Jason and I enjoying the Western Conference Championship award

We finally got the results we've been hoping for at Portland but it wasn't easy. The weekend started fine but soon we developed an engine miss. It was quickly diagnosed as an electrical issue so the question was where to get parts. Jason called his wife, Courtney, who took the kids to the hot shop back in Modesto and got some tools out and removed a key part from another car and had it shipped out for early delivery the next day. We missed the 1st qualifying run as we discovered the ECU needed to be re-flashed to complete the fix, but after that, the car was golden. Courtney saved the weekend for us and I owe her big time. She's quite a Super Mom and fully devoted to Jason's career of running the finest prep shop in the country.

We were the fastest car on track all weekend long and broke the qualifying and race records in P1 even though the temperatures were in the mid-nineties most of the time and almost unbearable. We won both races and clinched the Western Conference championship too. We also finally got our new RePlay Prime X camera to work after employing a few tricks to minimize the vibrations that previously caused it to fail. The video and sound quality are quite good, so enjoy the start of race 1 where my old nemesis, Chris Farrell (in a P2 car no less), got a good jump on me and leads for a lap before I got back around him and motor away. Watch it here or on the Race Video page.

I also have to give a shout out to my 84 year old future mother-in-law, Valerie Rancier, who came down from Canada to see in person what I am so passionate about. She cheered loudly every time I came around and thoroughly enjoyed the show. Val you're the best!