Test Drive with the kids! The attendant ask me If I'm scared. LOL.

At Disney's Hollywood studios. Anson said, "Watch out Hollywood here I come!"

Mickey Mouse gang!

Got my racing eyes. All he needs is a helmet! What do you think?

Greetings from Orlando, Fla. That’s right, the brothaman is not in Indy. I’m taking a few minutes away from the Brown family vacation to say What’s Up! to my NHRA.com blog readers. It’s been a few weeks and for that I apologize.

We flew to Florida on Tuesday and will get home to Indy tomorrow afternoon. Our two oldest, Arianna and Anson, have been to Disney World, but this is the first trip for our youngest, Adler, who just turned three. He’s a Spiderman fanatic, but he may be a Disney convert after this trip.

It’s nice to get away from the racing world for a few days because the next two weeks will be very busy. Atlanta is a strong market for our Matco Tools distributors and customers, so we’re hoping to repeat our 2008 Atlanta win and celebrate with our Matco distributors in Commerce on May 15. Atlanta is also the home of Aaron’s, so there will be a lot of Aaron’s execs and employees at the track, and Aaron’s is going to have a big midway display at Atlanta Dragway, so if you’re coming make sure you check that out. It’s NAPA’s home market too, so it will be hopping at DSR hospitality all weekend long at Atlanta Dragway. Speaking of our hospitality, I have to give it up to our new head chef Greg Steller. Greg, along with both Adam and Malcolm, have done an awesome job with our food service this year. I can tell you, nobody eats better at the race track then the DSR hospitality guests.

After Atlanta, we have a Matco Tools TechEd school visit at OSU Okmulgee on May 18, which is about an hour east of Tulsa. It will be the third straight year that we’ve visited the students at OSU before the Topeka race. Then it’s the Topeka race where we qualified on the pole last year before I had a brain-fart in the second round.

We’re focusing on improving the consistency of our Matco Tools dragster. We need to develop that consistency in the bellhousing and that will make us a stronger race car. We’re still in third place and those Al-Anabi boys are on a roll. Del (Worsham) is doing awesome with Alan (Johnson) and Brian (Husen) and he’s been great in the dragster. He hasn’t missed a beat and both Del and Larry (Dixon) will be tough to beat all season long. We’re focused on being consistent and not beating ourselves and the goal is to make four good qualifying laps at Atlanta next weekend.

Before I go back to riding some rides at the Magic Kingdom, here’s my shameless plug for this blog: http://nextgen.valvoline.com/nextgen_domore.html. Click this link and sign up to take the Valvoline NextGen pledge to do more. Valvoline NextGen oil is a great product. It’s 50-percent recycled oil and I think you’ll like Spencer’s (Massey) new colors next weekend at Atlanta Dragway. It looks hot! Recycling your used oil is something we all need to commit to doing. It’s simple and easy and helps lower our dependence on foreign oil. So, please, take the NextGen pledge and join me and all the DSR drivers and crew chiefs.

With that, it’s time for some love, peace and Valvoline grease. God bless, and I’m out like shout. Oh, and don’t forget to call your mom on Sunday. I love you Momma Judy!

Take care.