Okay, so now we have been on the road for so many days, I have lost count. It gets bad when you forget what hotel you are staying at.
But the up side is we have had a BLAST racing up and down the country. We pulled into Commerce for Atlanta Dragways Night of Fire on Thursday afternoon. Chris now calls me a princess, as I changed our hotel plans when the hotel pool had green sludge growing on the top. I moved us over to a beautiful brand new Best Western which we both enjoyed the pool on Friday morning before we had to go to work at a display in the afternoon.
Kroger was one of the sponsors of the event, so we set the car out front for a few hours. Then it was time to pack it up and head to the track. This as kind of a combo weekend as we were doing a race along with a photo shoot for a new sponsor soon to be announced. We hired a great photographer to come out for the weekend and shoot us in action. Friday night, was just the beginning. We finished up about 12:00 a.m. and headed to get something to eat. Taking pictures makes you very hungry. I was happy to have one of the newest members of Larsen Motorsports, Russ Glover, come out for the weekend to help us with all of the set up. Russ really loves drag racing and I can see a bright future for him with us. Look for his crew bio coming soon.
Early the next morning we were up and getting ready to go to the track. I had rented E. Lowe a car to drive in and had called to check his progress as we were getting ready. Not long after we arrived at the Atlanta Dragway, E. Lowe pulls up in his rented PT Cruiser convertible. I wave and pull him in. He gets out of the car and we start talking, I feel someone rubbing my shoulders and turn around to see that the some of our other crew has snuck a ride up with E. Lowe. Chuck and Chris Foster decided late on Friday night that they wanted to come up and have some fun. You could have blown me over. I was shock but sooooooo happy as the race was going to be hectic and we really needed their help.
But the up side is we have had a BLAST racing up and down the country. We pulled into Commerce for Atlanta Dragways Night of Fire on Thursday afternoon. Chris now calls me a princess, as I changed our hotel plans when the hotel pool had green sludge growing on the top. I moved us over to a beautiful brand new Best Western which we both enjoyed the pool on Friday morning before we had to go to work at a display in the afternoon.
Kroger was one of the sponsors of the event, so we set the car out front for a few hours. Then it was time to pack it up and head to the track. This as kind of a combo weekend as we were doing a race along with a photo shoot for a new sponsor soon to be announced. We hired a great photographer to come out for the weekend and shoot us in action. Friday night, was just the beginning. We finished up about 12:00 a.m. and headed to get something to eat. Taking pictures makes you very hungry. I was happy to have one of the newest members of Larsen Motorsports, Russ Glover, come out for the weekend to help us with all of the set up. Russ really loves drag racing and I can see a bright future for him with us. Look for his crew bio coming soon.
Early the next morning we were up and getting ready to go to the track. I had rented E. Lowe a car to drive in and had called to check his progress as we were getting ready. Not long after we arrived at the Atlanta Dragway, E. Lowe pulls up in his rented PT Cruiser convertible. I wave and pull him in. He gets out of the car and we start talking, I feel someone rubbing my shoulders and turn around to see that the some of our other crew has snuck a ride up with E. Lowe. Chuck and Chris Foster decided late on Friday night that they wanted to come up and have some fun. You could have blown me over. I was shock but sooooooo happy as the race was going to be hectic and we really needed their help.
Marc, the photographer took some awesome photos. I will post some when he gets them all cleaned up, and me looking good. I was racing the Danchuck jet funny car driven by Paul Miller. We were scheduled to make three passes for the evenings events. They had a full points race as well as some great looking pro-mods. We made our three passes without any problems and then pulled up on the return road to enjoy the best fireworks display that you can see anywhere.
We cleaned everything up and was too tired to even eat after the race. We went back to the hotel to get 2 hours of sleep before hitting the road for our next event in Kansas City, MO. In route we received some very sad news. Bob Motz, who drives one of the jet semi trucks, had a problem on the starting line at his race on Saturday evening. He was burned and was taken to a hospital nearby. If we can keep him in our thoughts and prayers along with his son Scott that was also burned trying to get him out.
It always puts things in perspective when you hear of one of our best racers having a problem. It is important for us all to stay on our toes. Bob has entertained so many people over the years, that it is easy for us all to take it for granted.
Well we are Kansas bound for a display that Embry-Riddle set up. It is called Skills USA. I will give you more information the next time.
Luv ya,
e
We cleaned everything up and was too tired to even eat after the race. We went back to the hotel to get 2 hours of sleep before hitting the road for our next event in Kansas City, MO. In route we received some very sad news. Bob Motz, who drives one of the jet semi trucks, had a problem on the starting line at his race on Saturday evening. He was burned and was taken to a hospital nearby. If we can keep him in our thoughts and prayers along with his son Scott that was also burned trying to get him out.
It always puts things in perspective when you hear of one of our best racers having a problem. It is important for us all to stay on our toes. Bob has entertained so many people over the years, that it is easy for us all to take it for granted.
Well we are Kansas bound for a display that Embry-Riddle set up. It is called Skills USA. I will give you more information the next time.
Luv ya,
e
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