Just a quick note. Well, maybe not so quick, because I am sitting in the rain at the Atlanta Dragway Summit Southern Nationals and I am not sure how long the showers will last. We were set to qualify at 3:30 today but with the pending weather, we were bumped to 2:30. Not early enough though. Shortly after 2:00 pm the drops started to hit the ground. I thought it might be a good time to sit down and write.

Most of the fans stick it out. They leave the stands and head for cover, but rarely leave the facility. Most of them have plastic ponchos stuffed in their backpacks and quickly cover up. I have provided a couple of pictures of the fans and our pit.

When the bike is ready to go, and the rain comes, Gary usually studies the graphs and thinks of what the weather and track conditions will be like after the storm passes.

Since I have been professionally racing, it has rained here, at least once during the event weekend, and NHRA still manages to get the race in. I’m sure they will this weekend also.

While I was sitting here writing my blog, (I really do write it myself), I was handed the recent bi-monthly issue of Women in Racing with Danica Patrick on the cover. It has a three-page spread on the “Women of NHRA.”.I learned that Melanie Troxel is a Hostess Race Diva, with a recipe for Motorin’ Mud Pie. Not sure that I will ever make it, but it sounds good.

Well the rain has stopped, and the dryers are out on the track. That’s a great sign.

Back soon.