Why Grandparents Go Gray

This past weekend God was certainly watching over G2.

He was at the Texas Motor Speedway dirt track racing and had a horrible wreck during his heat race. His car was destroyed.

Below is a video that has been posted on YouTube. There are actually 2 wrecks shown on the video. G2's was reportedly the worst wreck of the weekend and is the first one on the video clip. He is in the blue and orange car. The wreck is shown once as it happened and then following that it is shown again in slo-mo.

Note that he does wear a HANS device and was NOT hurt other than a few scratches.



Just as any other grandparent would be, we are very thankful he was not hurt.


PS. AD and I were not at the track. It is probably a very good thing. 

Our Time at TMS (Texas Motor Speedway)

G2 in his new fire suit

On Sunday, February 27, G2 climbed into his new 'ride' for the very first time. He'd never driven a Sport Mod before (also known as a 'Limited' Modified as I have since found out.) He took it around Outlaw Speedway a couple of times that day.

Last Thursday we all headed for TMS near Fort Worth for the 'Texas World Dirt Track Championship' races.

Thursday night he took the car around the track a few times and had fun throwing a little mud.

Mud! This is only a little of what was scraped off from underneath the car. (And his Granny brought a small piece of it home thinking she'll find a way to put it on a scrapbook page. LOL!)



G2's fans in the stands (that's me on the very left.)

Friday night was hot laps, a heat race to see where he would start in the A-qualifier, and then the A-qualifier race.

He finished 3rd in his heat and everyone was pumped!

The weather changed radically after his heat race (we actually felt the wind change and it immediately got COLD). That caused the track to change which meant G2's car didn't have the right set up and he finished 16th in the A-qualifier.

Only the top 7 cars were locked into Sunday night's A feature meaning that G2 would have to race in a B-qualifier on Sunday to see if he'd make it into the A feature race.

 If he finished in the top 3, he would transfer up and be able to race in the A feature.

On Sunday night he led the B-qualifier race for several laps but fell back just a smidge. He did finish 3rd though and transferred to the A-feature. That meant he would race with the best of the best.

He was a very happy young man!

Again the track changed a bit by the time the A feature rolled around (not due to weather this time though. I still can't believe how cold it was!) and again his car didn't have the right set up. Just one of those racin' things but they're learning all the time. Still G2 finished 18th. Not bad for a 16 year old kid who'd only been in the car a handful of times.



His mom was pretty proud of him - just like we all were! We're excited to see what the new season has in store for G2. With a little more practice we're pretty sure he'll be "tearin' up the tracks" in a few states.

PS. I forgot to mention that there were 93 pre-registered Sport Mods for the races. I'm not sure if any more showed up or not. Like I said, 18th out of 93 isn't bad though!

We're Back!

We had a GREAT weekend!

G2 did an AMAZING job in his new ride considering he'd only practiced in it once a week ago yesterday (Sunday) and then we headed to Texas Motor Speedway last Thursday.

I'll post all about the weekend in the next few days. Right now there's laundry to do and blogs to catch up on.

NOTE to Poohpa: I didn't see your comment about Sweetie Pie's Ribeyes until this morning. We'll definitely have to check it out next time we're down that way.

Off The Grid

G2 with his new car

I'll be 'off the grid' so to speak this week. We'll be traveling to Texas Motor Speedway later in the week to root for G2 as he competes in his first Southern Sport Mod race. The whole family is so excited for him. This is a new class for him but we know from past experience he'll do a great job.

I have LOTS of things I need to get accomplished before we leave. See you soon!