A Wild Week

This past week was amazing. I was very excited about the Women in Aviation international conference which was to be held at Coronado Springs in Walt Disney World. It did not disappoint. But we need to start at the beginning of the week. I was excited to receive an invitation to be a co-host at the ESPN sports club there at Disney. It was so exciting, and a lot of fun. I hope to be invited back to do it all over again.

The next day, the show began. Our booth received a lot of attention, and I was honored to meet many great women doing some amazing things. We were scheduled to be at the booth from Thursday through Saturday. On Friday evening after the show, Embry-Riddle honored the Alumni with a party.

Saturday morning I was up at 3:00 a.m. in order to fulfill another obligation. The Miss Ta Fire jet dragster was schedule to be at career expo to help out one of Embry-Riddle's World Wide Campus's in Ft. Lauderdale. Chris was in Orlando with the one dragster, while the rest of the crew went with me to the other show.

On the way home from the expo, Everett (crew chief) and I pulled into a rest area to get something to eat, as we were pulling out, a very nice man asked me to stop. I rolled down the window, and was pleasantly surprised to find out that he was a father of two women who had graduated from Embry-Riddle. I signed a couple of photos for him and we were on our way.

Sunday I watched the Daytona 500 with the rest of the world. It was an exciting finish, we were rooting for Mark Martin, but I guess you can say "That's Racing!"

On a family note, Andrew is starting baseball. This is his favorite sport, beside racing. I have volunteered to be the team mom. Nitro is growing bigger everyday. Andrew is having so much fun with his new puppy, even the chores that come with a new dog.

Now it is time to gear up for the start of the racing season. I am scheduled to be in Belle Rose, LA for a division 4 race and then back in Florida at Moroso Motorsports Park we will finish up March at an Air Show in Columbus, GA. We would love to see you at one of the shows. Check out the schedule for updates as new dates come available.

See ya at the races.

Elaine

Busy Busy Busy

Wow, it is time to get back to work again. I don't think my family got the memo about the off season, we just kept right on working. Since the last Blog. a lot has happened, where to begin. First, Larsen Motorsports would like to welcome Synergy Coatings to our team. They are a premier coatings specialists. You can find more about their product by visiting the website at www.coat-this.com

We had a photo shoot with Mike from Gotcha Pics. He is an amazing photographer that loves to get that perfect shot. He came out to get pictures of if both jet dragsters, Miss Ta Fire and Embry-Riddle. We fired up both cars, and had a wonderful time.

My sister and brother-in-law from Michigan came down for a visit. During this time, Andrew tried out for little league baseball, we are still trying to train a new puppy and getting two race cars ready for the 2007 season. I wonder what we did with our spare time before racing!!!!

Well I decided that we didn't have much going on, so we went to the track to test the ERAU car. We are hitting the road in two weeks to start the racing season, so we thought it would be a good time to make sure everything was running in tip top shape. Well my baby fired right up and didn't disappoint. I am pumped and ready to go.

My family left for home, not looking forward to the cold weather that they were going to go home to. It is always sad to see family go, but there wasn't much time to think, it was more work. ESPN at Disney gave me the opportunity to co-host their Wednesday evening show. It was a lot of fun and a great opportunity.

I guess that brings up to date for now. We are heading back to Disney for the Women In Aviation conference. I will keep you posted.