I haven't updated in a while, but we've been having a pretty good season. In February we raced at USF Tampa during the annual Engineering Expo and, once again, cars that I built finished 1 - 2 - 3. This time it was Rodney Schreck from Miami who took top honors. Jerry Bristow, driving my #13 car, took second. I dropped out late in the first race with a blown rear tire, but finished the second race with no problems. I logged enough laps in my total for the day to capture 3rd place.

In March we raced at Tampa Bay Technical High School. Late in the first race, Rodney and I got into a "tooth and nail" battle for first place, swapping the lead back and forth for several laps. I finally managed to outrun him off the last turn of the last lap and hold onto the lead, beating him to the finish line by .8 second. My son, driving the #13 car was a close third about 6 seconds back. In the second race, Rodney was involved in a mishap caused by a rookie driver and lost 4 laps. Later, with about 8 minutes left in the race my son's rear tire went flat, forcing him to retire while leading. When the day was over I won, Rodney was second and Jim Jr was third. Once again, cars I built finished 1 - 2 - 3 on the day's total laps. Post-race inspection revealed that my son's rear tire was worn completely through the casing causing it to blow. My rear tire was showing cord all the way around; if the race had lasted two more laps I likely wouldn't have made it!