I want to take a moment and get you caught up on the past week. I wrote in my last blog that I was sitting in the rain in Atlanta, watching the fans protect themselves from the elements. Today I am sitting in the sunshine of Nevada enjoying the last few hours at home, before I catch a plane for Ohio.

I believe I mentioned in another blog that the GEICO Motorcycle team was going to test more often this season. Well, we are. After our loss in the semi’s at Atlanta, we stayed in the South to do some testing and to prepare for Columbus. With these new motors, we need to obtain as much data as possible. Gary tried a couple of things and we ended up with a couple of 7.0 passes.

Gary, Doug and Debbie packed up and headed for Virginia for the week, while I caught a plane going out west. Tuesday through Friday was a normal GE workweek for me. I was able to catch a few evening sunsets from home, and check up on the progress of the shop. It’s coming along. Here is a recent picture of it.

Yesterday, my mom, nephew Ryan, and myself went to Sacramento Raceway to help our friends run the National Motorcycle Racing Association event. I’ve written about it many times in the past. I wrote the software program for all the administration, so I usually go to make sure there are no problems. That’s also where I’ve done most my announcing and, on occasion, assist in the staging lanes. Well, I have now added another racing element to my résumé. When I arrived there, Bill put me on the starting line and asked if I would be the starter for the day. Here are a couple of pictures of me starting. (I’m the one in the hat with the starter box.)

I called Gary in Virginia during one of the breaks and told him that I was the starter. He said, “You know what it like to be on the other end, so just be consistent, very very consistent”.

I’m no Rick Stewart, but I had fun.