Sorry I have not updated all week. Time just flies at times.

Joe and the guys raced in Houston last night. You can watch his feature at the link below. Not sure why they did not have the heat race. Joe WON it :-) He took 3rd in the feature.

http://www.ustream.tv/flash/video/2031303

More later on today (hopefully)

Crazy crash night in dwarf car feature

What a crazy night in the dwarf car feature last night. There was like 5 or 6 cautions. Every time you turned around there was someone spinning it seemed like. Poor Joe got spun around somehow (missed that part) and was a sitting duck and good ole Brice had no where to go. BOOM! Luckily both are just fine but their cars have a few issues. LOL I think Joe for sure needs a new nerf bar.

Brad had good luck though last night taking a win in his heat and a 4th in the feature.

News about Jim is he is improving...such a long road ahead for him. Race car drivers planning some big deal on Halloween to raise money for him and his family.

Hope the storms that are brewing stay clear so my cousin and us can make it to St Louis without any problems. (and they go way around Tammy's house!) I have not kept up with what they are saying just know they are brewing.

Joe hoping to work the next 3 nights but we shall see.

New Great Nephew

Blaine Westley came into the world at 8:43 pm this evening weighing 9 lbs 1 oz and 21 1/2 inches long.

Thurs.......tree down

Never did hear how much rain we had last night. Sure was raining good at times. We had a small tree that went down. Just what Joe needed was more things that have to get done. We need to get a new chain saw blade I think he said before he can take care of it. Took out the kitchen cabinets today. Joe and Brice even hauled them off to the dump already :-)

Waiting to hear from someone at Joe's sisters house as our niece went in the hospital today to have her new baby boy. His name will be Blaine Wesley.

Brice's dad had an old 4 wheeler that did not run so Joe brought it down here to see if he can get it working. They think they need it when we go to the races. Sometimes we have to walk quite a ways to go up to the track or when the guys have to go to drivers meetings. Will be nice to have in Willis in November if we park way out by the road where we are thinking about incase it rains and we need to get out quick.

It's raining it's pouring!!!!!! Woo hoo! And it is ONLY 72* out there weatherbug says. I need my long johns LOL

We got home right around 7 tonight and shortly after it started storming. Phew we timed that just right. I bet the dog is glad too as he does not like the lightening and thunder. LOL Sure I am the one who made him like that.

Jim had to go on a ventilator :-( I am wondering if they did that so he could be in a drug induced coma so maybe he can heal better? He is a very active guy, talks all the time, etc. Going to be a long road for him. They are trying to get a benefit race going to help his family out with expenses.

Saw Christina briefly today. She is good :-)

Tomorrow AM we are going to rip out the old kitchen cabinets. Doesn't that sound like a lot of fun? New windows are in and they will come put them in next week. Slowly but surely...LOL In a year?

2nd and an accident

The races were crazy last night!

I think Joe got second in his heat and then in the feature he took second. His car had a broken something or other so it held him back a tad. He sure tried to get up and around Dave a few times.

In the middle of the racing night there was a dash for cash against the track owner who also has a dwarf car. If you could bet him you would get $100. Jim was flying and ended up spinning but then got started right back up. He came around 1 into 2 when he went on 2 wheels and then the rolling started. It was horrible. He went way up in the air and then landed on his wheels. Joe ended up running over there (he did not participate in the race) when he saw how bad it was. While they were trying to get Jim out Joe held is head as still as he could and kept talking to Jim. It took them a long time to get him out. They ended up taking him by ambulance (Joe road with him) down the road where a life flight picked him up and took him to San Antonio to the Army hospital. When he left he could not feel anything from his nipples down and was in quite the pain. We have had no update today. Shock a lot of the guys up pretty badly, in fact Brad and Brice did not even race after that. Joe ended up making it back in time though and said Jim would want him to race so he did it for him. Amazingly I was nervous but I had been more nervous then that many other times.

We are headed to get something to eat in a tad bit then home to take a nap as Joe "might" work tonight. I think there is 5 nurses on the schedule so unless there is a lot of babies he won't work :-(

UPDATE:
They say Jim has a broken shoulder and a dislocated shoulder. He has yet to regain feeling but they say it is early in the healing process so really cannot tell what will happen. He is already telling his buddies who help at the track what needs to be done for the next races.

Weekend

It is the weekend already? Gosh where did this week go?

We had a nice Friday evening. Brad and Jenni invited us (Brice too) over to their house for dinner. Yummy! The guys of course talked racing :-)

Joe is out messing around outside already. Brice it to come over soon so they can do a few things to his car so he can race tonight.

Tonight is not a regular club race but the guys think they need to race so we are headed to Shady Oaks which is just down the road about 35 or so mins. I think all 3 of the guys are racing (Brad, Brice and Joe)

Getting anxious to head to St Louis in a few weeks! Hoping the weather is cooler then we have had here in TX. We have had 40+ days this year of 100+ temps and so far there is no signs of letting up. Yikes our electricity was not as pretty this last month. Thank goodness we are living in the RV! Brice's was crazy high!! (and the poor kid was not even home a lot...guess is brother who lives with him off and on sure likes it cold in the house)

I best get a move on here.....have a good weekend all!

Saturday results

We drove up to Willis TX Saturday to race. YUCK they had this sandy reddish dirt there and it had rained Friday night so it was nasty. The people were not real friendly there at all :-( We were impressed though with the ambulance guy who came right over and was asking how if there was an accident to get the guys out the best way. No one has ever come over and asked that.
Brice did great in his new car. He even lead his heat race for a bit. Woo hoo! He really likes his new car. Joe won his heat race :-)
In the feature Brice had some issues with his battery :-( When they went to start (maybe it was a restart) he died and Joe slammed in to him going over his tire. ACK! I thought he was going to flip but nope all was fine. Poor Brice though had to go off the track and did not get to finish. He was bummed. Joe ended up with a 4th. I think his tire is out of line (toed out or toed in ?) as the more he went around the worse things looked.
The guys are to race there again in November but I am not sure if they are going to go. We just cannot see how there will be enough room for all the cars that go to The Texas Grand (the races in Nov) And if it rains while we are there we are stuck. There is no way anyone will be able to get out of the nasty mud. We shall see.

No money has been transferred yet for the house :-( Surely in the next hour or so it will be.