Today, race fans, we are getting a special treat. Well, sort of. Since the beginning of this year, we changed the format of our little blog here to represent all of the Kalitta Motorsports racing circus (sans Ms. Will, because she has her own great blog). Before that, as you may remember, and I hope that you do, the binary bits that this blog space occupies were devoted exclusively to one very funny and lanky Aussie. So, in a bit of nostalgia or you may call it a stroll down Memory Lane, we return our focus to the smiling bloke from Down Under in this installment. Enjoy!

Yesterday I got to go visit with all of my friends at Zantrex-3 in Salt Lake City for our annual Donuts with Dave breakfast and autograph session. We had a blast! I am always amazed at how much the employees at Zantrex-3 get behind our racing program and take time out from their busy days to come have a quick chat with me. I love to hear their stories about their first race or the first time they heard us whack the throttle in the pits. It makes all of us on our team very proud to become a special part of someone’s life and to hear that there are more and more new drag racing fans.

There are about 500 employees there and we got to visit with a lot of them. Every person that came by to see us got a donut and a signed autograph card. Now, I’m not too sure, but I think everyone was more thrilled about getting the donut than they were with getting my John Hancock on a handout! Everyone that came by also got a chance to enter into a drawing for diecasts and other goodies and a chance to win an all expenses-paid trip to the Vegas race in April. That will certainly help build some more excitement about our racing program with a great way to reward hard work.

We had a great time as always there, and I want to thank Kenton and the rest of the great staff at Zantrex-3 for always making me feel like a part of their family.

Thanks for reading my triumphant (well maybe that’s a bit much) return to the blog!

See ya soon,
Grubby.