Sometimes you get lucky and other times you get unlucky. This deal was sort of both. In the quest to dethrone Jason Shaw as reigning Champion in the Late Model class we need every good finish we can get. It was lap 14 when the red flag came out. Someone in the CVM pits was having trouble and the ambulance responded bringing out the "no move" flag. While we were sitting on the front chute comfortably in 4th place, I got the call from my spotter Jim that he was told by Randy Shaw that our left front tire was going flat. It wasn't good news because it meant we would have to leave the track to change the tire...but...believe it or not, we were actually very thankful that the tire didn't go down during the race. The possibilities for that scenario would not be good, maybe not as bad as the Delaware deal with the #9 car, but the chance of wrecking was real. Thankfully disaster was avoided thanks to the red flag. The full race report will be on our message board before the end of Canada's birthday.

    I am surrounded by some great talent in this picture. Shane Maginnis #03, Scott Lyons #52 and Jason Shaw #82. Both Jason and Scott showed no mercy as they kept me outside for two and a half hours...well, it seemed that long, as I tried passing early race leader Ted Horsfall. Scott would go on to win, Shane finished one behind me (he's laying low until the money race next Saturday) and Jason was hard luck as he got mixed up with the race leader and ended up scratch. We were lucky and unlucky. We were running 4th when the red flag was brought out. During that delay our left front tire went flat as we sat on the front chute. If the race hadn't stopped for an emergency in the pits, we may have raced hard into the turn and been in trouble with the flat tire. As is was we were able to get it changed and end up 6th after starting at the back. You will see these boys and many others duel it out for the second leg of the Grisdale Triple Crown this coming Saturday...75 laps...should be good.

    One thing you never want to do, cut down in front of someone at 120 mph, even at 110. This terrbile crash happened becasue of a miscommunication between me and my head spotter Jim. The miscue will do two things, take away Jeff Lancaster's chance to race tonight at Flamboro, and take away any money I had saved. It was by far the hardest hit I've had in a race car, because of the speed, and by far the most damage. Mike McColl came by to see how bad our car was damaged, we immedialely made an appointment with him. We will strip the car down today and get it to Mike on Monday. The bad news is this will be a big ticket cost wise, the frame bent, lots of parts bent, crushed and many more intimidated...but not me. The good news?...we still have almost a full tank of gas....the full scoop on this tragedy will be on Diary of a Season by Sunday. Congrats to Steve Roblee who dominated this race, and to David for running steady, picking up a 7th place finish.

    It was a common theme for some churches to have a Father's Day event. Steve Lyons took his car to his own church, Grandview Baptist, and we had our Late Model at Creswicke Baptist in Guelph. God allows His kids to race, and sometimes we get to bring our cars for show and tell. In the past few years we've had our race cars at many churches...Steve Lyons will be doing the same every chance he gets. It's a great opportunity for us to share both racing and our faith.

    I know what you're thinking!!...but this would be so neat, then I could run tomorrow night at Flamboro with OSCAAR....because tonight Delaware is cancelled due to RAIN!!!!!..... Anyway, this will be my car for the upcoming 3 Unit on line racing. It's so good, you can wreck your car at 150 mph, the yellow comes out, you go to the pits and return without being a lap down, and best of all no damage...thanks to Mike Larkin for creating this design.