Michigan

Ive been back in Michigan since Tuesday. It seems like we were just
here. Its not my favorite track for a couple of reasons - including
the fact that it takes us almost an hour to drive to the track from
our hotel. Also the fans are a bit "different" here.

Nashville

I'm at the Nationwide race in Nashville. Its the first standalone
nationwide series race of the year and we're breaking in a new
production truck. We're about to start practice on Friday. The photo
is from my position.

This Week

I've spent this week in Dover at the Dover Race. We've had a good week as a crew with just one blip in the system - that we were able to fix in the nick of time.

I did a little Geocaching with my buddy Mark and we got to see the countryside here in Delaware. One of the caches was beside this pretty lake.


They put in a large scale version of the mascot here. This track was the first concrete track in Nascar and is called the Monster Mile. This big monster at the entrance is actually pretty cool. The car in it's hand is actual size.

It IS starting to matter

I've always been one of those folks that didn't let gas prices bother me - and in fact - I'll try to stay that way. It being one of the many things in life that I have absolutely no control over. I do however, have SOME control over how much I need to use. A recent trip to NC has proven how much it all adds up.

I remember back in the 80's calculating how much it would cost in gasoline to go to California from NC. It was in the neighborhood of $100. I just drove from Daytona Beach to Winston-Salem, NC and then to Kitty Hawk and back to Daytona. The total gas cost was $323.64. That's a chunk of money for gas for that trip. My car is not by any means a Prius, but it's not a Hummer either. The Element gets around 21 mpg on the freeway.

I suspect a lot of people are having to look seriously at their driving plans for the foreseeable future.