Hey everyone,

First off on behalf of the entire Gilbertson family, I’d like to thank each and every one of you who sent cards, letters, and e-mails offering your condolences on the passing of Sally Gilbertson. Gilby, Rob, Sandy Ann, and Jake read each and every one of them, and they wanted me to express their thanks to all of the drag racing community for the thoughts and prayers.

So we’re trying to get back to normal around here. Gilby is back at work captaining the good ship TEMCO, and even though we don’t know right now when we’re going racing again, Kevin is hard at work down in Blacksburg getting the car ready to go. Both he and I have also been busy working on our giant nitro parts sale. We’ve been selling and shipping parts all over the country and even overseas. One dude from Australia, Mat Shepherd, bought 420 pounds of stuff that we’re shipping to his freight forwarder out in California who will then put it into a container and send it on its way. Know who the forwarder is? Gary Burgin, anybody remember him?

There’s also another nitro racer from Finland who is in the states for a while as he’s going to Gainesville then Houston before returning home, and he’s stopping by next week to see what we’ve got he can use. “Crazy Bob’s super giant inventory clearance sale, one inconvenient location, be there or be somewhere else.”

Speaking of Gainesville, as you might know there was a test session yesterday at Palm Beach Int’l Raceway. The Schumacher cars and the Kalitta Funny Car were there, and since my friend Ed Preston, our team cook, lives right down the road in Palm Beach Gardens, he took a ride out there to see our former crew chiefs Nicky Boninfante and Tommy Delago. Since they’re going to be hanging out in So. Florida for a few days before they head out to Gainesville, they asked Ed about the possibility of going fishing tomorrow.

Now Eddie has never turned down an opportunity to drag bait around the ocean, so Tommy, Ron Capps, Matt Hagan, Ed McCulloch, and a few other dudes will be meeting up bright and early tomorrow morning and heading out in search of Billfish and Mahi-Mahi. I’m sure that Matt will let you know how they made out in his blog. My issue is that I’m sitting here in Charlotte in front of my computer while all my pals will be out on the Atlantic on a 51-foot sports fisherman, there is no gravity, the world is sucking me down.

Next up, I had a pizza named after me! That’s right, a “Berserko” pizza is now available at my favorite West Coast restaurant, the Lemon Leaf in beautiful downtown Lancaster, Calif. To make a short story long, Maria Grado, the owner of the Lemon Leaf, is a big-time drag racing fan, and every time we go to the West Coast, we always stop at the “Leaf” for lunch or dinner. They make handmade gourmet pizzas, and I ordered one with the toppings I like, and after Maria test drove a slice, she really dug it, and as they say, the rest is history, thus the “Berserko” pizza is now on their new menu. To see what I like on my pizza go www.thelemonleaf.com, then click on the menu button.

In Arenacross news, Gilby and the Trick Tank Team will be competing at the final qualifying event for the Eastern Region this weekend in Wilkes Barre, Pa., at the Wachovia Arena. Jake has just about locked up the Eastern Region championship in both the 85cc and Super Mini classes and is pretty much guaranteed a spot at the U.S. Open in Las Vegas in October at the MGM Grand Arena. Team riders Justin Hopson and Tate Barr both have to have the race of their young lives to qualify for finals, but I’m sure they’re up to the challenge.

Last but not least, fellow blogger Bob Wilber posted a while ago that he got tickets for Bruce Springsteen and how excited he was to be able to see the “Boss.”

Well your old pal Bob scored two tickets for the legendary Cheech & Chong when they come to Charlotte on April 2. Not only did I get two tickets to the fastest selling show ever here in town, I copped front row tickets, that’s right row A baby!

“Dave's not here man”

Type at you L8R,

BB