Well as all of you probably know my Hubby and I spend quite a few weekends away from the house, sweating in a double layer firesuit with gloves and helmets on in 90+ degree weather, driving 140+ mph - trying to win some cash every now and again. Jeremy has been racing something since he was 15 years old and is a pretty salty racer when it comes down to it, and no Im not just saying that because he's my husband - he really is pretty good! Me on the other hand, well lets just say Im getting to where I wanna be finally after racing for about 7 years. I honestly can't believe its been that long. Its been alot for me to learn and even though I still dont actually mechanic on anything - I think I have a pretty good understanding of the sport, and I've done some pretty great things I think!!
We started out our racing season this year in San Antonio at a 2 day race which was going to pay $3,000 to win both days - We ended up spending more time with our friends the Penningtons than anything else because it rained us out until Sunday. Unfortunately Sunday we did not get in the winners circle and it was a bit frustrating actually but you can't win them all!
We made our next outing at Amarillo Dragway a couple of weeks ago. It was a fun weekend - Jeremy had originally thought his motor was hurt, but it turned out to be okay. I got beat with 8 cars left by our buddy Cole Bracey. It was really more my fault since my foot accidentally slipped off the throttle when I went to take off, so I beat myself actually.
Which finally brings me to the last weekend for me to catch you guys up on. This past weekend we traveled to Odessa to Caprock Motorplex. We hadn't been there since it closed down a couple of years ago, and now the Wrights are running the place and it was great! I can't say enough about the track we had no problems and we had 53 cars in our class - Thats the most we have seen at a track in a long time unless its a big money race. We also got to see most all of our San Angelo friends and many others that we have not been able to see in a long time. So there was lots of drinking and talking Friday night - a handful of them stayed up half the night, but not me - I turned in fairly early to get some sleep. When Saturday morning rolled around I didn't think my hubs or my dad had much of a chance of winning that day because their eyeballs were literally hanging out of their heads from all the drinking that happened the night before. haha Me on the other hand was rested and ready (as always). A typical raceday usually consists of a couple of time trials - a dash for cash and then rounds. Saturday's dash for cash would pay $450 bucks to the winner. Each racer that enters puts a dial in (what they think their car will run) on their car and you make a pass. Normally the person who runs closest to their dial in wins but in this case it was the best package. Jeremy made his run and was dead on his dial with a 7, Dad made his run and was dead on with a 0 (4.700). So naturally we all thought Dad was going to win - however I had not made MY run at this point. I went 4.844 and was .002 on the tree. Giving me a .006 package and Dad a .008 package - I ended up winning $450 to start our day! I did split that money with my pops though cause I am nice :) So into rounds we go!
First round me and my dad both lost - Jeremy ended up winning so that was good. Most places you can buyback into the race for second round so we did. Second round - Jeremy and I are winners - Dad lost so he was out. Jeremy and I stayed away from eachother best we could all night. We ended up as the last two cars left! Husband and Wifey final! We did not actually run out the final round because it was around 2am when it was over, but it was a great way to end our Saturday! This makes the 3rd final round Jeremy and I have raced eachother in. I think currently he is up on me 1-0 seeing as how the last two finals we made together we just decided to split the money since it was all going to the same place anyway. I think people would really like to see us race eachother though! haha So maybe next time I'll make him actually race me just for fun! Jeremy let me keep all the money from Saturday so I was pretty excited :)
Sundays portion of the race was hot, and by Sunday we are usually worn out and ready to go home but we raced anyway. Jeremy went red second round and was out, and I ended up going red 3rd round so I was out. Dad didn't race at all - he was exhausted!
All in all it was a great weekend for us racing! We had many of our friends go rounds and did great as well! Jory and Wes did awesome in footbrake both days! If they could learn to stay away from eachother they might could have ran eachother in the finals! In the Jr Dragster ranks our good friends Tyler and Tanner Thorp did great as always w/ Tyler making it deep both days and WINNING it on Sunday! We are super proud of him!
I am going to try real hard this year to blog our race weekends - might be fun to look back on one day! For now I know we have a busy schedule coming up.. 2 big money races in May that we are looking forward to right now. One at Amarillo Dragway and one at Wichita Falls Raceway Park! Both 3 day races with payouts over $3,000 a day to win! So hopefully we can bring home some money from those races! We are off to Hobbs Motorsports Park this weekend.. Stand by for results next week! :)
Pics are kinda hard to take while we are racing - but here are a couple that I have from last year!
Jeremy & Me @ Amarillo Dragway 2011
Me @ Hobbs Motorsports Park 2011 but its a Cool Pic!
