Hello race fans!

I hope everyone is getting ready for a big week of racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway! It all starts Friday night with qualifying for the Sprint All Star Race. I just watched David Ragan win the pole for the Sprint Showdown, which is the forty lap race that takes place prior to the All Star race. The top two finishers of the Showdown will advance along with the fans vote, to the All Star race on Saturday night! After qualifying tonight, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will take to the track for the N.C. Education Lottery 200. This weekend is full of action and it's just the beginning of the busy week in Charlotte! Next weekend will start out with the Nationwide race on Saturday and then Sunday, is the longest race of the year, the Coca-Cola 600! Should be an exciting week of racing and I can't wait for all of it! Also, congratulations to the #11 FedEx team of Denny Hamlin, who won Thursday night's Sprint Crew Challenge! They are the first team to win the event twice, way to go guys!

Speaking of Charlotte, I have the opportunity to travel down to Charlotte on Sunday to spend the entire week visiting different race shops with Lynch Tours & More, along with attending next weekend's races! I will also have the opportunity to attend the NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, where I will see my all time favorite driver, David Pearson, get inducted into the second class of all time greats! I am so excited and can't wait to get down there to begin, what will sure to be a fun filled week of NASCAR events!

So, what did everyone think of Regan Smith's upset victory in the Showtime Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway? I was so excited for him! It's really nice to see a driver win his first race, and especially somewhere like Darlington! There is so much history there and for Regan to win his first race there, will be something he will never forget!

I took a group of LTM customers to Dover this past weekend, for what I thought was going to be a Sunday where we were sitting on the bus, waiting out the rain! As it turned out, It never really rained, it was very cloudy all morning, but when it was time to race, the clouds went away and the sun came out! It ended up being a beautiful day with temperatures around 75 degrees! Congratulations to Matt Kenseth who won the race, but I was very disappointed in how Denny Hamlin ran. Granted, this is NOT one of his better tracks, but he ran in the same spot all day long! Then, he sped down pit road and just never seemed to get it together. He finished sixteenth and somehow managed to gain three spots in the championship standings! Go figure!!! Anyway, had a great time with our customers and I also took several family members with me, which was great. All seemed to have a great time and so did I!

Now off to Charlotte! I hope everyone gets to enjoy all the racing this week and I wish all the drivers, crew members and fans, a safe, fun time!

As always, see you at the races!