Hi again. Two blogs in one week, wow! I had a nice, relaxing week off at home in Vegas. The highlight of the weekend was on Saturday when I did a charity event for Speedway Children’s Charities at LVMS. They had a car show at the local show and I signed autographs and talked to a lot of fans. It was a beautiful day and we had a good time. I watched football all day on Sunday. I’m a Bears fan and they’re not doing very well so far. I’m also a Chargers fan, I like L.T., and they’re doing lousy too. Ladainian had a good game against the Chiefs though. I like the Raiders too. My PR guy, Ted, is a big Raiders fan and he says it’s blasphemy to cheer for both the Raiders and Chargers. I like Daunte Culpepper’s touchdown dance. I think I’m going to do that when I when the race this weekend.



Most people laugh at me, but I went to the Green Valley Ranch Casino in Henderson, it’s one of the nicer local casinos, and had a “me” day. They have a really nice gym and spa. I got there about 7:30 a.m. and worked out. After my workout, I used one of their private shower rooms. They have a nice, big shower with four heads on it. It’s very relaxing. Then, I had a 90-minute massage. It was great. My guys make fun of me, but they really don’t know what they’re missing. I read a lot of books about the medieval times and the knights used to get massage before a battle. Massages are the best. I wish I got them more often. After that, I laid out at the pool for about three hours. My batteries are charged and ready to go for Richmond. This is a huge race and we need to be on our game.



I flew on a red-eye flight on Tuesday night to Richmond. It had been some time since I took a red eye. I thought I could sleep, but didn’t sleep much at all. I was tired all day on Wednesday. I rested during the day and did some cardio that afternoon. PR Ted and I went to downtown Richmond and ate dinner at The Tobacco Company. The food was great, but the best part was riding up some really old elevator. It’s a neat town. It’s cool being in the area where our nation was born. There’s a lot of American history in this area.



Thursday I came to the track for a little bit to see my guys. We had a meet-and-greet at Carter Machinery in Mechanicsville, Va. Ryan Haas, our marketing guy, took me there. Carter is the local CAT dealer and the only CAT dealer owned by Caterpillar. There’s a CAT Did You Know? for you! I’ve attached a few pics from our visit to Cater. We did our typical team-bonding dinner on Thursday night. We tried to go to Hooter’s, but it was too packed. I guess everyone wanted to see Brandon Bernstein at his Bud appearance. We ended up at some local Mexican joint. We had a lot of fun and laughed a lot. Our spirits are good for the Richmond race this weekend.



We’re ready to warm up the Caterpillar dragster, so I’ll sign off. Have a good weekend. Oh for all you Nitromaters, I’m glad to read that I’m the favorite Top Fuel driver for so many fans. And, I haven’t seen Hillary Will yet this weekend, but I’ll make sure she knows you all say hi!

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