Homeward bound.

It was an exciting race week. I managed to win one round, making into the top 20, the girl who beat me came in 2nd in the world. I had a blast over the past week, went to a lot of things I missed last year. Thank you to all the derby families, you are what makes this event special. The cars are boxed up and rest of the derby families are already back in Salem. Over the next few days I will post more pictures. If anyone has pictures they posted on-line please send me a link. Our next event is our local clubs family picnic.
Congratz to our new WORLDS CHAMPION, Tucker McClaran.

The past few days were real busy.  Had a great day at the races. I was able to make the top 20 in Stock rally.  Tucker claimed the Super Stock World Champ title.  I hope everyone had a chance to watch on the web.  Today will be busy, boxing cars, packing, & being on the set for 25 hill.  Will post a weekend roundup soon.

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Wildwater Fun

Had an great day with good friends at Wildwater Kingdom. The sun was hot and the rides were a blast. A nice change to have a day to relax & enjoy before the big race.

These wheels are made for speed!

The last run down the hill before the big race. Jarrid Youngers took me by half a car length, mostly because of a fast set of wheels.  The alignment is square & spindles adjusted for the Championship runs.  This year the wheels are sponsored by Geico and are white.

The Badge Trading event was a blast, I ended up with over 20 shirts.  The music was loud and people danced in the rain. A groundhog made a mad dash across the field to escape the ground shaking event with 100s of racers.     

First Time down the hill - trial run.. I'm the car in lane 2.

Back from weigh in The car didn't need any adjustments. Had a fun trip down the hill racing against two masters, i almost beat em.

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Off and rolling full speed ahead.

The Speghetti Warehouse Region 1 get to gether was fun, with parents & champs they were not able to fit us all in one room. 

Check in was busy, arrived almost 2 hours early & was 60th in line. The derby families have some fun with Mr Boyle.. getting the Akron Police to frisk and cuff him (There is a picture in the photo albem to the right)

We all were escorted by the police to outside the Astro's ball park where we signed in and threw stuff out to the crowds.  I was able to gab a few items as they were tossed out.

My car was VIPd and I am running heat 101 / lane 2 (1st heat of rally).  Both people I am running against are from the East Coast, so most likely have raced this track more than me.  But lane 2 is the lane that beat be last year (I was in lane 3)

The rest of the day was spent swimming and relaxing. Had pizza with Wes. Overall it was a good day.

Today we don't have to show up at the track until 11:30 for weigh-in and adjustments.  We will also get our 1st trial run today. 

Made it to Derby Downs where I am standing in the winning lane. Met up with most the local Derby crowd at the Hotel... good to see old friends. Will post more as the week goes on, today we are mainly going to relax & recover from the trip.

10:20 Made it to the hotel in Canton (rm 325) Long day of airport hopping. Time to get some rest.

Houston we have arrived. Now the 3hr wait before our flight to cleveland

5am pdx airport waiting to take off on trip to akron

73rd AASBD Championship Page

http://aasbd.net/webdev/aasbd73/index.html

Race week is starting to shape up and looks to be one of the best ever.  It looks like heat results will be posted by the AASBD via twiter (http://twitter.com/aasbdorg).  I see a reference to a Web Cast on http://www.youtube.com/user/aasbdorg .

We still have a lot of things to do in the next few days.  Setting up for the Art Fair then getting packed.  In 5 days we are off.  We will post boring pictures of our travels.

Cars are in Akron

The Car crates have arrived in Akron, ready for inspection.  We had a button making party at the Youngers so we could be ready for the badge exchange party.

Next is to get everything set up for the Art Fair.  A lot of things going on and stuff to do in the next few days... then it's off to Ohio!