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Good Fortunes Are More Than Just Superstitions

Meet Terra. He's been accompanying us to the race track this year (some may know the meaning of this by the Yamaha commercials between Edwards and Spies recently). He was a gift and has become quite the fan of our race team this year (who can blame him right?).

Right now we're heading into the core part of the season. The WERA Grattan National is this weekend, followed by the WERA/AMA Roadrace Grand National Championships at Mid-Ohio, followed by the AMA Pro weekend a day later. Then we have a short gap and we're off to Virginia International Raceway for the the WERA Cycle Jam. All of these are big events with big competition at all of them – some of the best in the country. It will certainly provide a good measuring stick of where we're at.

This is the time I'm really looking forward to. It's not just a couple guys that help me step up my game, but a deep field across the board that forces the issue and the times to drop. After our last visit to Grattan, we've figured out some things and we'll be ready to go and push the envelope. As for Mid-O, I'm really looking forward to it. I haven't been there yet this year, but we'll have a lot of time to get back up to speed and push towards new, fast lap times. With all this excitement packed into the next couple weeks, VIR is a fair bit off in the distance, but it's an event that we did quite well at considering our lack of experience last year and the technical nature of the track. It'll be even more work to take the next step and build on what we learned there previously.

Without getting to far ahead of ourselves, Grattan is where the focus is. With names like the Bostrom's, Jason Disalvo, Dane Westby, Clinton Seller, Taylor Knapp and Kurtis Roberts, this event will be stacked – not to mention the host of other fast names that will be in attendance. If this isn't enough to get amp'd up about, I don't know what is.

Two seconds is what we need this weekend. Three if things go real well. We know what doesn't work around Grattan, so the only option now is to go with what works and put the hammer down. It'll be fun. And Jeff is feeling much better so I'm looking forward to him being back in action.

Ultimately, I'd like to rely on Terra for some help over the next few days, but I'm confident the hard work we've put in lately will pay dividends. Around Grattan, it has to eventually. And now is as good a time as any ..

If you're in the area, stop by our pits, grab a Monster and hang out for a few.

Cheers,

eddie

Thursday, July 1st, 2010 | POSTED AT: 7:44 AM
FILED UNDER: General