In two weeks, my new house turns one year old! At this time last year, I was moving and preparing for the Las Vegas race. I will miss being on the track for this year’s Vegas race but plan to be at the track to support the event. I hate watching from the sidelines; however, I am working diligently to find a full-time sponsor for next race season. Considering all that, I am in great spirits and have some great prospects for next year.

We recently put together a great out of the box promotion with DVD rental company Redbox and their parent company Coinstar. It was a dinner and a movie and dessert promotion with Stouffer's and Edy's ice cream at Wal-Marts. The promotion went great and turned a lot of NHRA fans into new Redbox customers. We are in talks to continue this relationship through the 2010 season. It was also great to continue to work with the Cat dealers and Caterpillar Corporate allowing me to do so. It looks like things will really pick up for them next year!

I am also been working with Jeff Ashby and his recycling company. Jeff was the inventor of The Super Sandwich Bale. It works like this: separate recyclable items from Wal-Marts all over the country are put in big plastic bags that are then wired together in bales at each Wal-Mart store. Companies now instead of paying for the trash to be removed will make money back on their trash and recycling efforts. It is our goal to take this great green initiative to companies involved in racing and to fund my race team on trash!

This month, I traveled back home to Northwest Arkansas for my 20-year reunion and to spend time with my family. It was great to be home and spend time with great friends and family. My, how time flies! Was it really 20 years ago? When I got home my mom and dad couldn't believe it was my 20th they keep asking if it was not my 10th. The reunion committee had a great weekend planned out for us. It was also homecoming week for my high school and college football team the University of Arkansas. We were playing the Auburn Tigers who were undefeated and ranked in the top 20. My high school team didn't fare too well but my Hogs put it to Auburn. On Friday night we had a pre-party to the pre-reunion party on Saturday night. I guess any excuse to have another party lol. I got to hang with my three best buddies Ken Villines, Chad Campbell, Chris Dubbell and James Holley. We later meet at a local bar where a band was playing for us. That night was awesome because not only did we have our class there, but other classes joined us as well. The highlight of my night was spending time with my roommate from college and good friend Scott Richards and his wife Amy. Scott is in the Army reserves currently serving in Iraq and was on a one week leave. I wonder if he cheers for the Army car or me? I forgot to ask. J

The next day was our reunion at the Embassy Suites in a ballroom. The band Ultra Suede played '80s music of course and was awesome. I was flattered at how many people follow my racing career. I am pretty sure that I was the only single person with no children yet. Life on the road, what can I say J. I won an Academy Award for the one that hasn't changed or aged. Not a bad award to win! Speaking of the green initiative, we received recycled trophies so I got an old bowling trophy. Fitting, since my last bowling score was 55. Good thing I drive better than I bowl. Though I may not have aged, it was nice to be home and get some rest!

For anyone who hasn’t seen the Terry Fator show in Las Vegas, It is a must see! I really enjoyed the show and his impressions were amazing!

Well, I will sign off for now and look forward to seeing you all real soon.