LET'S GO...RACING!!!!!

Just sitting on the couch, watching the Seattle Supercross, and in suddenly occurred to me that this is the last weekend until July, that I will be able to do this. Next weekend, the roadracing season starts!!!!

Next Saturday, bright and early, I will, for the first time, take my place in the tower at Shannonville to announce a R.A.C.E. event. The track that my on-track life began, I cut my teeth later as a referee, and now, I have the priviledge of being "The Voice."

It was about 8 or 9 years ago, that I used to sit in the tower and listen to Frank Wood, the man that I think of as one of the best motorsports announcers anywhere, and feed him info on the riders that I knew. I was writing for Inside Motorcycles magazine (a gig that he had set me up with.)and every so often, when the action stopped on the track, he would turn the mic on me. I became comfortable speaking with Frank as long as he asked questions. When he suggested that I branch out to announce races on my own, I laughed and said "no thanks." A couple of weeks later, Frank had talked me into doing a VRRA event that he couldn't make and I was there.

A number of seasons with the VRRA series built my confidence enough to try for more work in other series' and Ken and Tracey at SOAR took a chance on me. Now, I have the best of all worlds. Three different tracks, three organizations and all the racing I need...Except for May two four at Varney Speedway for the stock car races...and running to Brighton Speedway every so often for the dirt stocks..and, well, you get the picture. I've got it bad.

This week, Shannonville. Next week, Cayuga. Then Shannonville, then Varney...Love it.

Anyway, get up off your collective behinds, check the schedules, and join me at the track of your choice. The first blog reader who comes up to me at the openning weekends at both RACE and SOAR can get on mic with me for a heat race. You can join in or sit back and hang out. Either way, I know you'll have a good time. If you have never been to a race...you'll be instantly hooked.