Last night I was lying in bed watching videos of my dad and I bracket racing. I cannot believe how far we have come. Since I was 12 years old I knew that I wanted to ride drag bikes and someday race professionally in the NHRA. Now, here I am; 19 years old and getting ready to start my second professional season. I am so thankful for the opportunities I have had to follow my dreams. Thank you so much to everyone who has ever supported my dream; I could not have done it with out all of you.

The Gatornationals are coming up fast. I am very thankful for this, because I am dying to get back to race season. My dad and I have still been going full throttle to get everything in order before the season opener in Florida. I just went and picked up my body from the paint shop on Saturday. Our Suzuki was painted pearl white and looks absolutely incredible. I am in love with that color. A huge thank you to JP’s Paint & Body Works in Chico, Calif. They have been awesome to me and have sponsored paint jobs on three of our bikes. I have also been working with a local graphics company out of Chico called Kevin Sharrah Designs. Kevin does great work and is helping me to customize my racing operation. Here recently I took my helmet into him to be painted. I had drawn out a design involving graffiti and white lilies. Kevin said he could do it, but not only would it cost extra for the lilies, but I was not allowed to tell any one he had painted them (Hopefully he doesn’t read this.) Big thanks to Kevin for the help and for agreeing to paint the lilies!

We worked hard on Saturday in order to get my good friend, crew member, and hero John Widmann headed back east with another trailer. He is hauling more parts to the Ganns' shop in North Carolina. Along with the parts, we loaded my other two bikes in the trailer. We are going to try and sell one of the Pro Stock Bikes while we are in Gainesville. I am also going to race my black bike, affectionately known as Black Sunshine at the AMA race in Valdosta, Ga., the week before Gainesville. It was a sad feeling watching John drive away with two of our bikes, especially since my other bike is already on the other side of the country. I trust my friends and teammates very much though, and I will get to meet up with all of them soon.

Surprisingly, our garage does not have a single motorcycle in it right now; I can’t remember the last time that happened. I don’t know what my dad and I are going to do this weekend. It looks like we will have to put a shine on my mom’s dragster. Tonight, I am headed to Davis, Calif., to see my good friend, Arielle Patton. She is a student at UC Davis. I can’t wait to see her. Then it will be back home to get everything in order before I fly out on March 2 for the start of the season. Bring on Gainesville! Take care and I promise to keep everyone posted on our next racing adventures. Thanks for reading.