My Gawd...It's Odd Again

   A play on words - it's odd again; it's on again.  Can you tell I'm running out of ways to use "odd" in every blog entry?  Well, since it's not affecting my paycheck I can pretty much write what I want whenever I want, too.  Since I don't know when I'll have another chance to do another entry, I thought I'd post our upcoming schedule.  Mind you, this too is subject to change:

January 10 - 12, Wildhorse Pass (former Firebird Int'l Raceway) Phoenix
March 6 - 9, March Meet Bakersfield
April 25 - 27, Napa Ignitors, Boise
June 6 -7, Summer Send Off, Salt Lake City
July 18 - 20, Canadian National Open, Mission BC
August 7 - 10, Nightfire Nationals, Boise
October 17 - 19, California Hot Rod Reunion

   This doesn't include any of the Saturday Night Nitro races that will likely be over a Fri/Sat in June, July and September.  The official schedule for these isn't out yet, but always works around the NHRA Heritage points races.

   I wish we had a couple of races outside of our Heritage schedule; there's a couple of awesome shows where the opportunity to win some good money could be had.  One in particular is the Norwalk Night of Fire.  It typically is over the same weekend as the Boise Nightfires, but is only 2 days.

   The Nightfires are a tough weekend.  It's usually pretty warm and we run Friday, Saturday and all day/night Sunday.  The crowds are insane for this meet too.  The place is absolutely packed each day and the fans are enthusiastic and appreciative.  Looks like I'm getting sidetracked again.....

   So, as far as I know - this is our schedule.  I mentioned the Norwalk show, but didn't mention the IHRA races that were announced for 2014.  They are offering big money and are showcasing nitro funny cars in an invitation-only format where 10 cars are selected for the series.  They are running most of the meets east of Colorado and Texas, so the additional costs for transportation would be probably be prohibitive.

  I get a little crazy behind all of this because all I want to do is race.  I think about racing all the time and have tried not liking it many times.  Like an alcoholic to his bottle though....I'm driven back to it time and time again.  Sometimes against my will - always against fiscal responsibility.  There's nothing I can do about it except hopefully plan ahead for it.  I estimated my costs for the 2014 season to be about $6,500 for the 10 races we have. It's bedtime for me now...................goodnight