First of all I would like thank everyone for all the e-mails of encouragement and ideas. I've read them all and it's given me an extra boost of confidence. I don't think I've talked on the phone this much ever in my life. All I do is talk on the phone and try to make something happen. I've worked on everything I could think of. I could not had asked for a tougher time to find a new sponsor and race team to sustain my rivalry with my good buddy Tony, but I'm up for it. LOL

If President Obama gets the $819 billion stimulus package passed -- yes, that's billion with a b -- it's time to start rebuilding our nation's infrastructure and get that Caterpillar equipment out there in full force to fix roads and bridges. Maybe I'll even get a job driving a D11 tractor. I think the biggest negative of this bad economy is all the negative stuff you here on the news every night. I feel once things get rolling again our economy will flourish. I've became a big Dave Ramsey fan on Fox business and I agree with his ideas. Dave believes that we the people are the economy. So if we are the economy, we can fix this problem. He believes you should list your debts smallest to largest. Pay minimum payments on everything but the little one. Attack the little one with a vengeance. When it's gone, attack the next one, and someday be debt free. Rich people ask how much? Broke people ask how much down and how much a month? Here's a great quote: The rich rule over the poor and the borrower is the slave to the lender. Proverbs 22:7

I'm excited it's Super bowl week. This town is crazy during the Super Bowl. There are tons of great parties and the best part is going to the casino and watching the game or just to people watch. I don't bet, but it's sure fun watching the other people give their money away. The casinos have what they call prop bets and you can bet on anything you could think of that could happen in the Super Bowl. One I saw is who will score more points on Sunday, the Steelers or Lebron James. They have these huge screens that they show the game on and thousands of people are yelling for winning and losing bets. They don't really care about the game, just their bets. There are a few things that flourish in a touch economy, alcohol and gambling.

What I'm not excited about is next week and not racing at Pomona. I was glad that my old crew chiefs Rob Flynn and Mike Guger went 323 mph in testing with the Budweiser car. I'm cheering for Brandon now that he has that "Canadian Horsepower." I think it's going to be very top-heavy in Top fuel this year. I really don't think there's any true favorite because of all the turnover from last season. I'm sure Tony and Larry and Antron and Brandon all will do well. They all ran some really good times in testing. Let's just hope I'm racing by the end of the year to mix things up and hopefully play spoiler in the Countdown.