Ah, Summer….When you can feel the heat baking into your bones, a fire at night as it starts to cool off…..oh, wait-that’s a Jet Car!  Well, we did have a couple of elements of summer with us on the 4th. We did have our barbeque and we had our homemade ice cream with Derek and Krysia and we were joined again by Robbie and Janice Crawford. We just did it at Champion Raceway in Medford Every year this feels more like someplace to call home! Jim – you and your staff were the absolute best and we can’t thank you enough for “having us over”. Kudos to your safety crew who understand how to handle a jet on the shut-down area.

And two great runs! First pass came in 6.23 @ 258 and a second of 6.105@ 261.49 as we closed out the show and ushered in the fireworks. A little bit of a timing challenge to get that to work out, but I think it came off pretty well. Although, it was a little hard to see the fireworks through the trees on the tow back until we made it all the way to the trailer. Lol

Dennis Murphy and his crew were also there with the Detroit Dragon, but the gremlins hit him hard this weekend. Hang in there Dennis!!

We saw some really great racing and some really nice cars. That is one of the perks of being parked right by the staging lanes. Sooner or later, you see everything and everybody! Even the one that rattled his own door off on the burnout. Yes, you read that right. Ummm-does it count if you blow your own doors off??

Then, on Sunday we made our way up to Eugene to visit our “retired” crew chief Richard Fuller and his wife Peg. Again-thanks so much for your hospitality! We loved being able to see you both. They showed us around town, took us shopping, even cooked for us and just put up with us in general. We have been blessed with wonderful friends.

Then, they showed us how to cut over on the way home through an absolutely beautiful road that follows the McKenzie River. Okay, another area to fall in love with! Did I say how beautiful it was?

Off for a few weeks before we head to Spokane for July 31st. Ugh….yard work and house cleaning LOL………

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