Saturday night was part 2 of my really cool NASCAR weekend at Daytona International Speedway. I spent the day hanging out with a friend from the office, Greg Wood. We did about the same stuff that I did Friday night walked around the garage, met some of the drivers, took a bunch of pictures, tried not to look like nerdy tourists. Thanks to Ford Racing Chief Technical Manager, Doug Hervey, Greg and I got to attend the drivers meeting. THAT WAS WAY COOL! We also watched the first 60 laps from Boris Said's pit before we made our way over to the air conditioned Ford Suite in the frontstretch tower.
Before the race, we also spent about 30 minutes at the legendary Wood Brothers Racing hauler. We talked to Eddie Wood and Len Wood. I asked Len a technical question, and the guy just wouldn't stop talking and sharing stuff. If you have ever noticed on TV that the COT Cars track a little sideways, well, there is some art to the design of the axles and wheel hubs. Len showed us how they do it. We congratulated Jon Wood, driver of the #21 Ford Air Force Fusion for making into the field Saturday night, and Len pointed out a problem. Apparently they put some really thin qualifing oil in the car to be as little faster. This particular race is an "impound" race, so they are not allowed to work on the cars after qualifying. So, Jon had to come in on lap 2 and drain/refill the oil or the motor would probably blow around lap 10.
Next NASCAR adventure for me will be Homestead Miami Speedway in November for the Ford 400. Hopefully, there will be a Ford in victory lane as well as a Ford driver celebrating the Championship. I think Carl Edwards has a solid chance this year if Kyle Busch would just start having some bad luck!
Before the race, we also spent about 30 minutes at the legendary Wood Brothers Racing hauler. We talked to Eddie Wood and Len Wood. I asked Len a technical question, and the guy just wouldn't stop talking and sharing stuff. If you have ever noticed on TV that the COT Cars track a little sideways, well, there is some art to the design of the axles and wheel hubs. Len showed us how they do it. We congratulated Jon Wood, driver of the #21 Ford Air Force Fusion for making into the field Saturday night, and Len pointed out a problem. Apparently they put some really thin qualifing oil in the car to be as little faster. This particular race is an "impound" race, so they are not allowed to work on the cars after qualifying. So, Jon had to come in on lap 2 and drain/refill the oil or the motor would probably blow around lap 10.
Next NASCAR adventure for me will be Homestead Miami Speedway in November for the Ford 400. Hopefully, there will be a Ford in victory lane as well as a Ford driver celebrating the Championship. I think Carl Edwards has a solid chance this year if Kyle Busch would just start having some bad luck!
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Rob: Heather passed your blog address on to me so I could see what is going on in your life. You have a wonderful family, such beautiful children! I wish we had known how you loved racing when you were growing up, we always had 12 tickets to the Daytona races every year. We gave them up a few years back because we didn't make it there very often and no one else seemed to want to use them. Sounds like you have a wonderful life going - sur hope you remember now to keep your legs and feet covered while in the sun! (remember that wonderful spring break?) Have a great day and count me in as one of your "blog stalkers." Harriet Gatti
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