World Series and NMRA

Hey guys, well it has been a couple of races since I have written anything. Lets go back to an amazing race, the 55th annual World Series of Drag racing held at Cordova Raceway. We were fortunate enough to be invited to run my jet dragster for this amazing piece of history. We started the weekend with some 80 year old grandmas racing golf carts, yes I said grandma's racing golf carts. Four racing grandma's battled it out for the Grandma Grand Prix. I was lucky enough to be a part of their fun and hand off the trophies to the winners.

Then it was time to get back to the track as we were making a pass later that evening. We were joined by KC Jones and the trains, Diamond Jim Crownheart's two jet funny cars and Miss Fran Peppler in her Rock N Roll Thunder jet funny car. That sounds like an amazing line-up but that is not all. Del Worham, Tony Pedragon, Tim Wilkerson and Jack Wyatt. The TOP NHRA Top fuel funny car drivers out there. That is not all, nostalgia cars, wheel standers and the list just went on and on. This is now a stop for us every year. I have been to a lot of drag races, and this was right up thee on top offering so much for everyone.

It was a privilage for the Embry-Riddle team to be a part of this racing history and hopefully the crowd enjoyed our show. We made one pass on Friday and two on Saturday to end the show. At the end of the night we hung out with Del Worsham's crew enjoying the evening. The next morning bright and early we were back at the track breaking things down to head to the next show.

NMRA in Columbus, OH was our next stop. This is our fourth year back at National Trail Raceway and I have made some amazing friends in the past and it is always great to come back and see them every year. There was this little guy Jordan Nash that is going to take my job in about 10 years.

Andrew and I flew home Sunday evening and Chris went on to the US Nationals to enjoy more Drag Racing. My thoughts and prayers are with all of my friends in the path of Hurricane Gustav. I have heard from some of you and am happy to report that all seems well at this point. We are looking forward to our trip back to Gulfport Dragway in October, so I am keeping my fingers crossed that the dragstrip didn't sustain too much damage.

Well I guess that is all I have for now. I will try and post photos soon. We just purchased a new camera and I need to figure out how to download the files. Thanks for checking in.

luv ya,
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