I’m back to being in a blog slump, so it’s time to end that. It’s the Wednesday before the Las Vegas race and I’m doing a votech school visit at the College of Southern Nevada for Matco Tools. I just did one session and spoke to about 70 students and we have an afternoon group coming to see us in a bit. We also posed next to a CAT C15 engine in the diesel program for a blog photo.



Last weekend was an awesome weekend for the Fuller family. My dad was racing in Valdosta, Ga., in Super Comp and he was in second place in Division 5 and Gary Stinnett was in the lead and my dad made it to the quarterfinals and won the D5 Super Comp championship. He won it in the car I used to race Super Comp in, which is really cool. Here is a photo with my parents from Topeka in June. My dad won the Topeka national event last year. The funny thing to me is that people think I’m a great bracket racer, but since I’ve been a kid, we had a thing called “King of the Household” and right now dad is King of the Household in Rogers, Ark. It’s tough being from a family of racers. I need to get the title back this weekend!



I really haven’t done much lately, but my best buddy in town, Shawn Malek, had a birthday party for their brother-in-law and it was a '70s theme party. I had a great time. They know how to do it up. There were nearly 100 people there and we had a great time. They thought I had been way too uptight, so it was good for me to get out and relax before the Countdown starts up again this weekend. Also, I got rid of the VW Thing and I’m now driving this cool Caddy. What do you all think?



I had to run down to California on Monday and didn’t realize what I was getting into. I don’t watch much TV and I ended up getting stuck for 10 hours due to the wildfires. It was a mess. Usually when you see things on TV you don’t realize how bad it is, but I was there and it was really bad. The freeways were shut down and I finally made it home on Tuesday. I had to drive about seven hours out of the way to get to Vegas through Arizona and up I-95. It’s all good because I made it back in time for the race.



This is a busy week for me, so it was important to be home and rest. We’ve been on the go doing press and sponsor work. I’ve already lost one race this weekend. Kevin West, the sportscaster on Channel 3 here in Vegas, beat me in a tricycle race for the newscast. He sort of cheated. I was pedaling, but he was using his feet. I did holeshot him though! We’ve got a radio media tour Thursday and then the NHRA press conference at the Golden Nugget. After that, it’s time to get in race mode and go after that double-up in the Technicoat Shootout and the race win on Sunday at The Strip. I want nothing more than to win at my home track. We’ll see how it goes.



Take care,

Hot Rod