HELLO FROM FLORIDA

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