I don’t know what it is about Chase Field but I have always enjoyed going there and even when I was racing I always had a great time racing there. That place always produces good races and a lot of excitement and it lived up to its past this weekend. I got in on Friday afternoon in time for our Speed TV production meeting. With the racing as good as it’s been it’s our job to help put on a great show for all the fans watching at home and I really enjoy being a part of the show. After I had a great dinner with Fro and Travis (one of the guys from my video game company 2XL Games).

I really didn’t know what to expect coming in to this weekend other than just speculating off of what I had seen during round one, I just basically wanted to see what kind of reaction the guys would have for the winners of Anaheim. It’s hard for me to predict the weekend’s outcomes early in the season because I don’t feel that everyone is in their groove and are still trying to find their zone and are just too inconsistent for me to make a solid pick. read more »

Finally here. Opening round of the 2012 Monster Energy Supercross Championship at Anaheim.

After all the anticipation and talk about another great season ahead of us the time was here. I got out there the Wednesday before hand to visit the people at Oakley and Fox which is always worthwhile and great to see everyone. I also to attend the pre race press conference on Thursday before Saturday night’s event.

It was a great start to the weekend, weather was awesome and it was really cool to see all the faces of the sport and the great fans as well, it seems to me that every year the paddock gets more packed with big rigs, sponsors and of course fans which always refreshing to me to see the growth.

With all that said I want to get in to the good part and the part I been waiting for the most and that is race time. As practice got going it seemed that it took some time for the track to come to life, I don’t think it was best track that Anaheim has seen in years past but was still good to see the riders out there ready to race. I watched a few practices from down on the track while I was walking around and really got to see up close how guys looked and how their bikes were working so I think that really helped me on making my predictions for the race and who I thought would be race winning contenders. read more »

Despite the long flight and five movies later I touched down in Honolulu for Fox Racing’s annual mini-moto surf contest. It’s a really fun event that Fox puts together for all their dealers and reps on the Hawaiian Islands. The headquarters where we all stay is the Turtle Bay Resort on the North shore of the island. It’s definitely a tourist destination for sure but it always is a blast when the whole crew is staying there. Fox also brought some of their other athletes as well such as Jeff Emig, Rusty Malinoski and Parks Bonifay.
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It seemed far too quick but the time had come for the last race of the year, Homestead Motor Speedway. Even though the track is in the same state I reside it seems so much different and feels like I’m actually in a different state because of the climate and terrain or lack thereof.

With a Friday night race we rolled in a day and a half early Wednesday evening and headed straight to the Marriot resort in Ft. Lauderdale for the Anheuser Busch/Monster Energy Distributor meeting. These events are always fun and it was at a cool venue right on the water and I had a great time catching up with everyone there. Next day was busy, starting the day off with a meeting with Florida Governor Rick Scott. It was cool to talk with him and after our chat I walked him around the NASCAR exhibit that was set up on South Beach for all the fans. Shortly after that, myself and a few other NASCAR drivers did a Q and A for the fans up on the stage they had set up and did an autograph session for all the fans there. read more »

As the series winds down for both truck and nationwide series, this would be my last appearance in the nationwide car this year. I was able to race this race last year in the nationwide series as well but this year would be a different story, new car and new pavement and track configuration.

The weekend started out pretty good, we were given and extra practice day basically so all of the teams could figure out the new surface which really helped me out because I haven’t been able to spend much time in the car. It was really nice to have that extra day and not have to be so rushed like normal. Thursdays test/practice day went really well in my eyes; we got used to the track pretty quick and weren’t too far all things considered. I had my same team with me that I have in the truck series so that was a plus no doubt. read more »