be just like her.

Thanks everyone for your support and keeping up with me.