I personally want to thank Gary Freeman Sr., Gary Freeman Jr. and Marcus Blanchard. Without the help of these 3, I wouldn't have been racing. Sr. for loaning me the "beater" plane, Marcus for loaning me his dirt "covered" motor (he swore it wasn't crashed) and Jr. for all his help and calling (almost got him to smile for the pic too). It felt like old times again... man that was a decade ago.

My highlight of the event was my last heat. Vern Smith and I were the only one's racing in our heat. I asked him to go easy on me and he said I had nothing to worry about, cause if it was close he would end up with a cut...lol. Well, after 9 intense laps of back and forth racing (on video somewhere, please feel free to post it too) I screwed up my line going around 3 to 1 and botched the turn wide off of 1 and watched as Vern rocketed right by me. At that point it was over, but I didn't mind coming in 2nd. We all enjoyed that race so much. Gary also reminded me that I still had a plane a motor to return in the same condition as I got them. It was great!

After 428 was done and 422 started, I helped by being the pylon 3 judge (yes Marcus you did cut pylon 3 two times in a row) so I didn't get any pics of them racing. But if I heard correctly, someone turned a 1:04:..