Greetings, blog readers! LP here from slightly rainy Seattle, with lots of catching up to do. Let me back track just a little and fill you in on some fun stuff that happened back in Denver.

Last Thursday night, the Snap-on Tools team headed to Old Chicago Pizza for a little dinner and relaxation to kick off the weekend. Once everyone had arrived, the fun began. It started with one of the guys sending Doug goofy text messages. The first one mentioned something about how much they liked Doug, and this kind of stuff carried on until a picture message of the table with a friendly little “I’m watching you” came through on Doug’s phone. Eventually, the culprit was discovered, and Doug promised some sort of payback. It was all pretty funny, and everyone had a good time. I can’t wait to see what Doug will do to get those guys back!

The race weekend didn’t really product much bloggable material. We ran decent throughout qualifying, but Sunday pretty much stunk. Loosing in the first round wasn’t really on anyone’s agenda, but the guys made the best of it. Knowing the long drive to Seattle was less than a day away, they serviced the car and started packing up. We ended up staying at the track until well after finals were over, and some of the guys even played a match of Hillbilly Golf. Soon enough it was Monday morning, and everyone was northwest bound for Seattle.

We left a little bit before the guys did, but eventually they caught up with us. We had a little Doug Herbert/Snap-on Racing convoy going down the road, and I have to admit it was pretty cool to see. I snapped this shot of them rounding a bend somewhere in Wyoming.

A few hours into the drive, Allison and I were sweating in the motor coach. The generator kept shutting off, and the driver’s compartment A/C just couldn’t keep up. I won’t bore you with the details, but let’s just say riding in a huge motor coach, without air conditioning, through Wyoming, in 100-degree weather, with three little windows for air circulation, was certainly an experience Allison and I will never forget. Thanks to Shannon and Dave and everyone else who pitched in to try and get the generator going for us. We’ll take you out for lunch and desert one of these days!

We left bright and early Tuesday morning to try and beat the heat, the guys eventually caught up with us at a truck wash. I felt compelled to blog about our truck wash adventures because this is something that happens before every race that most fans might not ever even think about.

On most weekends, the race rigs are parked on Wednesdays. But before the rigs can be parked, they have to be washed. Take a look at the rigs the next time you are at a race. I can almost guarantee that they will be pretty close to spotless, and it’s all thanks in part to the hard working men and women that run truck washes across the country. Ask anyone who has been on the road for a while, and I bet they can tell you the closest truck wash to every track on the NHRA POWERade circuit. With every rig for every team needing to get washed, the goal of every driver out there is to get to the truck wash first. Having to wait in line after driving for hours and hours can just be frustrating. Luckily, we didn’t have to wait at all, and the guys pulled in right behind us.

It looks like we might be seeing some rain in Seattle this weekend (I know, you’re shocked), but hopefully we will get to go racing as scheduled. We’re looking for good things to happen for Doug and the Snap-on team this weekend, so if you can’t make it out to the track, make sure you watch for us on ESPN2.

I’m off to finish my laundry and get to work on pictures to put on the website: www.dougherbertracing.com. Make sure you check it out!

Until next time, be good,
LP