One hour and counting...

(Val) Well, here we are, finally! It's Friday afternoon, and within the hour Spring will be here and we will be on our way to Gateway for the ADRL Drag races. It seems like it's been ages since we first started talking about this and making our plans, and I was beginning to wonder if this day would ever come.

With temperatures near 90 today, it is unseasonably warm and we will have to work hard to stay cool. Because I have only been to the oval track, I have no idea what the facilities on the Dragstrip side of Gateway are like when it comes to shade or a cool place to duck inside. There is also a chance for storms later this evening, so hopefully my circle track luck will not follow me to the straight track and we will stay dry.

Depending on when we get home tonight, I will either update the blog late this evening or early tomorrow morning. The photos will probably be Spring's job so we'll just have to see how that works out. Hopefully, we will be able to get those up before heading back over tomorrow afternoon.

Another racechick has joined our ranks and will be adding her comments to the blog in the near future. My co-worker Ashley, down in Birmingham, is checking out the newly re-opened Childersburg Speedway tonight and will be bringing us that news. She also has everything in order to attend NASCAR Weekend at Talladega in a few weeks. Leading up to that weekend, will be interviews with Kevin Harvick, Burney Lamar, and hopefully, a few surprise guests. Look for our "Staying on for Eight" segments featuring uncommon questions that will hopefully spawn some interesting answers!

Thanks to everyone who is following along on our adventure. I hope you will enjoy the news we have to share.