Dear Race Fans, It has been a challenging year. Many things that were out of our control kept pushing us on our toes and struggling to keep the car at its best. Every team starts the season hoping to be a key player for the Championship, but the championship was not to be ours this year. Troubles began when we had the unfortunate insurance situation with the Irwindale race. We weren’t allowed to run because of an miscommunication between by the series and the insurance company. This left me unsure if we could make the top ten. At the Las Vegas race in June we cut down a tire under green flag and lost crucial laps. Each race presented new challenges and struggles... The point is that everyone connected with our team never gave up. Finishing this tough series in fourth place was a great step up from last season when you consider our 18th place finissh. We are proud of the fact that we were only out of the top ten when we lost the tire I think we need to be happy and start working for new goals in ’07. I want to thank Mr.and Mrs. Parker for their continued support for this season and their commitment to help us again to the ’07 season. Mr.Mondello played a part with all of his technical input and for connecting us with other people that helped. Mr.Mondello has promised even more support for the coming year and will be assembling some motors for us in ‘07. Mr.MacQuarrie at NGK Plugs gave us great support with Spark Plugs this year. His company supplied us with all that we needed and the “right ones” this year. Pro Blends gave us some of their additives which played a part in the fact that we ran our drive train to the limit and it all lived for the whole season. I can honestly say that there weren’t any of the top ten teams that can say that. Bud Harvey gave us even better transmissions this year than last. We didn’t know that was possible. We were the ONLY team to make the season on one transmission. Jim Clinton, thanks for hanging tough and working many hours looking for more support so we can keep going with the dream. Jack Waterman has done a beautiful job with the website and donated it all. He has been a great source of support when you come home and things haven’t gone all that well. Thanks to Ben and Mary Weidling for the support they gave. We welcome our newest sponsor Copperstate Tire in Phoenix. We hope that we can get everyone that lives in our area to support their business. Jerry Auck from Danny’s Chrome Oasis is a continual friend and has taken his time to find ways to assist. There are many more but I’m running out of paper. I hope every one has had some enjoyment from the season and will continue to follow and support Victors’ career as he continues on. Last I need to thank Chuck LaHorgue. The man has been through hell this year with us. He never stops working from the time we hit the track until we go home. He puts up with us, especially me. I know I have annoyed him more than once, not intentionally. I have learned volumes from him this season and still know little. He never stops looking to help Victor and us. I really don’t have the words to express how I feel and I’m frustrated as he has become such a huge part of our lives. I bother this man many days a week interrupting his work to ask questions. We take him away from his family many weekends a year. My sincerest hope is that we will work together for many years to come. We still have T shirts for sale and will have DVD’s of the last eight races
available for purchase soon, so tell all of your friends. I hope everyone is finding
opportunities to see the broadcasts of the races this year. They are very well done.
I’m told that we will have 14 races televised next year on this same channel. This is
what the sponsors want and have asked me for, is the TV package, so we will be returning
to the ASA Speed Truck Challenge next season. |
