What other cool stuff have I done in the fancy world of a Funny Car driver? I went to Impact! to have my helmet worked on and have been at the shop helping the guys as much as possible as we prepare for the next two races. They did a basic service on the car and have spent the rest of the time packing for the next two events. We have to make sure we have everything we need for Las Vegas and Pomona in the truck now because we don't have time to come back between the two-race West Coast swing.

We are trying like crazy to get the guys the weekend off because they have not had a weekend off for five or six weeks and while we all get along, it's still important for everyone to have some time off from the job and the team.

It's a big weekend here in Indy. We have two parties to go to on Saturday night and then we'll spend all day Sunday working on the motor home. We park it at Snake's Vista, Calif., shop all winter so we have to make sure we pack for two races, but take everything out that we don't want to spend the winter in California. It's tougher than it sounds. We live in that motor home all year long, so there is a lot of stuff in there that we use every week.

Then we will all leave first thing Monday morning and head to Las Vegas. I'm going to do a photo shoot with one of the PBR cowboys on Wednesday, so we have to be in the city early enough to get that done. I'll tell you more about when they give me more details, but I've heard there will be a rodeo bull named Buckshot involved, so they definitely have my attention.