Hey, blog readers! LP coming at you from the busier than ever race shop of the Snap-on Tools team. As I’m sure you might have heard, we have a few new additions to the family, and I’d officially give a big blog welcome to Kevin Poynter, Keith Stewart, James Culp and Larry Lush for coming on board. Kevin and Keith have absolutely hit the ground running getting everything ready for next season, and James and Larry have become acquainted with the way we do things around here and are already making a difference.

We did manage to take a bit of a break one day last week and head out to the old favorite Ryan’s for lunch. I made everyone quit talking just long enough to take a quick picture. Starting on the left and headed to the back of the table, we have Keith, James, Stacker, Larry and Brad. On the right side, Dave, Mike, Kevin, Doug and Shannon round out the table. That is pretty much everyone on the team, with the exception of our hospitality guru Brownie. Next time maybe he will actually be able to come to lunch with us!

Over the weekend, Doug headed down to the PRI show in Orlando, Florida. Our buddy Ray was there manning the booth for HPW, and Doug stopped in to say hi and see how things were going. Doug spent the day making the rounds and talking to everyone on sight, and let me tell you, there were plenty of people to see. The place was so incredibly huge, I didn’t get to see even get to see half of the place! Luckily, Doug is much taller and walks much faster than I, and no trouble seeing everyone he needed to see.

I know this has been a short one, but there are lots of things to do. The annual Doug Herbert Performance Parts Holiday shindig takes place this weekend, and I need to get to work on finalizing all the details.

One more thing, Doug and the Snap-on dragster will be on hand tonight for the Stocks for Tots in downtown Mooresville. A few of the straight line guys are going to be on hand with all of the NASCAR guys raising money for local charities. You can check it out at www.stocksfortots.com, and if you are in the area, make sure you stop by and say hi!

Until next time, be good,

LP