July 18, 2008
As I write this we are on our way home from Macon Speedway in Macon, IL. Tonight's POWRi racing event was outstanding.

It's been a while since my last blog entry and probably longer since my last race.So much has been going on that l really don't know where to begin.

The wet spring has made for a lot of schedule alterations. It's hard to believe it's the middle of July and this is only my 4th race of the year. Between the wet weather and the price of gas it's really no great surprise.

Speaking of rain, Spring has kept very busy with all of the flooding in our area. She lives in Foley, MO but fortunately she is on the high and dry side of the river.

Being the photographer that she is, and living li the hard- hit community, Spring made good use of her talents. She spent ten days in the murky, dangerous flood areas taking well over a thousand pictures. She is currently working with several different contacts to whom she hopes to sell the images. Eventually, she would like to have a show of her own.

As for me, l spend most of my time working and sending my kids to various camps and trips. My son has been to church camp, band camp, a long Lego- filled weekend in Chicago and finally, a trip to Canada. He's been a busy kid and I am imore than a little jealous!

My daughter has been to Birmingham and Chicago, as well as a weekend trip to Kansas City with me. We had a really good time there and spent most of the weekend haunting the various scrapbooking stores we found.

So that's a quick synopsis of my summer so far.

Tonight's race has been on my calendar since the schedule was released late last winter. We had a great time at the Dana Godfrey Memorial last year and we made sure that we could get back to it this year. Funny thing is, the rest of my family is at a Cardinals game tonight. My hubby and it have been texting and he thinks I may beat them home since the game is tied in the eighth inning! With Me being more than two hours from home, I rather doubt it.

It was good to get out and visit with some of the drivers and other folks involved with Midget racing. I had the chance to pass out a few photos from Belleville in June. That is always fun for me.

I also took a whole lot of new pics tonight that I will have to try and process tomorrow if I have time between my son's baseball game and the next race at Belleville. We will just nave to see how the day goes.

Thanks for checking in. Now you Know that we haven't fallen off the face of the planet! I will do my best to get more timely updates on here in the coming weeks.

Magnificent Midget Madness!

If I hadn't been convinced before, this weekend sealed it: There is absolutely, positively no better racing anywhere on any surface than dirt track Midget racing. And I would have to say that there are no better places to see it than Belle Clair Speedway. Maybe that's overstating things, but I've been to more tracks than I can count over more years than I care to remember, and I truly believe that statement.

Two nights in a row of wheel-to-wheel slide job action will wear a person out and leave them breathless. And if the fans feel that way, I can only imagine how the drivers feel afterward!

We witnessed some spectacular action last night between Brad Loyet, Brent Anderson, Derek King and Mike Hess, just among the front runners. There was other action going on all through the race, but nobody wanted to take their eyes off the front group because we knew we would miss something. It would have taken one of those pocket counters to keep track of all the slide jobs, and these young guys know how to do those to perfection.

As if Friday's feature at Macon wasn't action-packed enough, the Boys of Belleville decided to step it up a notch on Saturday. Despite several yellows and one very interesting spin that resulted in two cars being hooked together by the back bumper, one towing the other down the backstretch, the action never waned. It was anybody's guess who would come out of turn four in front on the last lap, and Brad Loyet proved himself worthy of repeat status by hanging onto his position in front of Brent Anderson just long enough to collect the win.

Yes, the weather is very summerish, but that's to be expected this time of the year. I'm just glad it finally quit raining long enough for us to get to some races! We are still trying to decide about I-55 this Wednesday, but it's looking pretty positive right now. Midget racing is like an addiction and I think we're ready to see what these guys have in store for us again.

Thanks so much to all the great folks at POWRi. We love the racing and appreciate the opportunity to photograph the excellent racing. Hope you all enjoy today's two added galleries!

July 19, 2008

Wow! Racing two nights in a row! And this time Spring was able to join me. Yahoo!

It was warm and sticky at Belle Clair Speedway tonight and the raring was even hotter. If we thought last night's feature was a battle, well it looked like just a warm up compared to tonight's action.

July 18, 2008
As I write this we are on our way home from Macon Speedway in Macon, IL. Tonight's POWRi racing event was outstanding.

It's been a while since my last blog entry and probably longer since my last race.So much has been going on that l really don't know where to begin.

The wet spring has made for a lot of schedule alterations. It's hard to believe it's the middle of July and this is only my 4th race of the year. Between the wet weather and the price of gas it's really no great surprise.

Speaking of rain, Spring has kept very busy with all of the flooding in our area. She lives in Foley, MO but fortunately she is on the high and dry side of the river.

Being the photographer that she is, and living li the hard- hit community, Spring made good use of her talents. She spent ten days in the murky, dangerous flood areas taking well over a thousand pictures. She is currently working with several different contacts to whom she hopes to sell the images. Eventually, she would like to have a show of her own.

As for me, l spend most of my time working and sending my kids to various camps and trips. My son has been to church camp, band camp, a long Lego- filled weekend in Chicago and finally, a trip to Canada. He's been a busy kid and I am imore than a little jealous!

My daughter has been to Birmingham and Chicago, as well as a weekend trip to Kansas City with me. We had a really good time there and spent most of the weekend haunting the various scrapbooking stores we found.

So that's a quick synopsis of my summer so far.

Tonight's race has been on my calendar since the schedule was released late last winter. We had a great time at the Dana Godfrey Memorial last year and we made sure that we could get back to it this year. Funny thing is, the rest of my family is at a Cardinals game tonight. My hubby and it have been texting and he thinks I may beat them home since the game is tied in the eighth inning! With Me being more than two hours from home, I rather doubt it.

It was good to get out and visit with some of the drivers and other folks involved with Midget racing. I had the chance to pass out a few photos from Belleville in June. That is always fun for me.

I also took a whole lot of new pics tonight that I will have to try and process tomorrow if I have time between my son's baseball game and the next race at Belleville. We will just nave to see how the day goes.

Thanks for checking in. Now you Know that we haven't fallen off the face of the planet! I will do my best to get more timely updates on here in the coming weeks.