Hello Everyone!

It’s been a week or so since I last touched base, and wanted to fill you all in. Indy started well, with a couple of great passes that put us in the #3 qualifying spot. Hurt the rear end and twisted the axel so Jimmy & Joe jumped in the rental car and drove to Chicago Saturday night to meet up with the folks at Strange Engineering. Worked on fixing the rear end and arrived back at the track after 4am on Sunday. Got the rear end back in the car and were ready to go Sunday morning for the final qualifying pass. Again, we struggled to find just the right combination and shook the tires pretty hard. Qualified 12th going into eliminations on Sunday afternoon, where we lost to Roger Bateman. We were all disappointed after giving it our all. Before packing it all up and heading to Englishtown, NJ we stopped at one of the Texas Roadhouse locations in Indy to display the racecar and then spoke at Lincoln Technical Institute on Wednesday, where I spoke in front of over 800 students. Had a great day at Lincoln Tech!

Got to NJ where we competed with hurricane Hanna to get some racing in. Had one qualifying pass each on Saturday & Sunday where unfortunately, we did not qualify for the event. Again, the team was discouraged but, we all know we have the right combination of driver, team, sponsors, parts-you name it. To put it simply, we have all the right stuff. Spent Monday at Pro Start Racecars with Kurt where we worked to get some changes and repairs made to the parachutes. All looks good and we’re now headed to NC for the inaugural race at Concord. Did an interview over the phone yesterday for an On The Run article for National Dragster.

Will be stopping to display the racecar in Concord, NC at Texas Roadhouse on Wednesday evening before we get to the track. A good opportunity to meet some race fans and have a great meal to start what we hope will be a great weekend of racing.

The positive attitude and determination of the entire team will carry us through our difficult times as we work to find out what it is that our great hotrod is looking for. The Chevrolet Impala SS/Prostart funny car has tons of power and we just have to find the right way to put it to the ground.

We thank you all for your support and will give you an update Thursday from the new racetrack. A special thanks to Strange Engineering for working with us into the night during Indy-you guys are awesome!

P.S. Keep an eye on the website, we’ll be launching a new line of custom Follow A Dream t-shirts in the next several days.