We unloaded the car on Friday morning for our first ever track time with the new Riley Chassis. The morning practice was more shaking down the car and fixing some minor problems and getting used to the car. At one point early in practice, we posted the 2nd fastest time, but the otehrs soon caught up. For my first time in the car, things felt pretty good, but I really needed more track time.

Today, we picked up some good speed from time we unloaded the car. We were still somewhat concerned about the new wheel and tire combinations for the USAC Silver Crown cars, and a few drivers crashed their primary cars searching for more speed. Right now we just have the one complete car, so we felt we should stay consistent but safe. I was running with Dave Steele and Bryan Tyler in practice, andcould close in on them if I wanted to.

I was pretty dissapointed with Qualifying, as we dropped nearly 3 tenths from our fastest time in practice prior to that. Not sure if the tires played a role or just our lack of experience with the cars so early in the season so far.

I Feels good about racing with the faster cars on Sunday, while the tires are still an unknown for 50 miles. We are going to make some changes to the car Sunday morning to help things out, and our goal is to get a Top 5.I am really looking forward to my first USAC Silver Crown race, and I am confident we can move forward from our 8th starting spot.