Hi everyone! Just a very quick blog before I leave for Sonoma tomorrow. Yep, I am going to Sonoma, unfortunately our Sunglass Machine didn't get to make the trip. We had been working on a couple of things that would have allowed us to race Seattle and Sonoma, but at the last minute things just didn't work out as we had planned. I am excited, however, that Toni and I will be flying out and spending the weekend at the track.

This will be another new milestone for me -- being at a NHRA national event without my Pontiac GXP racecar or my tractor trailer. Wow! This should be interesting. Toni says that if I start to drive her crazy she is going to stick me in the announcer's booth with Bob Frey for the weekend.  Ha! I bet Bob will be excited to hear about that.

I have always loved racing at Infineon Raceway so I am sure that I will love spectating there just as much. Just think, I won't have any of the stress of qualifying or racing and still have all the fun of being at the racetrack! I know, who am I trying to convince here? LOL Anyway, I have an RFC board meeting to attend and also plan on meeting up with my good friends at Wiley X while we are out there. After all, Infineon Raceway is only about an hour from the Wiley X corporate offices and it is always fun to visit the Freeman family and catch up on everything new that they have going on. Hey, you never know, I may even get to sample some of their newly designed eyewear that is coming out in the near future. How cool is that?

Ever since I found out that I wasn't going to drive across country, Jon and I decided to reorganize the entire race shop. We have spent a week with a fork lift and pallet jack moving and sorting through pallets and pallets of race car parts. I can't believe all of the stuff that we have accumulated over the years and it feels good to sort through and organize everything, throw away all of the junk, re-palletize, shrink wrap and place a full pallet back on the pallet racking. It is amazing many hood scoops, parachutes, tires, and engine parts, etc. that we have gathered over the past twenty years! You wouldn't believe it!

Well, time to wrap this blog up. I have lots to finish before going out of town tomorrow. I am looking forward to my long weekend away. Besides going to the track, Toni and I are hoping to have some time to do some of the sightseeing that we usually don't have time to do when we are in Sonoma. You know how demanding that racing can be! We are planning to visit Wiley X and then take in some of the sights of San Francisco. Also on the agenda is a visit to the beautiful wine country and our favorite winery - Ledson Winery.

I'll be sure to check back soon, hopefully with lots of pictures of our trip. Thanks for checking in!