My last blog was about football, now I’m going to talk about my dad. For those of you who don’t know, I come from a racing family. My mom wanted to have Hot Rod Fuller on my birth certificate, but she settled on Rod with my dad. I grew up in a racing family. Both my dad, Bob, and brother, Tony, race in the Super categories and they’re both very good racers. My dad won the Division 5 championship in Super Comp for the second or third time in his career and I’m so very proud of him. We did have one champ in the Fuller household in 2007.

What makes it special is that he won in my old car. I built that car from ground up. I gave that car to my dad when I went Top Fuel racing and that car means a lot to me and to see him win and do well with that car is just really an awesome feeling. I believe that car helped me get to Top Fuel. I think winning a Super Comp championship is as hard as winning the Top Fuel title because you have to win so many rounds and races. Sometimes you have to win seven or eight rounds, not just four. I’m lucky to have a family that raised me right and have a great racing mentor like my pops.

A lot of people don’t realize that on Sunday morning before race day we talk racing strategy and he gets me pumped up to win rounds. Momma Fuller expects the best from us and she wants us to do well. We all joke that you don’t want to disappoint Momma Fuller. I think all of the racing Fuller’s did her proud in 2007.

I’m excited to fly home to Arkansas for Christmas and spend time with the family back home. I don’t get home as often as I should. I’m off to Peoria for a week on Sunday and I’m nervous because I haven’t been out of the house much and I’m not 100-percent. It will be my first flight since the knee surgery. Again, rehab is going well. We’re excited about meeting all the employees and people at CAT’s corporate office next week. We’re going to debut our ’08 paint scheme in Peoria and it looks really cool. They just sent me some pictures from the shop in Indy and I’ll post some stuff on the blog next week after the unveiling. I just hope it’s not too snowy and cold. I’m from Vegas and we don’t do well with snow.

Have a great weekend.