Man, oh man. I am actually excited about this upcoming season, for the first time in a while. This season we are gonna chase points! I haven't seriously chased points since 2004. We did go for points in '03 and won the Thunder Mountain Speedway IMCA track points. Chased track points in '04 and missed it by one skinny point. One point. One. What a heartbreaker. But this year we are going for it, with a twist, we are also gonaa go for IMCA Colorado State Championship also. I have finished Second in state three times! Always the bridesmaid, never the...*ahem*...bride. Chasing points is nervewracking and time consuming, You gotta change your driving style because you are racing for points. You can't take any unnecessary chances to take the big W. With Cortez, CO back in action and IMCA sanctioned, that is where we will go several times this year to try rack up enough points for elusive State Championship. This will probably eat up our travel budget, which kinda sucks because I do like to catch a big out of town post IMCA season race somewhere. We have gone to Las Vegas NV in '03 and '04, Pahrump NV in '05 and the IMCA Supernationals in '07. If our budget allows it, I am considering going to Abilene TX for "the Shootout" in October (or is it November?). What this means to potential and existing sponsors is added exposure in different markets.

We have gotten a new car for my son, Shane, to drive for this season. He has been racing a Nova for two seasons, but we feel it is time to put him in a metric car, which has more adjustibility. 2008 may be Shane's last serious racing season. After this summer he is moving to his mom's in California to finish out high school. I hope he decides to return here to Colorado. Linda and I will miss him greatly. This kid's got some mad skills as a race car driver. If he comes back here after high school I'd like to see him move up to IMCA Stock Cars then on to IMCA Mods. I guess we will have to see where his life takes him.