A New Beginning
As I look back at the idle months on my blog I want to justify the lack of entries but will not. For those of you that still check on me from time to time looking for some racing news, I thank you for not giving up. Enough said.
A lot has happened in 2008 in our little racing town. Thee top of the list has got to be Jeff Knight winning his first main event at Evergreen Speedway on June 21st. A lot of guys spend their whole racing career trying to do this and Jeff accomplished it in his 27th start ever in a race car. Impressive!
Lex and Dani Johnson started Johnson Promotions and purchased Evergreen Speedway from the Beadle family. This is a huge undertaking and their first year has been great. I look forward to see what a racers perspective will bring from the drivers seat of race track promotion.
Total Velocity Motorsports was chosen to be the team owners for the Nascar Drive for Diversity program at Evergreen Speedway. That is right, TVM will be a two car team once again but this time I will be competing from the top of the pit box versus from behind the steering wheel. For more information about D4D go to www.drivefordiversity.com. Yes we have chosen a driver and I would love to tell you all about her but we cannot go public with it until Nascar makes its announcement on January 22 2009. I will say that we have met some very talented women and men from across the country who can drive the wheels off of a race car and all of the crew from TVM have very high hopes for the 2009 race season. Have any of you ever been to Fargo North Dakota?
This weekend Jeff and I are in Orlando Florida at the PRI show. 1,000,000 square feet of the latest and greatest parts from every manufacturer who has anything to do with racing. Dirt, asphalt, drag, oval, road racing, karting, even simulated racing. It is awesome and overwhelming all at the same time.
Stay tuned, more to come.....
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I'm still with you Roger :-)
She twitters, and I have her on mine. As for Fargo, thats my fave movie of all time. Dontch'aknow? Ya Yaw'..
Oh you all are such Blog detectives! Yes I know most of us know all about her but we cannot have any press related items written about it until Nascar's announcement. Jeff and I spent a lot of time with her at the show and were impressed with her determination to find sponsors, and talk to anyone who would take a resume from her. She is the real deal and we are so blessed to have been chosen by Nascar to operate this team for her. I guarantee she will make it to one of the top levels of Nascar in the near future.
Roger