May 31, 2006
Hey fans been awhile, but I’m still going in circles just slacking on the writing end. I’ve had some interesting past weekends. I’ve race 3 times since I wrote last, not including this past weekend at Hickory Motorspeedway. I’ve went through some learning curves, meaning I’ve sort of torn my car up a little. It’s part of the process that I’ve got to accept the good with the bad. I’ve been averaging a 10th place qualifying position. I’ve had some good runs and finished in the top 10 each race, except for 1 and this past weekend. We’ll not go into the details on that, but it’s been my only DNF so far and I finished 11th at Hickory. Not bad, but could have been better. Motormile Speedway was off this weekend, so we decided to tackle Hickory Motorspeedway instead. A lot of famous drivers have raced on that track, including my Dad and Great-Grandfather Ralph. I can see how they became such great drivers, because that is one tough track to get around. I qualified 14th and finished 11th. We’ll be back at Motormile this weekend. One thing I would like to share with all of you is a different side to racing. I met a boy 2 weekends ago at MotorMile Speedway that is going to have heart surgery. My teammate, Allison Duncan, and I spent sometime with him before the race. It was just such a great feeling to see him have so much fun hanging out with us. This is a side of being in the public eye that I’ve never experienced. It’s a great feeling!
