6/16/07 - COMMENT FROM RIDER - RON

Ron - rider, Jim's group. “The big white van has tire troubles – one tire is throwing the tread and one other has some trouble so we are getting 4 new tires put on. We thank God we are safe, just saw the tread coming off before there was any damage to van or people. It throws our schedule off a bit and we had to plunk down a bunch of money but all is good. We are in Jefferson City, MO. Pete’s group has already taken over so we have lost 0 race time!!!! We now have until 2 am to solve this problem, get some rest, get some dinner, get a shower, drive ahead 250 miles and be ready to race again. The whole day went great! A phenomenal day, worked hard and are really tired. We are really thankful that right on the race course was a big tire store that had the tires we needed and they say we should be in and out in 30 minutes and on our way.”