Blog 5

The video rental store in my area has closed down so my girlfriend and I rent or buy our movies now using iTunes and then watch it on our TV. It's really easy and I highly recommend it. We rented "Enchanted" last evening, starring fellow Grand-Am driver "McDreamy". The first 10 minutes of the movie is a cartoon so I found myself telling her she downloaded the wrong movie. Then suddenly these cartoon characters turned into real people and I looked like a real jerk! What a setup! There were some really Laugh out Loud funny parts and we both enjoyed it.

I've made a fundamental shift to focus a little more on my cardio-training as we approach Mexico City. The altitude there is significant and I tend to be a little sensitive to altitude changes. However, I'm really looking forward to Mexico City to redeem ourselves of our result at Homestead. My co-driver Ted Ballou tangled with another car in the opening stint and it cost us a significant reduction in horsepower through a crimped left exhaust pipe and we had a slight geometry change in the left rear of the car as well. The incident cost us a stop-and-go penalty which put us a lap down and then a later miscommunication rendered us another stop and go because of a pit stop that was out of sequence. Still, Ted and I are excited about the possibilities in the 2008 Championship. He has never been to the track before but his rate of development coming from the KONI Series has been rapid and I know by race time he will be ready.

I haven't been feeling so well the last month or so and after a visit to the Doctor I've learned that Ragweed in Florida has been at an all-time high this year. With all the time I've spent in Florida the last couple months it makes sense why my allergies would be so out of control. I have felt like I have a cold. Now that I'm on top of it more I'm starting to feel better but my publicist never cuts me a break and keeps cracking the whip so I have to keep writing these journals for this supposed Blog Captain, Michael Harker? Have you guys heard about this? Too bad the writer's strike just ended. ; )

Talk at you next Friday!