Greetings, blog readers! LP here with a quick update from the goings on here in beautiful California. After a few days of rain up in Seattle, I have to admit I am happy to be basking in the sunshine!

The team left Seattle on Monday to make their way to Sacramento. We had a display on Wednesday, so the guys parked their rigs at RPM Indoor Karting Racing on Tuesday night. Needless to say, they took a few laps in the go-karts. Now, I didn’t make it in town in time to take part in the go-karting experience, but from what I understand, it was quite competitive. In fact, they all seemed to think they had the fastest one, except for Stacker. Apparently, his either didn’t have a brake pedal, or he chose not to use it, and he spent most of his time tagging the wall. Sorry, Stacker…I couldn’t resist.

As for the display, it was probably one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Melvyn Record of Infineon Raceway asked us to participate in what they call DragQuake. Doug and the guys fired up the dragster while Dr. Brittsan measured how much the earth moved with a mobile seismograph. Doug whacked the throttle a couple of times, and when all was said and done, Dr. Brittsan compared it to an earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale.

How cool is that! If you have ever been to a race before, you know you can feel the cars going down the track from the top of your head to the tips of your toes. Now we can put a number to it! And that’s just while hitting the throttle. I’m certainly no expert like Dr. Brittsan, but I can only imagine the readings would go up when two of them go down the track. It was a ton of fun, with just one little problem…

Not only did it move the earth, but apparently we made quite a bit of noise as well. Next thing I know, a few members of California’s Highway Patrol had all the guys on the ground and had Doug spread eagled against a patrol car. Luckily, we were able to persuade them to let everyone go. After all, we have a race to win this weekend!

Until next time, be good,
LP