Hello All!
We're on the road headed East to Indy.
We pulled into Vegas excited for a great weekend. Charlie was going to get to visit with his youngest son Andrew, who is going to school in Vegas. Friday nights presentation at the Petro in North Vegas went well, we met some great techs, service writers, managers, & drivers. Thanks so much to Frank & Mary for their hospitality & efforts!
Qualifying did not go as well as we'd hoped. The first qualifying pass we had a wire tie break that holds the throttle cable lock-only allowing us to go to half throttle. After losing that run, each run kept getting better. We qualified 11th & prepared for first round Saturday evening. We ran a 5.72 @ 254mph in the first elimination round & lost to a 5.67. It was a close race, but losing that first qualifying pass kept us a run behind all weekend. Everybody was very disappointed. Sunday we spent the day servicing the car & getting ready for the race in Indianapolis. Monday morning we went back to the North Vegas Petro & had new Bridgestone tires mounted on the trailer. Thanks much to Petro for their assistance & service, we really appreciate it.
As you read this, we're driving across America-3pm EST. Ed's driving, Tommy's in the passenger seat, Lupo is resting on the couch, & Charlie & I are at the dinette working.
Thanks for checking in, we'll get back to you in a few days.
Jay
April 19, 2010
April 15, 2010
WE'RE IN VEGAS!
Hello All!
Sorry for the lapse in communication-its been a busy time. Visit to the Greater New York Auto Dealers Assoc. Tech Competition in New York went very well. It's a great program & I'm always happy to be involved. It's also great to touch base with the terrific students & instructors that we meet each year.
The Houston race is behind us and unfortunately, it was not one of our better outings. The first qualifying pass went well where we ran a 5.63. After that nothing went as planned. Our second qualifying pass, we had battery problems & the car shut off at about 100'. Saturday we fought rain most of the day & got in the first round of eliminations late Saturday night, which ended with a red light in our lane. It was a disappointing weekend for everybody & on top of not running well we had much of the crew struggling with illness. Marybeth, Spenc, Joe, Ozzie, & Pam flew home to Boston on Monday. Lupo, Charlie, Tommy, Ed, Todd, & I worked on the car Sunday putting another motor in the car. This allowed us to take out the motor that was in the car & keep it as a spare, all ready to run if we have a catistrophic problem. Tested in Houston on Monday to prep for Vegas race this weekennd. We made three test passes & then broke down the pit area & headed west toward Vegas. It was approx. 12:30am when we had done all our chores, had dinner, & were on our way. Arrived in Vegas on Wednesday morning. Todd & I did a display at the Petro truck stop in North Vegas with the racecar Wednesday afternoon-lots of fun. I'll be going back Friday evening to speak for some managers & techs that work at the facility. Today we'll service the car & get it ready to race tomorrow.
Will probably not have the opportunity to blog over the weekend, will try to update you all on Monday. Wish us luck!
Thanks for checking in,
Jay
Sorry for the lapse in communication-its been a busy time. Visit to the Greater New York Auto Dealers Assoc. Tech Competition in New York went very well. It's a great program & I'm always happy to be involved. It's also great to touch base with the terrific students & instructors that we meet each year.
The Houston race is behind us and unfortunately, it was not one of our better outings. The first qualifying pass went well where we ran a 5.63. After that nothing went as planned. Our second qualifying pass, we had battery problems & the car shut off at about 100'. Saturday we fought rain most of the day & got in the first round of eliminations late Saturday night, which ended with a red light in our lane. It was a disappointing weekend for everybody & on top of not running well we had much of the crew struggling with illness. Marybeth, Spenc, Joe, Ozzie, & Pam flew home to Boston on Monday. Lupo, Charlie, Tommy, Ed, Todd, & I worked on the car Sunday putting another motor in the car. This allowed us to take out the motor that was in the car & keep it as a spare, all ready to run if we have a catistrophic problem. Tested in Houston on Monday to prep for Vegas race this weekennd. We made three test passes & then broke down the pit area & headed west toward Vegas. It was approx. 12:30am when we had done all our chores, had dinner, & were on our way. Arrived in Vegas on Wednesday morning. Todd & I did a display at the Petro truck stop in North Vegas with the racecar Wednesday afternoon-lots of fun. I'll be going back Friday evening to speak for some managers & techs that work at the facility. Today we'll service the car & get it ready to race tomorrow.
Will probably not have the opportunity to blog over the weekend, will try to update you all on Monday. Wish us luck!
Thanks for checking in,
Jay
April 5, 2010
IN THE BIG APPLE
Hey Everybody!
Its Monday afternoon & Charlie & I are at the Javits Center in NY, NY with Tom Dobruck of Permatex for the National Auto Tech Competition where I'll be the keynote speaker at the kick off breakfast tomorrow morning. We picked the Avenger body for the show car up at Circus Custom Paint yesterday & got into the city last evening. It's been a long time coming & alot of hard work but we finally have our show car ready. Charlie's first visit to the Big Apple & he's completely blown away by the whole atmosphere. Stay tuned, he's going to fill you in with his own blog/story of the entire trip when we get back at the end of the month. Eddie & Spencer are on their way to Houston, had a flat tire this morning on the Georgia/Alabama line. Got through that & are back on the road headed to Houston.
Thanks to the entire team for all the hard work over the last couple of weeks to get the operation up & out the door once again. We've got a great group of very hard working folks whose dedication helps make it all work.
Will be back in touch mid week.
Jay
Its Monday afternoon & Charlie & I are at the Javits Center in NY, NY with Tom Dobruck of Permatex for the National Auto Tech Competition where I'll be the keynote speaker at the kick off breakfast tomorrow morning. We picked the Avenger body for the show car up at Circus Custom Paint yesterday & got into the city last evening. It's been a long time coming & alot of hard work but we finally have our show car ready. Charlie's first visit to the Big Apple & he's completely blown away by the whole atmosphere. Stay tuned, he's going to fill you in with his own blog/story of the entire trip when we get back at the end of the month. Eddie & Spencer are on their way to Houston, had a flat tire this morning on the Georgia/Alabama line. Got through that & are back on the road headed to Houston.
Thanks to the entire team for all the hard work over the last couple of weeks to get the operation up & out the door once again. We've got a great group of very hard working folks whose dedication helps make it all work.
Will be back in touch mid week.
Jay
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