Hey Everybody!

Had a nice day at Porter & Chester last Thursday. It was a beautiful day and my face got fried, looks like I've been on a cruise-wishful thinking!

Got back to the shop on Friday and we've been working to get ready for VA Div 1 race. Charlie, Alan, & Mark have all been working on clutch stuff in the shop. Tommy & I have been working on motor stuff, Tommy serviced the heads and put new rods in, making sure everythings happy.

Continuing to try and organize is a never ending battle at the shop but we're working on it. Terri's been hard at work in the office keeping it all going. She's convinced me (against my better judgement) that its time for FAD to go green. Going to try recycling bottles, cans, cardboard, paper, etc. We'll see-she says she'll take care of it so, we'll give it a shot!

We're going to load up and head out to VA on Tuesday. I'll talk to you all later.

Have a great weekend!

Jay

National Automotive Technology Competition

Hey Everybody,

Sorry for the delay in getting a blog up, been really busy.

It's Wednesday afternoon and Eddie and I are leaving the Javitz Center in New York City where we've been at the National Automotive Technology Competition for the last couple of days. Our third year in a row! We moved into the show on Monday and I spoke at the kick off breakfast on Tuesday morning. We had the Permatex/Wynn's/Texas Roadhouse funny car on display, where Tom, Chris, Andy, & Mark from Permatex were all there to demonstrate Permatex's dedication to training and educating the technicians of tomorrow. This morning, former Nascar driver Ricky Craven and I kicked off the start of todays competition.

Had the opportunity to see some of the folks that we haven't seen since last years competition and that was great.

Heading to Stratford, CT tonight where we'll display the racecar tomorrow for Porter & Chester Institute from noon to 6pm.

Returning to the shop on Friday and will blog again soon. Have a great day!

Jay

I'M HOME

Hey Everybody,

Ed & I arrived back at the Cape at about 10am this morning. Eddie drove his butt off, 8-10 hours a day since we left Houston.

It's great to be home and now the daunting task of cleaning the truck/trailer from the trip. Terri's done a great job starting to get things cleaned up from the disaster we brought home-all the mud in Texas and just the usual road debris.

I'll unload the car tomorrow. I took off from the office early this afternoon and am home doing laundry. Looking forward to a long hot shower.

My mom came by the shop today to say hello and it will be great to see my wife Ann and all the kids this evening.

Will touch base again soon. Have a great day!

Jay