GOOD EVENING RACE FANS

Hello All!

Well, after several stops, we're @ Maple Grove & getting the pit set up to begin racing in the morning. Most of the team is on the road in Massachusetts heading our way & will be at the track late tonight. An FYI for anyone planning a trip to the track this weekend, due to extremely wet ground conditions in the sportsman pit area, Super Comp, Super Stock, Stock & Super Gas will not compete this weekend, which changes our run schedule for tomorrow. We are now scheduled to run qualifiers @ 11am & 3:45pm. If you have questions, www.maplegroveraceway.com should be updating regularly with any additional changes.

On our way to Pennsylvania we made stops @ Gateway Community College in North Haven, CT & then at team sponsor Permatex headquarters in Hartford, CT on Tuesday. Got to show off the racecar to some employees that had never seen it & was able to also speak to a small group too. We then made our way to PA where we stopped Wednesday at Universal Technical Institute in Exton, PA. Spoke to a group for our friend & team supporter Steve Davies, who will be joining us at the track this weekend.

Not sure if I mentioned it or not but while at Cecil County in August we lost our awning to a wind storm. Just took delivery of the new one today when we got to the track. They tell me its beautiful, thank you Larry DeForrest @ Arrow Components for getting this done so quickly & for doing such a great job. Check out the photo above.

Well, hope to see some of you at the track this weekend, come by & say hi.

Jay

ON THE ROAD AGAIN...

Hello Blog Fans!

Well, we're hitting the road again on our way to Maple Grove for the national event this weekend. Heading to sponsor Permatex in Hartford today for meetings & to showcase the racecar for employees. Spoke at Gateway Community College in North Haven, CT last evening & will be stopping at Universal Technical Institute campus in Exton, PA tomorrow to speak for students & faculty their. Then Charlie & I will make our way to the track & setup the pit while waiting for the team to arrive to begin competition on Friday.

Spent the last couple of weeks catching up in the office while some of the guys helped out at the shop preparing to hit the road. Ozzie worked on brackets for the awning, among other things & Eddie worked on cylinder heads.

Will touch base next week to fill you in on results from Maple Grove. Remember to check out our pit cam beginnng Friday to see all the action & log on to facebook for updates from the track.

Have a good day!

Jay

DRAG RACING IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART

Hello Followers,

Sorry I didn't blog before we hit the road late last week for Etown. We pulled into Etown with high hopes & after 2 qualifying runs that went totally haywire we did not qualify for the event. The team kept their spirits up & we're preparing to test this week to ready for our next race @ Maple Grove Raceway at the end of the month.

However, all was not lost as we were informed as we loaded to come home that we had won Best Appearing Crew for the event. We were wearing our "Free To Dream Thanks To Our Troops" custom t-shirts (thanks to Maura) in memory of 9/11. I guess when it comes to the big picture we have to be thankful that we have the ability to go out there & participate.


We're back home & working in the shop getting ready to test mid week @ New England Dragway. Will touch base again later in the week.

Thanks for checking in.

Jay

HELLO DREAM FOLLOWERS

Hi All,

We were very lucky here on the Cape following last weeks hurricane Irene. Got to work on Monday & had power & internet service. Not everyone in the area has been so lucky, some still without power. My father-in-law Ray Borski still doesn't have any power & has a downed tree across his driveway with live wires wrapped around it. As I said, we were lucky.

Busy doing all of the stuff that they don't talk about in Hot Rod magazine. Tommy is here putting a motor together to replace the one we hurt in Cecil. Ozzy serviced all the bearings in the motor that's in the car from Cecil on Tuesday night & Brandon & I will pull it out of the car tonight & put it back under the bench in the trailer for a spare. Joe Connelly was here on Tuesday too, getting a variety of things done & set up for Englishtown next weekend. Terri has been busy in the office this week & I've been working on adding more tie downs in the trailer. Always plenty to do & never enough time in the day to get it all done. We'll work next week on getting ready to leave for Englishtown & will update you before we hit the road.

Have a wonderful holiday weekend.

Jay