Happy Easter

I hope the Easter bunny left you a basket full of chocolate and eggs. The Easter bunny left 2 large basket for our kids. They are very excited and now there painted some eggs. (Then we will be washing their clothes) Well, Kelley Motorsports had a very good weekend. First of all, anna drew went with me. Her mama was a little nervous because she and heath stayed at home. I was very proud of her. She was very good and helped where she could. The only problem now is she says she wants to go to all of them. We went to Rockingham and made 2 back to back runs during the day without smoking the tires. Our first run was a planned shut off at 300. It's been 5 months since I've been in the car and I was a little rusty, but all went according to plan. I have all new Impact! safety equipment which fit me very well. I want to thank Dale Vickery of Vickery's Speed shop in Anderson SC and John Schneider with Impact! The car left straight and pulled hard all the way to 300ft where i clicked it off. We came back and serviced the car. Everything looked perfect so it was basic service and back to the starting line. This time it's a planned 1/8 mile shut off. The car launched hard , blacked tracked a little and still was pulling strong until i clicked it off at 1/8 mile mark. I sure wanted to run it on through, but with financial conditions, it just wasn't feasable, plus our initial plans were to just make 2 300ft runs. We came back and serviced the car and again, everything looked perfect, so were confident going to San Antonio. I got some good news last week when Mrs. Holbrook of Holbrook Performance parts called and told me they would be returning to help me out this year. I also want to thank Terry Mcmillen for giving me some Amalie Nitro Oil. Every thing helps when your on a small budget. I want to thank my crew for their hard work and dedication to my team. Butch, Don, Jay, Ray, Richard, Paul, and Jim. I also want to thank the efforts of Steve, David, Jack and Vince for their help this weekend. Well, me, Dad and jill are excited about going to texas and hope to bring home our first win. See you soon.

Hello

Hello everyone, its been a while since my last post. A lot has been going on around here. We were planning on being at the feb. test at Rockingham, but some family issues came up and I just could not go. We are still looking for one or more marketing partners for this year, so if you know anyone, help us out. We went and registered Anna Drew for k5, she is growing up quick. Heath is all about Funnycars, and he's only 3. Well, its late and Anna Drew is sitting on my lap helping me type and now she says its time to go to bed, see you at the races!

Season prep

Man, we will be racing shortly. Time surely flies when your having fun. We have been really busy getting everything prepped for the 08 season. We have some new product sponsors coming on board and were still looking for more. We had the car at Horton race cars having some new "stuff" installed. We have been looking high and low for our "tire smoker" problem and we actually found several. Richard Hartman has actually found them, he has worked his tail off helping us. I am pumped to get this year started. Like I said, we made numerous changes to the car, so we will do something we have never done--TEST! We plan on being at rockingham in feb. to do several launches to see how everything is going, then head to San Antonio in April. We're having a new aluminum air to air cooler being made by Griffin thermal products here in Piedmont SC for our Freightliner. I'm ready to put it on and see what the results will be. I know Griffin makes high quality and durable componets, so this will be no exception. I cant say enough about the help richard and my crew has given us. We will be painting the front of the Firebird tommorrow and touching up a few spots as well. We have a big weekend planned- working on the car, truck, trailer, parts, bodies, and insulating the inside of our race shop. I want to thank the efforts of Danny and Lanita Driggers and Robert Griffith of R&R Construction. What a huge help they have been. Me and my dad went over to see connie after his Knee surgery. He is doing well but still keep him in your prayers for a speedy recovery. Until next time.....

Merry Christmas to all.....

Happy Birthday Jesus. I hope everyone who is reading this has a Merry Christmas. We are having a great Christmas. The kids got way to much from Santa. It's been hectic. going here and there, eating 24/7... I bought Bron an excerise Bike, but I think I will be the one using it mostly so I can fit in the car. It's been great having family together, seeing old friends, and looking forward to the 08 season. Merry Christmas

Sponsor mentions never enough

As I sit here at my computer looking at my christmas tree, wife and kids, I have to reflect on my 07' season. What a great year it has been, but it was over way to quick. Seems like yesterday, Me, daddy, jill, ray, jay, don, paul, connie, scott, steve, jim, and travis were on a plane to San antonio texas for the first IHRA knoll-gas Nitro jam race. We hadn't tested any over the winter and the very first pass I made was a 5.06 ( early shut-off). My crew's the best. Some were new, just jelling together. What an awesome crew they evolved into over the year. Thank you so much guy's! Richard Hartman has been a great asset to our team and we have all became good friends. Richard, phillip and myself went to the PRI show and we had a great time. I want to congratulate Bruce Litton, Dale Creasy, Mark Thomas, Scott Cannon and Robert Patrick on their Pro championships. I know for a fact they didn't come easy. We all dream of it, but to make it a reality, must be great! I want to thank all my sponsors who have helped me in my career. Running a car on a budget, I have to select the very best parts to run in my car and to you, thanks, Holbrook Performance parts, General machine of Anderson, Victory-1 valves, Ross Pistons, Vickery's speed shop, Impact!, Silt fence, JRD, R&R Construction, Hartman Machine Works, Horton race Cars, Safety solutions,Moore Performance, Nitro radios, Williams performance, Boninfante clutches, Richmond gear, ARC,and Hartman Enterprise. I also want to thank Connie Davis. Without his support, this year would have not been possible for our team. I also want to thank Paul Constantine. He has been the backbone of my identity this year. From my website to t-shirts to all the media attention I received, thank you Paul. I smell Nitro! Although we didn't win the championship, I feel I won the best of all this year. I met a lot of great people this year and made a lot of friendships I will never forget. Thanks to all the IHRA staff for making it one heck of a year and to the entire staff with Track Rescue for keeping us safe. What a dream I'm living! Can't wait til next year. Andy

Down time for the off season?

I apologize for not blogging in a while, but we have been busting our tails getting ready for next season. We actually took a week off after rockingham, and thats it. It's been 6-7 days a week. Most of you know I am a diesel mechanic by trade. So, after we work all day at the truck shop, we go to the race shop and work. It's so much fun, but tons of work. Between work, racing and family time, there is NO down time! Were still looking for a major sponsor for 08' and were not giving up- ever! We are in the talking stages with a few prospects but nothing solid. I have secured a product deal with Dale Vickery of Vickery's Speed Shop in Anderson S.C. www.vickeryspeedshop.com and Impact! race products www.impactraceproducts.com I have to thank Mr. John Schneider of Impact! race products for all he has done for me. I am very excited about being in all Impact! gear for 08' and beyond! Safety is my main goal. With 2 young kids, wife and dog, I want to be protected in the very best way and Impact! race products will make that happen. Anyone looking for safety gear, whether it's Dragracing, circle track, go cart, tractor pulling, etc. should contact Dale Vickery and he will set you up and best of all he is at the IHRA races and many more. We painted our cranberry Freightliner this week. Our rig will be all white for 08' and it looks great. I want to thank my brother Neal, my dad Pat, Butch, Kenny and Tom for making it happen. I will post pics later. We will be running a camaro for the start of the season. The chassis has been at Horton race cars in Belton S.C. having some changes made and Richard Hartman has been working on our clutch management and other parts for next year. I dont give richard as much credit as he deserves, but he has worked his tail off for our team. We all want to win! Thanks to my crew, family and friends for all your support. stay tuned.......

Interview with Steve LeTempt

We finally got together with the guys at www.realracinusa.com for the interview. If you want to listent to it, here is the direct link to the audio.

http://karnacmedia.com/audiointerviews2007/DRAGS/SWS110707.mp3

We're working hard trying to get some more sponsors lined up for 2008.