Gatornationals

Hey, Well we have had a couple of weekends off and of course where do we go.....the drag races. I bought us tickets to Saturday's qualifying. We woke up and left bight and early to head out to the track. We made great time until we hit Gainesville. Then trouble started. It was a two hour delay just to get into the track. I guess there are a lot of drag race fans out there because we were all at the track.

We finally made it in and we could hear the top fuel cars warming up. There is something pretty darn cool when you are walking through the pits and hear one of those bad boys fire up. We made it to our seats in order to see some great passes down the quarter mile. As I was sitting in the stands feeling like a small fish in a big pond the guy sitting in front of me turns around and said, "Hey aren't you Elaine, the driver of the Embry-Riddle jet dragster?" Talk about making my day.

We left our seats to walk around and ran into a lot of friends and met up with Chris and Chuck from our crew. As we were walking around you will never guess who was in Clay Millican's area....none other than Jessie Harris. She wants to tell everyone HI and is working hard with Clays team. It was great to catch up with her.

We ended up spending time in Meline Troxell's area, as a friend that Chris went to school with crews for Mike Ashley At the end of the day, we had seen some great runs down the quarter mile and ran into some old friends. All in All in was an awesome day. We headed for home ready to get back to the race track. I not a very good fan, I am much better hands on.

Well the next stop is Barrett Jackson and Indy at Homestead, FL, then back to No Problem Raceway for the Jegs Sportsman Nationals. Keep checking the website as I will be adding some new places. I hope to see you at the RACES!!!

luv ya,
e

Mustang Madness

The Embry-Riddle team set off for Bradenton Motorsports Park for the NMRA season opener. It was Mustang Madness in South Florida and we were there to watch it all. We headed out for the race on Friday morning in order to do a couple of displays, first at Walmart then for the pre-race party at Hooters. Then it was time to go to the hotel to rest up for race day.

Andrew had a baseball game Friday night so E. Lowe picked him up at a friends house and all of the crew was on hand to have a great time. Unfortunately the weather was WINDY, so it made set-up fun and we eventually lost one of our canopies to the wind. But racing goes on. We were only able to make 1/8 mile passes, but I am happy to say that the ERAU jet dragster ran amazing.

The next day we were geared up to make one more pass and have some fun. Well okay we also had to celebrate my birthday, which it seems like I always celebrate at the race track. Hey a girl has to make a living. But with all of my friends around how could my day be anything other than great. Thanks for everyone for the great birthday. Jason, glad that you are back safe and sound from Iraq, it was good to see you. The ERAU dragster made a blistering pass and we packed up and headed for home.

We have the next couple of weeks off, but we are going to check out the Gatornationals this Saturday and get ready for the weeks to come. Check out the schedule as we are heading to South Florida for World Famous Barrett Jackson Auto Auction and the kick off of the Indy racing league at the Miami Homestead Raceway. We are going to be a part of the Speed Jam with Three Doors Down and Danica. Check out this link for more information. http://www.homesteadmiamispeedway.com/544813.html

Thanks for checking in. Enjoy the photos below.

luv ya,

e

Hey NO PROBLEM!!!!

Well it was really time to kick off the 2008 season and we kicked it off with a bang at No Problem Raceway. Now this is our second year to come out for NHRA's division 4 first points meet, last year was amazing and we had high hopes as we left home on Wednesday after Andrew got out of school. So "on the road again!!!!" We made it to Marianna, FL and found a hotel to spend the night. Up early the next morning and with the frost in the air we hit the road destination Belle Rose, LA!!!

We dropped off the trailer on Thursday afternoon and met up with some friends from last year. Then went to the hotel to rest up for the big weekend. Friday morning E. Lowe was flying in and Mike Mathes was driving to us so we were ready for the weekend. It was a cool night and the car ran great and the crowd was on their feet. So Saturday we come back to the track to make two runs. The race track was busting at the seams cars were flying down the track it felt like magic!!!! I talked to so many racers that had worked so hard in the off season and spent hard earned money to put their race cars back on the track. You sometimes wonder why......well after that first blast down the quarter mile it comes rushing back to you why we do what we do. I feel so much at home at the drag strip. People get me here. Anyway the stands were packed and people just wanted to have a good time and a good time is what the racers gave them.

The Embry-Riddle jet dragster did me proud and shot fire and smoke and hopefully entertained the crowd. After the runs we were invited to Mr. Dons pit area for some wonderful food. Now I have to tell you that usually when I go racing I loose weight, it will never be the case at No Problem Raceway. I don't know what I ate but it was amazing. My crew is fighting over who gets work these weekends.

Sunday morning and we celebrated the RFC service with about 200 other racers and fans. But it was time to get busy and get down to work and make one more pass to close out the weekend. But wait a minute. I forgot to tell you the best part......I don't know how to explain it so I will just put on a BIG photo to show you. They came over to show me, but during the race the stood on their motorhome. How cool was this!!!! Talk to you soon, luv ya

e