Hey everybody,
Down here in Orlando, FL where I spoke yesterday at the NACAT Conference. Will be helping Tom Dobruck set up the Permatex booth tomorrow & will be in the booth the rest of the day & then again on Thursday. Fly home Thursday evening.
I flew into Orlando from Syracuse Sunday night after a great weekend at the Syracuse Nationals, a Right Coast car show. There were some 8500 cars of all kinds-street rods, rat rods, antique cars, & just a full array of custom cars. There was even one guy driving around in an old Army truck (a troop mover)with the back of the truck converted into a swimming pool! There were thousands of people at the show every day and there was a motorsports thrill show each night. Charlie & I met all kinds of great people and had alot of fun. There was a number of Follow A Dream fans who came by to congratulate us on the win at Lebanon Valley & to commend the team on what a great job we're doing. I was impressed that they knew who we were.
On Monday morning Charlie drove the truck & trailer back to the Cape & unloaded. Today, Charlie, Tommy, & Eddie are in the shop working on the car getting it ready to test @ New England Dragway next week, July & August 1.
Mitch & I will be taking the car over to D-Y High School in Yarmouth, MA this coming Saturday, July 24 for a memorial motorcycle ride in honor of the fallen soldiers from Cape Cod, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. The ride will cover a 28 mile route through the mid Cape area and will begin and end at the DY High School. The ride pays tribute to Marine Cpl. Nicholas G. Xiarhos from Yarmouth, who was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. Gates open at 8am, ride begins at 11am. The event includes live entertainment, food vendors, motorcycle vendors, and raffles. For more info, please log onto www.ngxride.com. All are invited to get involved & participate in this great event.
Terri has been working on getting a web cam set up so stay tuned-we should be streaming live video from the track & the shop soon.
Will get back to blogging at the beginning of next week-stay tuned friends. Look forward to seeing some of you in Yarmouth on Saturday.
Jay
July 20, 2010
July 13, 2010
BIG WIN AT LEBANON VALLEY
Hey Everybody!
Well, its been quite the ride since I last blogged at you. Sorry for the lapse in communication. I started to get a tickle in my throat Thursday at Lebanon Valley, & at the doctors office by Tuesday of the following week. Have been home, sick in bed with some kind of sinus infection since. Back to work now though & boy-lots to do.
Now that's behind us-HOLY COW-WHAT A WEEKEND IN NY!!! By Friday noon time, the whole team had arrived at Lebanon Valley. We had made one test pass on the Thursday prior to start of racing. The conditions did not make sense to try anymore test passes so we got busy preparing the car for first qualifier Friday evening. The car needed new rods, the cylinder heads & clutch were both serviced, and we were warming up in plenty of time for qualifying Friday evening. Qualifying went okay-we ended up #4 qualifier going into eliminations. Everybody arrived at the track Saturday morning excited for a great day of racing. We won first round of eliminations with a 5.66, which was low et of first round, giving us lane choice in the semi finals to none other than Frank Manzo. It was very exciting to have lane choice over Frank, although we had a lifter come apart on that first round, the team all worked together & was able to repair the engine & replace the lifter. We did however have the spare motor out from under the bench & in the doorway ready to go into the car if need be. There was no time to hold anything back. Fortunatly we were able to repair the motor that was in the car & we ready for the semis. The cars started, burn outs were done, & once again,we were racing Frank. The lights flashed on the Christmas tree and away they went. Frank goes in to violent tire shake & eventually shuts off & Todd drives down for the victory. WOW-we finally got Frank. The team was full of excitement to say the least. We headed back to the pit to ready for the finals. Everything went well between rounds-it was time for the finals & at the end of the weekend, we were in the winners circle. A perfect end to an amazing weekend. The entire team worked so hard to make it all happen. My brother Jim & his son Jamie were there racing Super Comp so it was really nice to share the win with them as well. It was awesome to get another win, and for some of the team, it was their first. Everyone is still glowing & they all deserved it.
Now back at the office & preparing for our trip to Syracuse, NY for the Right Coast National car show @ the NY State Fairgrounds this coming weekend. We'll be leaving MA on Thursday morning & heading that way.
Will post again at the end of the week my friends. Thanks for checking in.
Jay
For those of you on facebook, I'll be starting to update my facebook page after each round of racing beginning with our next race @ Cecil County in August.
Well, its been quite the ride since I last blogged at you. Sorry for the lapse in communication. I started to get a tickle in my throat Thursday at Lebanon Valley, & at the doctors office by Tuesday of the following week. Have been home, sick in bed with some kind of sinus infection since. Back to work now though & boy-lots to do.
Now that's behind us-HOLY COW-WHAT A WEEKEND IN NY!!! By Friday noon time, the whole team had arrived at Lebanon Valley. We had made one test pass on the Thursday prior to start of racing. The conditions did not make sense to try anymore test passes so we got busy preparing the car for first qualifier Friday evening. The car needed new rods, the cylinder heads & clutch were both serviced, and we were warming up in plenty of time for qualifying Friday evening. Qualifying went okay-we ended up #4 qualifier going into eliminations. Everybody arrived at the track Saturday morning excited for a great day of racing. We won first round of eliminations with a 5.66, which was low et of first round, giving us lane choice in the semi finals to none other than Frank Manzo. It was very exciting to have lane choice over Frank, although we had a lifter come apart on that first round, the team all worked together & was able to repair the engine & replace the lifter. We did however have the spare motor out from under the bench & in the doorway ready to go into the car if need be. There was no time to hold anything back. Fortunatly we were able to repair the motor that was in the car & we ready for the semis. The cars started, burn outs were done, & once again,we were racing Frank. The lights flashed on the Christmas tree and away they went. Frank goes in to violent tire shake & eventually shuts off & Todd drives down for the victory. WOW-we finally got Frank. The team was full of excitement to say the least. We headed back to the pit to ready for the finals. Everything went well between rounds-it was time for the finals & at the end of the weekend, we were in the winners circle. A perfect end to an amazing weekend. The entire team worked so hard to make it all happen. My brother Jim & his son Jamie were there racing Super Comp so it was really nice to share the win with them as well. It was awesome to get another win, and for some of the team, it was their first. Everyone is still glowing & they all deserved it.
Now back at the office & preparing for our trip to Syracuse, NY for the Right Coast National car show @ the NY State Fairgrounds this coming weekend. We'll be leaving MA on Thursday morning & heading that way.
Will post again at the end of the week my friends. Thanks for checking in.
Jay
For those of you on facebook, I'll be starting to update my facebook page after each round of racing beginning with our next race @ Cecil County in August.
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