Foot Problems

So I've come down with a nasty foot problem called Plantar Fascittis which can be pretty painful. So what is it?
Well it's a swelling or tearing of the fascittis, in english that's the sheath on the bottom of your foot that covers a tendon that runs from your heel to your toe across the arch. Well I can tell you it can swell up and hurt pretty bad so I've had to wear a hard boot, or cast on it to immobilize it and try to get it to heal. I was supposed to wear it at work too but they gave me a hard time about so I wasn't wearing it and that set me back a couple of weeks. Let's just say the Doctor wasn't happy when I told him they wouldn't let me wear it. So then he tells me it's wear the boot and hope it works or 4-6 weeks off for surgery on it. I chose the boot. The surgery is rather goofy too, they cut it to finish the tear and you heal and your fine, so they say, no thanks. So I must say wearing the boot all the time is tiring on my leg, mainly my left knee (it's the left foot with the problem). It must be working though it doesn't hurt hardly at all now. Oh yeah, the doctor is the same ine Carrie uses for her foot problems, good doctor I must say. I'll have to let you know how it goes when I go back to him on Monday.

It's over for 2008

The season has come and gone and I saved my best effort for last. Saturday was the last race of the year and I managed to make it to the 4th round this time. The car was running very quick, I set a new personal best with a 11.86 in the first time run, the weather was perfect. By the time first round of eliminations came around it had warmed up so I thought the car might go a 11.95 and it did, 11.955 with me hitting the brakes hard so I didn't break out. For the second round it was a little warmer but I left the 11.95 anyways thinking the car would slow down a little, which it didn't, and went a 11.93. The third round it was cooler but I left that number on still sure the car would slow down a little, but it didn't, and it went 11.936 with me on the brakes hard again but hey I'm still winning. Now to the fourth round, it's dark now and much cooler so I drop it down to a 11.91 and yes it went quicker, 11.86 with me on the brakes very hard too and I lost this time. So I finally went a few rounds and have to be a little optimistic for 2009.

Upon further review.....

Well after I looked at the video, frame by frame it looked to me like I might have by the slightest of margins. Then it was pointed out to me that my pre-stage and stage lights were still lit when the starter moved. This would indicate that I did not jump before he moved or the lights would have been out. It appears I should have said something to them but at the time I wasn't sure if I did or not and the starter had said he didn't want any "whiners" complaining about their race. So I didn't but it would appear I should have, learned a lesson the hard way I guess.

Blog picture

The new picture I've posted for you to see is from last weeks race. If you look real close you can see a very very small bit of daylight under the drivers side front tire.

So far in the fall series the car has been running great, the driver still needs more practice though.

So did you watch Pinks All Out Thursday night?

I did and was disappointed to see that I did indeed jump the start by the tiniest of margins. I had to slow it down and do a frame by frame but you could see I left before the starter dropped their arms.

The other disappointing part was not seeing any of us in our "sea level is for sissies" t-shirts. There were a couple of times you could see us in the staging lanes if you looked really fast but other than that not at all. Also when we were in the "war" room you can only see me in a really quick shot right after we're congratulated for making it to the final 32.

Now I've had my 3 seconds of fame, any body you know want an autograph? LOL

Meddling co-workers

So the person that had the late hours, 9:15am - 5:30pm, retired a couple of weeks ago leaving no clerk to do his job. Management was/is adamant about not re-posting his job for bidding so I offered to change my schedule and work his hours. My reasons for doing this were to get his days off, Sat/Sun, so it would be much easier for me to go racing.

So last week I started working these hours only to hear a couple of my co-workers complaining about it. Now before I took over the hours all of the clerks senior to me were given the chance to take these hours/days off and turned it down. So I start working them and suddenly I'm getting over time like crazy and they're complaining and then the union gets involved. I'll tell you this, I hate this stinking union!! They had no business getting involved here, the situation was handled, no rules broken, but no they have to step in and I get screwed for it.

So now I go back to my regular hours/days off thanks to two worthless co-workers whose petty actions have really pissed me off (that means no more nice guy to them and doing all the work).

Race results

The air was much worse than last week and the car started off the day running a 12.04 @110 mph but it did get a little better as the day went on. The second run was a 11.97 @112 mph and left me wondering what to dial in at. So after a sprinkle delay we get to do first round and I went with a 11.96, had a horrible light but the other car lit the red light so I won and the car ran a 11.96 (good call on that dial in eh). So I won first round now what number do I put on the window for the second round? After too much thinking about it I put a 11.94 on, had another bad light, went 11.97 and lost by .0028 of a second. So there's only one weekend of racing left in the 2008 season and I'm both sad and glad. Sad racing is coming to a close but glad the terrible year is almost done and I can look to next season and do better.

Pinks all out

I was notified by the production crew that my car will be in the show when it airs so be sure to set your timers so you can watch the show. It's scheduled to air Oct. 9 @ 7pm our time on Speed channel (channel 150 or just use the guide to find it).

Don't forget Oct 9th 7pm on Speed.

No more jumping through hoops!!

Sorry for the layoff just didn't think I you'd be very interested in all this racing junk I've been doing.

So I've been busy trying to get Carrie's 1968 Mustang back on the road and I was making great progress, but, there's always a 'but'. The last problem has been the stupid cooling fan for the radiator, it's either hitting the radiator or the lower radiator hose and I can't figure out why. So I'm going to have to buy a new fan blade for it that' s smaller so it doesn't hit anything and then it's done!!! It runs very well, the exhaust sounds great and the paint job looks pretty good in the sun.

Now for some racing news:

We had our first race in 3 weeks last weekend and the air was awesome!! The Mustang ran it's best time of the year, 11.91@114 mph, it's best E.T. and MPH. But, there's always a 'but' remember, in the first round I had a 11.99 on the window and the car went 11.985 and I lost by .005 of a second. The season is now almost over, seems to have gone by pretty fast and now down to just 3 races. We have one this Saturday and then the following Saturday and Sunday, then the car gets put away for the winter (much sadness will ensue).

Mystique is doing just fine she gets to walk every day now and just loves it, but she's still a handful on the leash.

I seemed to have developed some kind of problem with my left foot and will be getting it checked out by Carrie's foot doctor. It started with what felt like a heel spur, has moved to the arch area and now back to the heel. I'm clueless what the problem is but I do know it hurts pretty bad most of the time and training is difficult at best.

My job has changed just a little for the time being, I'm now going in at 9am instead of 3am and I get off at 5:30pm. I hope it lasts for good because I get weekends off and that will make it real easy to get to the track earlier next season. I'm not going to hold my breath however, a couple of the other clerks are already complaining about it even though they had the first shot at getting the hours. We'll see I suppose.

That's about all really, no more jumping through hoops.