Racing Friends

Racing has many great benefits. One at the top of my list would be all the friendships made and developed around the car. Kirk Rueb from my church came over to the shop the other night to say hi. He jumped right in, putting the tires on the car, while we were wrenching on the car. Randy, Kirk and I carried on a conversation for the better part of a half hour. The car has an ability to gather people around it and then provide many conversations starters. The love of speed and horsepower has a bonding effect.

Kirk Reub

When we got to the track last Friday night, we bump into a long time friend Eric Butler. He was at the track with us the first time I raced a four cylinder ten years ago. Since then he and his family moved to St. Louis. With a free friday night, he decided to spend the evening in the pits with Randy and I.
It was good to catch up with each others lives and yes... while hanging out around the car. We shared story after story from the past. We talked about a dear friend we lost, Ron Siepel, he is still sorely missed. Racing is about alot of things but one thing I know for sure, without hanging with friends and doing it together, it would be boring.

Eric Butler

I anm very glad that we can enjoy friends and family at the track. Week two of the 2018 racing season was another night of adjusting on the car. After last week losing brakes, this week was about working on the set-up. Every car and every driver is different. This being the second time in a Harris proved to be another opportunity to work out the bugs. We continue to discover aspects of the set up that we would like to change. After a night filled with handling issues, we are glad to be able to take it back to Quincy in one piece and continue to work on the set-up. No racing due to rain this week, so we will be back at Lee County Speedway on Friday, May 11th.

As a side note, Red Cactus Salsa has agreed to the Salsa/Picture Giveway once again this year!