Body done, testing schedule confirmed

This weekend I went to Denton, TX and picked up the car with the new body and brought it back to John's in Alba TX. David met John and I early for Breakfast Saturday morning and after we ate and discussed the meaning of life we got after it in the shop and reassembled the race car. We all worked our tails off and by 5:30 she was back together. We discussed the next 2 months and decided I would come back down in 3 weeks to help John with installing some final parts and to bring the new body back with paint on it, then the 25,26, and 27th of April we will take the car to the track and test. We'd like to hit 3 tracks in 3 days and really get some laps on the car in a hurry. If everything goes well then the car will come home to Siloam Springs and probably get some more testing in Tulsa in May because June will be here fast and with it our first race at Indy!

New body almost finished!!

I will going down to pick up the car with the finished new body this weekend and then taking it back to John's to put the engine, clutch and data recorder back in. We're getting very close. I can almost smell the nitro already!!!!

Another new team member

I'd like to take a minute and welcome Jeremy McGowen to our team. I've known Jeremy for a long time and he's a good guy with a long history of drag racing involvement. Last year he was on Jerry Toliver's top fuel funny car team and has done bottom end, heads, and blower servicing. He is wanting to get back on a NHRA funny car team but has comitted to helping Speed Merchants until a new job opens with a big show team. I have asked him to be our bottom end diver and he has accepted. I look forward to having him on the team.
Brad