Hi, blog fans! Since this was an off weekend, I had the chance to do a little bit of relaxing. On Saturday, we had a big car show at the shop. It was a really good time, and we are already planning to have another one in the spring. We will let you know the dates so if you are in the area you can come by and say hi.

After the show, I went for a motorcycle ride. It was a really pretty day, and wanted to make sure I got the most of it. The ride was nice, and I got to think about what we need to do for the last three races of the year.

On Sunday, my buddy Bob Lutz and I went into Charlotte to watch the Panthers play at Bank of America Stadium. The facilities are great, which is more than I can say for the way the Panthers played. Tampa Bay ended up whipping them pretty good, 20-7. I was really hoping the team would do a little better this year, and maybe they will, but on Sunday they pretty much stunk. Maybe the next time I get to go to a game they will actually show up to play football!

Today I went down to the convention center in Charlotte for the SOUTH-TEC Machinery Show. We work with the folks at GibbsCAM, a state-of-the-art computer programming system for CNC machines, and they had a booth set up. I spent some time talking about the machine shop part of our business, and talking about racing and Snap-on Tools as well.

Speaking of racing, this weekend we will be in Richmond. Not qualifying at the last race didn’t help our chances of making the Countdown to One, but we pulled off a long shot to get into the Countdown to Four. Who is to say we can’t make it happen again? One thing is for sure, I know we are ready to go racing and get back to winning.

Over and out for now,

Doug