BACK AT THE SHOP

Hey All!

Thanks for checking in. I wish I had more of an exciting blog to write but, we're back from Cecil County where things didn't go well. We tested on Thursday, which went fine & then Thursday night a storm came in. Fortunately, we got the car put away in time & as we were tying down the awning a gust of wind kicked up-around 60-70MPH & ripped the awning to pieces. The weekend had begun!

Friday things were held up due to water seeping through the track because of the heavy rains Thursday evening. We got one qualifier in where we broke a blower belt. Then on Saturday racing was held up again because of water coming up through the track again. Around 4pm we finally made out 2nd qualifying pass where we broke an intake rocker arm (engine part) which caused the engine to break-torched the head & the block. The crew worked extremely hard dropping a new engine in for first round of eliminations so we could meet up with multiple world champion winner Frank Manzo. We smoked the tires off the starting line & Frank drove off to victory once again. We loaded up & headed back to the Cape on Sunday morning. Charlie Connelly, Joe Connellys dad has been traveling with us for the last couple of races. Charlie's been driving the truck & helping out wherever he can & has been doing a phenomenal job. We very much appreciate all of his efforts. My stepson Brandon has also been to the last two races helping crew, and has been doing a great job too. He worked with me Monday at the shop getting everything offloaded & back into the shop. Today, Brandon & Eddie worked together getting the engine all apart so we can send the block & cylinder head out to Brad Anderson Enterprises for repair.

Will catch you all up again soon. Please also let us know if you have comments or have specific questions you'd like answered & we'll add info to the next blog.

Have a great day race fans!

Jay