Mikey,

My heart goes out to your Mom and you. It' a sad thing that as we get older we have to watch the ones around us pass on. Keep the faith and God Bless.

Mornin' all. Maybe it's fitting that it's raining and cloudy up here this morning. I know death is a part of life, but it doesn't make it any easier. Mike, I'm real sorry the prognosis wasn't good for mom, and I'm even sorrier she's missing the family that isn't stopping by. Hard visit at the funeral home the other night, for Shelby, the guy a couple pit spots up from me, hard reading about Transman, and my buddy's dad is looking at 2 to 15 months, they just found out. It just sucks, and I know I'm looking at it from the outside... I really feel for momma Hawks, Steve, Shelby, and Barney, and how they are feeling and dealing.

Hoping you all have a good day!

Morning folks, thanks Chuck for the prayers Moms going to be ok I know cause shes got the good lord on her side, and I pray for all that are having troubles with sickness and deaths in their families, but as you said it's a part of living as funny as that mite sound to lots of folks, kinda funny (for lack of a better word)we was made to cry to live when we came into the world, now we are crying again when it's our time to leave, just two of the events that are in our lives that are filled with tears, one can only hope that all the middle stuff in our lives made us happy and smile a lot................................. ........................................

Well hope you alls Friday and weekend will be filled with happy thoughts and take advantage of all the good times that we have been allowed to enjoy...................... ............................................

Mornin' all! TGIF!! Hoping it's going to be a productive weekend. 2 weeks to opening day at PRP, IF Mother Nature cooperates. Right now, she's looking pretty mean still. She can be such a ... um, witch. You know what I mean.

Mike, you said it well, hopefully the middle part is long and has lots of the good stuff in it.

Dinner tonight with my parents, sister and her kids, and hopefully my cousin and her husband, good stuff. Tomorrow is wrenching on the Olds, and a reunion banquet for Keystone Raceway, and Sunday winter comes back... maybe I'll get some stuff done inside the house.

Sunday is also dear Guy's birthday. I miss him. It's also marks 7 years since Eric Medlen passed away. I miss him too. Just out there doing what he loved to do, smile on his face. So I'm going to make sure I get some ice cream for dessert tonight, with the family, and hope you all can get some too, along with a bunch of smiles and good times with people you love. Have a great weekend!

thoughts and prayers, I miss Guy too, hard to believe it's been 7 years!

beautiful weekend, firing engines, getting ready to go, predicting a possible blizzard here next week

Mornin Y'all!
Yep, ole Guys been gone from us for 7 years but Jaime is still out there keeping Priceless One on the track.
Goin to be a chilly day here, 67*, but we will get by. LOL!
Having a hell of a time finding somebody reasonable to bring my new trailer out from Elkhart to Cucamonga. I think a buck 80 a mile is a little high. It's going to be covered with dust by the time I get it. Been finished since the first of the month. God grant me patience and I want it right now.
Y'all have a gooden!

Good Evening All;

Hoping everyone is doing well. Mike, good to hear Mom is doing better. Enjoy every day you have with her.

Just spent a few days down in Rockport. Got to visit with a few good friends. Spent a lot of time talking over breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Don't know why, maybe the humidity, but all my close shrunk, and nothing fit after just a few days down there.

Anyway, I am feeling so good, I have decided to look for full time employment..............for Peg. Don't quite understand why she isn't excited about it as I am.

Weather here is getting better by the day. But, just enough rain to mess up the racing. Hopefully, we will get the Nationals in at San Antonio Raceway.

Anyway, got things to do.

Ken Gasbarri

Good morning folks, it's another wet sunday here, but it's all good got a dry place to rest and a good heater to keep me warm so everything is outstanding................... ..............................

Hey Floyd you take it easy out in that winter weather out that way and keep buddy plenty of suntan lotion wouldn't want him to burn his belly................ .........................
And our friend Guy I still have some of the e-mails he would send me if I ever need a smile I just go to my mail sack and smile, he was great and the one time I talked to him on the phone was great it seemed like we where life time friends but had never met face to face, one of the good guys gone to soon......................... ...............................

Ken you better take it easy feeling so good Pegs going to send you off to work, she'll get tried of seeing you smile and grin all the time maybe just move a little and holler loud once in a while just to let her know you're in some kind of stuggle to get you pillow fluffied up, I mean what's a guy got to do to get some attention............... ......................You behave my friend...................... .................................

Ok hope you folks have a great sunday day of rest or travel just be safe out there............................. ..........................................................

Good morning folks, another prutty day here in Cana with good old rain and snow moving in tomorrow, nothing like march weather................... .............................

Hope ya'll's day is one of the best ever had, and words to live by and some that make you go HUM................. .............When walking down the paths of life and feeling old and used, just remember they are billions that feel the same as you, SMILE so you will be the one that everybody say whats he up too........................... ............................................

Mornin' all! Sun is out, but we're back in the 30s for a few days. This winter just won't end. The Pirates opening day is a week away.. I have been to openers where it snows during the game.

Floyd, if you try to send us some warmth, I'll try to send you some rain. On Mondays, so it doesn't interrupt racing. You are showing some amazing patience, but I don't blame you. Those miles add up quick, rolling from Indy.

Michelle, I hope you got engines fired up!

Ken, glad to hear you're out there enjoying yourself. I know all too well that feeling of humidity, or the washer/dryer, shrinking up clothes. I hope you get the Nationals in too. Always fun to see nitro, and I dig the fuel altereds and nostalgia funny cars.

Mike, I sure hope this March goes out like a lamb... tired of it acting like a lion.

By the way, I didn't mean to confuse anyone, but, Eric Medlen died 7 years ago yesterday. We lost Guy about 3 years ago. It was nice to see people posting on Guy's Facebook yesterday.

You all have a great day!

Mornin' all! Another day on the green side of the grass.

Mornin' all! Over center day.

Getting worried that I'm just talking to myself.

Good morning folks,sorry Chuck been out of wack the last couple of days took mom for eye surgery yesterday and then spent most of the day at app. for her over the eye surgery got home and was spent.
Got ready for some activities yesterday evening then I had a diabetic event and ended up in the ER till midnight so been a krazy 24 hrs. and mom is fine just resting and that's what she needs.
Myself I'm not sure whats happening blood sugars are running high and I started having tingly feeling in the side of my face, hopefully not a stoke and turns out the CT scan showed I hadn't had a stoke and it had to do with my diabeties being so high for several days ain't sure whats happening but supposed to see the dr. in the next day or so, always something.................. ...........................

Hope ya'lls day turns out to be a great hump day and hopefully we'll see ya'll in the morning...................... ....................................................

Good morning folks, I'm off to the dr. to see why I'm tingling on the side of my face, hopefully not a thing but to much sleep or something, ya'll have a great day......................... ........................................

Mornin' all. I'm hoping this was the last morning in the teens. Bbbrrr. Supposed to be in the 50s this afternoon, and on a little warm streak... we'll see.

Mike, glad mom is ok. I hope they figure out what's going on with the tingling. Maybe it's a new way for you to predict weather??

Ken, I hope you're racing in San Antonio this weekend, and that the IHRA show is a good one. I really enjoy it at PRP.

Prayers going out to Transman/Steve, and his family. I know that is a really hard situation. Prayers going out to my buddy's dad... he's fighting mad, so I think he has a good attitude.

You all have a great day!

Good Evening Everyone;

Mike, good to hear about your Mom. Hope the tingling is not serious. Keep us posted.

Well, getting ready for tomorrow. Got all the shopping done, and mostly ready to go. Got to be there at 7:30, so it will be an early morning.

Got my competition license suspended today. Had to go shopping with Peg. I was told to push the buggy and behave myself. So, anyway, there I was, pushing the buggy and minding my own business. Got a bit bored, so started making race engine sounds. I kept it to an idle until we got to the deli section, and for what ever reason, just had to do a burn out. Peg got all out of shape, and suspended my license, and I won't be going shopping with her for a month. Hell, if I knowed that is all it takes, I would have been working on my jet engine sound effect a long time ago.

Anyway, hoping to have two full days of racing. Then, a good friend is coming down from Denver, and we are going to get the car rewired and a few other things. He will be here two weeks so we should have time to do the car and get to see some sights.

Later

Ken Gasbarri

Good morning folks, got some, well a lot of rain moving in today good brush burning day get rid of all the limbs and mess from winter, now do I think winter is over not till we can go barefoot the 1st of May then winters over................... .............................

Ken got to be careful grocery shopping, them blue haired ladies are mean and you better not get the last box of Fruit loops it can get ugly................ ...............you better go to comp. driving school or Peg will be driving.......................... .............Not that Peg would drive like this but it's the only car we have................... .................................

Well more test on the tiggling Monday and a new round of antibiotics for the foot got a spot that want dry up and is busted open, never ending something............... .......................

Well hope everyone has a great fri.and weekend me I'm going to see what color the back of my eye lids are believe they may be due a tune up, nap time....................... ...........................................

Mornin' all! TGIF!! Nice to come to work in a lighter jacket, and not the Carhartt, 50 out there this morning. A little rainy tomorrow, but warm enough to work on the hot rod. Planning on pulling the engine, doing the freeze plugs, and getting things done, hopefully have it back in Sunday. PRP opens a week from tomorrow, weather permitting, fingers crossed.

Ken, have a great time, and good luck this weekend. if you are in San Antonio for the Nitro Jam, and you see a young tall blond kid IHRA official named Nate, tell him I said hello. He's a good guy... came from IN to Wyotech near PRP, worked at PRP while he was in school, and got a job with IHRA. Nice work getting the license suspended. Kinda like being assigned laundry, and shrinking everything.

Mike, I hope the new round of antibiotics dries that spot up. Little scary, dealing with all that, and you sure are due a break there. I like your plan... might even copy it some.

Prayers for Steve and Barney, and everyone that needs them. It's that time... ice cream!

I'm sorry Mike, I posted the other day without catching up and didn't realize about Mom's dr apt, I'm sorry your family doesn't do more too. Hope you got good news about the tingling today. Sorry about the loss of your friend Chuck and I didn't think it had been 7 years since Guy left, I ended up on page 198 the other day, laughing and joking with Floyd and Guy about being a fish whisperer lol...

Sending thoughts and prayers all around, if you have a second I could use a small one, I took off on some ice down cement steps last week, landing on my sacrum, or as the kids keep telling "mom broke her butt" what I know is it is one of the most painful things I've ever felt, but it could've been a lot worse I guess....

We did get both engines fired as of today Chuck, planning on being at VMP next wknd for the Lucas div 1 race =)

hope you all have a great wknd, eat some ice cream!

Mornin Y'all!
Today is my lovely Diane's birthday. I miss her everyday.