Hey All!
I hope everybody had a good Easter & a great long weekend. I'm in NY City for the National Automotive Technology Competition through Wednesday. When I last blogged, I was still down in NC where I visited Gaston College & NASCAR Technical Institute. We met a great bunch of students & instructors & I was very impressed with both programs.
Eddie & I parted ways at the end of last week, when Eddie headed to Houston to get ready for this coming weekends race & I flew home to get ready to leave for the NY Auto Competition.
Had a great weekend at home with my family & had Easter dinner @ my mothers. My brother Jimmy & I headed out Sunday evening to drive to the Big Apple. We set the show car up this morning @ the Javits Convention Center & will be attending a welcome dinner this evening. I speak @ the Permatex sponsored kick off breakfast in the morning, where some of the best high school auto students in the country will compete. It's always a pleasure to be part of this event-lots of fun & I get to meet some terrific people.
Thanks for checking in, I'll be back later in the week with updates.
Jay
April 25, 2011
April 18, 2011
MONDAY IN CHARLOTTE
Hey All!
We're leaving the Charlotte track, just finished filling the fresh water tanks & emptying the holding tanks. We're now on our way to Gaston College in Dallas, NC, where I'll speak to students & faculty tomorrow.
Friday qualifying @ Charlotte went well, where we ended up #2 qualifiier with a 5.58. Saturday qualifying was cancelled due to the weather, fortunately we did not get hit with the tornados & extreme weather that was in the area but still got plenty of rain & a fair amount of wind. The weather did finally clear late afternoon & NHRA did a great job drying the track & getting it safe for racing to continue. We had first round of eliminations on Saturday night & won that round. The team then serviced the car & put it to bed for the evening. Spirts were high for Sunday & the car was running very well. Sunday we won second round, the team again did a great job-the car was getting quicker & faster. We got the car ready for the semi-finals, where we had a mysterious problem in the fuel system, causing a backfire, which shut the car off & allowed our opponent to drive around us. The team was very disappointed but kept their head in the game as we got back to the pits & took the car apart to figure out what happened. We were able to repair the car which had no major damage. We got the pit area cleaned up & we're ready for Houston in a couple weeks.
Thanks to the whole team for a great weekend. We'll go into Houston focused on the win. Will blog again later in the week.
Jay
We're leaving the Charlotte track, just finished filling the fresh water tanks & emptying the holding tanks. We're now on our way to Gaston College in Dallas, NC, where I'll speak to students & faculty tomorrow.
Friday qualifying @ Charlotte went well, where we ended up #2 qualifiier with a 5.58. Saturday qualifying was cancelled due to the weather, fortunately we did not get hit with the tornados & extreme weather that was in the area but still got plenty of rain & a fair amount of wind. The weather did finally clear late afternoon & NHRA did a great job drying the track & getting it safe for racing to continue. We had first round of eliminations on Saturday night & won that round. The team then serviced the car & put it to bed for the evening. Spirts were high for Sunday & the car was running very well. Sunday we won second round, the team again did a great job-the car was getting quicker & faster. We got the car ready for the semi-finals, where we had a mysterious problem in the fuel system, causing a backfire, which shut the car off & allowed our opponent to drive around us. The team was very disappointed but kept their head in the game as we got back to the pits & took the car apart to figure out what happened. We were able to repair the car which had no major damage. We got the pit area cleaned up & we're ready for Houston in a couple weeks.
Thanks to the whole team for a great weekend. We'll go into Houston focused on the win. Will blog again later in the week.
Jay
April 7, 2011
GETTING READY TO GO RACING!
Hey Everybody,
We've been busy at the shop after returning from the World of Wheels in Boston, which was a great show. Traffic was pretty steady all weekend and it was great to see some friends I hadn't seen in many years & meet some new fans too. My big fear was that we would be waiting to roll out of the show until late into the night but I must say, I learned from the best-my brother Jimmy is a maniac when it comes to getting out of these things. The show was over at 7pm & we were the first ones out the door & loaded by 7:30.
Had a great visit at Madison Park Tech in Boston on Monday & we're looking forward to returning & getting to speak to more of their students. Madison Park Tech is the only public tech school in the city of Boston.
We arrived back at the shop on Monday evening & Tuesday we started the racecar, which has a fresh motor in it all set to go. I really feel like we're ready to go get 'um.
Eddie & I will leave the Cape early Monday morning & will be stopping @ Bristol Tech in Bristol, CT that afternoon. We're planning a stop @ a TA Travel Center in Virginia on Tuesday & then off to zMAX Dragway in Charlotte, where we should pull in on Wednesday to begin set up.
It'll be a busy couple of days packing up & getting ready to hit the road. The entire team has been working extremely hard to get everything ready & I can't thank them enough for all they do.
Will blog from the road-talk to you all again next week.
Jay
We've been busy at the shop after returning from the World of Wheels in Boston, which was a great show. Traffic was pretty steady all weekend and it was great to see some friends I hadn't seen in many years & meet some new fans too. My big fear was that we would be waiting to roll out of the show until late into the night but I must say, I learned from the best-my brother Jimmy is a maniac when it comes to getting out of these things. The show was over at 7pm & we were the first ones out the door & loaded by 7:30.
Had a great visit at Madison Park Tech in Boston on Monday & we're looking forward to returning & getting to speak to more of their students. Madison Park Tech is the only public tech school in the city of Boston.
We arrived back at the shop on Monday evening & Tuesday we started the racecar, which has a fresh motor in it all set to go. I really feel like we're ready to go get 'um.
Eddie & I will leave the Cape early Monday morning & will be stopping @ Bristol Tech in Bristol, CT that afternoon. We're planning a stop @ a TA Travel Center in Virginia on Tuesday & then off to zMAX Dragway in Charlotte, where we should pull in on Wednesday to begin set up.
It'll be a busy couple of days packing up & getting ready to hit the road. The entire team has been working extremely hard to get everything ready & I can't thank them enough for all they do.
Will blog from the road-talk to you all again next week.
Jay
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