It's off to Michigan

We leave this afternoon around 6PM for US131 Motorsports Park in Martin, Michigan. Butch left yesterday with car, and the rest of the team piles into our RV and we'll drive all night to get there by morning. We trailer our mini-van that we use for a tow vehicle, and switch off drivers throughout the night. Once we get to the track, it takes a couple hours to get set up. None of us get much sleep on these trips but the adrenaline is pumping all weekend so you don't really notice you're tired.

We'll have a tough field to face. Creasy is running as good as anyone, and Gilbertson's car can put down a great time, too. Haddock and Wyattt are #2 and #3 in the points for a reason; they're good. In addition, we have the guy who is #3 in NHRA points, Mike Ashley, competing this weekend as he's sponsored by Evan Knoll (and this is Evan's track), along with Gary Densham, another NHRA regular.

Our challenge is to be consistent, qualify well, and then not make mistakes in eliminations and wait for our chance. We can get our car into the 4's if we need to, and an elimination round on Sunday is a good time to do it.