Well, we’ve got our first truck race under our belt in over a year. I’ll tell you, those trucks are wild to drive. You can feel the draft at Lowe’s, and in dirty air they move all over the place. We started right behind Harvick in the race, and I was trying to follow him to the front. We went from 26th to about 19th pretty quick, but the truck just got way too loose. We were tight in qualifying, and just freed the truck up too much for the start of the race. The plan was to ride it out until the first round of stops and make a major adjustment, but we cut a right rear tire getting into turn 1 and had to pit early. We went 2 laps down because of it, and lost another one on a long green run. We made some major changes to the truck on pit road, and it was finally stable to drive with about 30 laps to go. I’m really proud of Marcus Richmond (crew chief) and all of the Open Joist/Dodge guys, we just really missed the set up for the race – which is my fault because I give the feedback for what the truck is doing. We just went too far to start the race. The good news is we’ve got another crack at it this weekend at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway. Good old short track racin’! Until next time... Blog: 4-9-07 Blog: 3-7-07 Blog: 2-20-07 Blog: 1-22-07 Never expected Nashville to be so cold in April, but oh my… It was freezing! The guys on the team were teasing me because I found a corner in the hauler and pretty much didn’t move all weekend. I had my book and magazines, so I was set. The most time I spent outside was during the race, but I made sure to be bundled up! It was so good to see Kevin back in his element – doing what he loves again. Everything seemed to fall right in sync with the crew, Kevin, basically everything. It was a great weekend. I know that Kevin was bummed about the fender issue on the first lap – that really caused trouble for them the whole rest of the race. The guys worked so hard at getting the fender back into shape and keep Kevin in good track position. Considering the damage, a comeback to 18th was fantastic, I think. So now we’re back to several weeks of Kevin traveling while Tucker and I hang out at home. I think it might be nice for a while since we’ve been so busy lately – Bristol , Seattle , Nashville … I don’t know how Kevin does it every single weekend. I’m worn out after three in a row! Still, I can’t wait for his next race! Take care! Blog: 2-20-07 Blog: 1-22-07