Hi, blog fans!

This past week has gone by in a blur! If any of you blog readers out there have a daughter anywhere between the ages of birth and about 15 or 16, I’m sure you have heard of Hannah Montana. Well, my daughter Jessie certainly has, and last Tuesday Hannah made an appearance in Charlotte.

I love going to concerts, and have had my share of having to wheel and deal to get tickets I really wanted, but these Hannah Montana tickets were probably the hardest tickets to get. They are selling out all over the country, and this concert was no different. Once I finally got my hands on the tickets, I wanted to make it as special as I could for Jessie and her friends.

To get the evening started off right, Jessie, her friends Gabby and Olivia and I all piled into a limo and headed over to Red Rocks for dinner. Once we had enough to eat, we headed downtown to rock out. We had really good seats, and Jessie and the girls had a really good time. I managed to survive despite a headache from all the screaming girls, and I will admit she put on a good show.

Then on Wednesday I spent the day with Mike Hamm, the local Snap-on franchisee from here in Lincolnton. We toured around his route here in town, talking with all his customers. Just like when I toured with Rudy a couple weeks ago, it always makes me feel good when I get to hear how many people out there watch us and cheer for us. Lots of the guys and gals we saw are faithful Snap-on customers and DHP customers, too. LP caught up with us over at Buddy Stasney’s GMC dealership, and took this picture of us meeting with some of the mechanics and George Petree, the new General Manager. One of the guys over there had one of the oldest Snap-on toolboxes I have seen in a long time! It still looked good, though, and was doing a great job holding all those tools.

I managed to a bit of relaxing over the weekend, but soon enough, it’s Monday again and back to work. The new car came in last week, and Kevin and Keith and all the guys are here working hard to get everything ready to go testing. We are really excited about everything we have going on. I hope the days keep going by fast so we can go racing again soon!

Over and out for now,
Doug