Still in Tennessee at WildSide...getting the hauler in-shape for our first division race this weekend in Virginia.
What I love about WildSide is they really work hard to meet their customer's needs.
We'll be pulling out of Franklin later today and heading to Virginia. Ah, life on the road. This a two-week odyssey down south has been made a little more enjoyable with our new hauler.
Talk to you tomorrow,
Jay
April 30, 2008
April 28, 2008
Follow A Dream Featured on FOX 5 Atlanta
Morning everyone,
As I mentioned on Thursday, we were interview by Buck Lanford of FOX 5 Atlanta. The story ran Sunday night and you can check out the story by clicking here.
More later today, we're heading to Franklin, Tennessee.
Jay
P.S. After the interview, the reporter did confirm that I look like George Clooney!! LOL. You'll see what I mean.
As I mentioned on Thursday, we were interview by Buck Lanford of FOX 5 Atlanta. The story ran Sunday night and you can check out the story by clicking here.
More later today, we're heading to Franklin, Tennessee.
Jay
P.S. After the interview, the reporter did confirm that I look like George Clooney!! LOL. You'll see what I mean.
April 27, 2008
Southern Nationals Day 4
Well, not the day you want...race day and we're hear putting things back together getting ready for next week's Division 1 race in Virginia.
Put in a new motor today, and getting ready to pull out of Commerce.
We'll hit the road tomorrow and head to Franklin, Tennessee to WildSide Trailers to fix a few things to our liking.
Talk to you tomorrow.
Jay
Put in a new motor today, and getting ready to pull out of Commerce.
We'll hit the road tomorrow and head to Franklin, Tennessee to WildSide Trailers to fix a few things to our liking.
Talk to you tomorrow.
Jay
April 26, 2008
Southern Nationals Day 3
Hi everyone,
Well we're done for the weekend. Obviously we're disappointed that we didn't win, but we learned a lot about the new 2008 Pro Start Chevy Impala SS.
First, the good news. Marty's third qualifying run was an improvement. He ran a 5.810/249.76, which was our best of the weekend. It bumped us to 13th position, but we ended up where we started in 14th, which meant we would meet Steve Harker in Round 1 of eliminations.
With the help of Randy Anderson, who helped us throughout the weekend, the Permatex/Wynn's/Texas Roadhouse team did a great job of preparing the car for the first round run. Marty did a good job with his best run of the weekend 5.796, but it wasn't enough as Harker ran a 5.589.
We did burn a #8 piston, which means we have some work to do. Probably be at the track until midnight!!
Great job by the entire team, and proud of my brother Jim, who as our new tuner did a great job throughout the weekend.
Talk to you tomorrow,
Jay
Well we're done for the weekend. Obviously we're disappointed that we didn't win, but we learned a lot about the new 2008 Pro Start Chevy Impala SS.
First, the good news. Marty's third qualifying run was an improvement. He ran a 5.810/249.76, which was our best of the weekend. It bumped us to 13th position, but we ended up where we started in 14th, which meant we would meet Steve Harker in Round 1 of eliminations.
With the help of Randy Anderson, who helped us throughout the weekend, the Permatex/Wynn's/Texas Roadhouse team did a great job of preparing the car for the first round run. Marty did a good job with his best run of the weekend 5.796, but it wasn't enough as Harker ran a 5.589.
We did burn a #8 piston, which means we have some work to do. Probably be at the track until midnight!!
Great job by the entire team, and proud of my brother Jim, who as our new tuner did a great job throughout the weekend.
Talk to you tomorrow,
Jay
April 25, 2008
Southern Nationals Day 2
We're 14th after two rounds of qualifying that really tested the entire team.
I was happy with the first run of 5.954/244.38 MPH. We were 10th the run. The car was fat, which was okay because we were just looking for a benchmark and wanted to be safe on the run.
We tried to step it up in the second round, but we just missed it. Marty ran a 5.998 (236.34 MPH), which dropped us back to 14 heading into our final qualifying Saturday at noon.
The first qualifying run came under very sunny condition, but the afternoon came after a cool down caused by cloud cover, but that didn't make a difference in the run.
Not to make excuses, but we're really working through the issues of everything being new. We're working late into the night to get ready for Saturday.
Frank Manzo is at the top of qualifying after putting up a 5.558/262.54.
Talk to you tomorrow,
Jay
Follow A Dream Article in Athens Banner-Herald
Good morning,
Ready to head to the track. Click here to read our feature in Friday's edition of the Athen's Banner-Herald. We made the front page of the paper!!
I'll be blogging about qualifying later today.
Jay
April 24, 2008
Southern Nationals - Day 1
Ah, the adrenaline is pumping now!!
It's 9 PM EST and we're all working hard to work out the little things to make sure we're ready for our first qualifying run at noon on Friday. There have been challenges today, just getting the little glitches fixed. Remember, we've changed just about everything there is to change during the off-season.
The new trailer is awesome!!
Aside from getting things together, I also did two media interviews today. One with Roger Clarkson, who will be doing a feature Friday in the Athens Banner-Herald. We'll put up a link for that story tomorrow, plus on Saturday FOX 5 Atlanta will air a feature on us.
No time to rest, gotta get back to the car. We'll be at the track tomorrow at 7:30 AM.
Keep coming back for updates.
Here's to a great start to the season!! Thanks to all that got us to this point!!
Jay
April 23, 2008
Catchin' Up
Hey Everybody, sorry it's been so long since we've blogged. It's been an absolute crazy time getting ready to head out to Atlanta to start our season. More details to follow, but we're headed to Atlanta pulling a brand new Wildside trailer and carrying a brand new Pro Start Chevrolet Impala SS Funny Car. We took the delivery of everything last Wednesday and nobody has slept much since. Went up to Lebanon Valley on Monday for a quick burnout and swapping feet. The car left the starting line well and went straight.
Want to thank Lebanon Valley for their hospitality and track prep, they were awesome and we look forward to testing there again soon!
There will be pictures and more info up on the blog soon, and I don't mean three months from now either-I mean soon! We'll get the hang of this so keep checking in.
Thanks
Jay
Want to thank Lebanon Valley for their hospitality and track prep, they were awesome and we look forward to testing there again soon!
There will be pictures and more info up on the blog soon, and I don't mean three months from now either-I mean soon! We'll get the hang of this so keep checking in.
Thanks
Jay
April 17, 2008
New Trailer
Hey,
Check out the pictures of the new hauler fresh from WildSide in Franklin, Tennessee. Can feel the juices really start to flow for Atlanta now!!
Jay
Check out the pictures of the new hauler fresh from WildSide in Franklin, Tennessee. Can feel the juices really start to flow for Atlanta now!!
Jay
April 11, 2008
April 9, 2008
New Car!!
Hi Everyone,
Haven't blogged in a while, but that's because I've been crazy busy getting ready for the 2008 season that opens later this month at the Southern Nationals outside of Atlanta.
But today, I've got great news!
Heading to Asbury, New Jersey to pick-up the chassis to our new Top Alcohol Funny Car!! Yes, it will be announced with a news release later this week, but for everyone that follows my blog, I wanted you to know first.
Now you know why I've been so quiet here!!
Building the new 2008 Chevrolet Impala SS Top Alcohol Funny Car and getting it ready for my new driver Marty Nothstein has kept me pretty busy!!
Please keep coming back to the site daily because I'm going to be offering updates every day leading up to Atlanta.
Have a Great Day!!
Jay
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