I don’t even know where to start, the last couple of months have been such a roller coaster ride.

First, we began our season with a licensing session at Renegade Raceway in Wapato (Yakima), Washington. All the runs were not finished in that first session, but the management of Redding Dragstrip were able to allow us to finish and Bryan got his Jet Car License.

Off he and Derek went to Alaska with the Warhawk, Nitehawk and the nitro car in tow. They had a great time in Alaska – great reception, great runs, all before the home-town crowd.

Then, we were to head to Spokane County Raceway on May 16^th and 17^th. Early that week, we got a phone call. There has been an accident, the cars are in bad shape and there was also mention of a hospital. Our hearts just sank. The worst part was that the accident had taken place on a back road, no one was there except the people involved, there was no way to get there to see what had happened and Bryan’s phone was not exactly a survivor of the trip. As it turned out, Bryan suffered a dislocated shoulder and broken ribs and there was heavy body damage to all the cars. The luckiest part was the fact that the truck stopped where it did – extremely close to going off a 100’ cliff. Thanks to the powers that be, that it was not worse than it was.

The cars were towed back to Bend, OR and the work began. At this point, you have to give a huge hand and kudos to Richard Smith, Kyle Skidgel, Harrison Ford (yes, his name is Harrison Ford but he is not THAT Harrison Ford lol), Bryan Ford, Derek Snelson, Robbie Crawford - and you better give a hand to his wife Janice because what was supposed to be a few days trip turned into a three week stretch and she is absolutely the best, most understanding wife about it! If there is anyone I missed, I apologize profusely (email me and let me know). To condense three weeks into a few sentences, these folks worked 10 to 18 hours days and nights just to get the cars repaired and in top shape. Did they work miracles? You better believe they did! We did not miss another date. On the next scheduled date – June 6^th at Renegade Raceway in Wapato (Yakima), Washington not ONLY did the cars appear and make every scheduled run but Richard Smith stood in for Bryan in Nitehawk with the new body (yes, true, the third body but hey, it is soooo sharp) and set a new track record for ET AND SPEED! And THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is a thrash of the first order. We are so proud of these folks and so grateful for all their hard work!

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