Home Sweet Home in West Palm Beach

Home Sweet Home, that is how I feel when I pull through the gates at Moroso Motorsports Park with the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Miss Ta Fire jet dragster. We were asked to come in a day early for a display. They have had the honor of winning the Providencia Award. Which means that they have been a leader in trying to advance tourism in Palm Beach County. They were having a get together at the race track. Moroso is involved in a wide variety of racing, from their Road Course, Kart Track and of course their Drag Strip. This is a complete motorsports facility.

We were there on Friday night to help promote their Drag Strip portion. After everyone arrived, it was time for us to show off a little. We were scheduled to make a full pass down the track, but mother nature had other plans. Instead we did a line show complete with smoke, fire and burner pops. It was just a teaser for the following evening.

Saturday morning and the track doesn't open until noon so we went to one of our favorite restaurants The Boulevard for breakfast. We had invited a lot of our Embry-Riddle family to come out to the track that evening so it was time to get to work.

ESPN was on hand to help with a Girls truck race that evening. They asked if I would give some suggestions on how to win the race on camera. Our Embry-Riddle friends started to show up and it was almost race time. Everyone made great first round passes. We went back to the trailer and was met with wonderful fans. Our friends that had come out for the event were very impressed. In the middle of all of this, of course no race could be complete with out a bikini contest. Sparkplug wanted to be a judge, but I pulled the MOM card and said NO!!!

For the second pass we were all in the staging lanes suited up and in the cars when the first rain drop hit. It didn't take long for the others to follow, so sadly we went back to the trailer to pack things up for the night. But the up side is we all met at another of my favorite places Abby Road for a late night dinner.

Sunday morning and it was time to get down to business. We had three passes to complete and things were going to be rushed. Of course it had to rain just enough to make us worried, but things dried off, heated up and it was time to race.

Everyone made all of their passes with no problems. It is nice when things come together. We finished up the day packing things up and saying goodbye to our racing friends that we won't see again until the next races in WPB. I will however face up against Mark Smith in Nashville this July.

Thanks a lot to all of the track personal who always make us feel at home, to Chris and Chuck who came out to help this weekend, to the Embry-Riddle family, and of course last but not least to the fans that take the time to stop and say HI!!! WE LOVE YOU!!

Elaine