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