Montgomery Race

This past weekend we went to Montomery AL for the ORSCA Race. All three boys were to race, Larry, Adam, and Dustin. Unfortunately Friday night Dustin's race truck broke down and he was put out for the weekend. He was stilled excited to be there and help. Dad had his first real race of the season and did an awesome job! He cut good lights and even ran a perfect 5.00 (0). That's right, the zero's just kept going.. haha. He had a lot of fun and even managed to pull off a 6.00 in Adam's car when testing and tuning. He made it to the third round and got put out by the Champ (literally!) and would have beat him, but reacted just a tad too fast and red lit. We had such a blast and HB even got to participate with her head phones! She even had her own special outfits...

Commerce race

We went to commerce this past weekend for the ORSCA race. Dustin entered in the 7.0 class for the first time and did a great job. The object of a class is to get as close to the time as possible without 'breaking out' (going under). The first time out dustin ran a 6.96 which was a bit too fast. So they worked on the car a bit and then he ran a 7.01! with a .003 reaction which is almost perfect. He was super excited and so were we. He had to do what is called foot braking (no trans break which helps out a lot bc you hold down a button with a trans break and dont have to have both feet on the brake, so you can have the gas foot ready) so he had to have both feet on the brake and then had to switch to gas in a blink of an eye. So to get a .003 reaction time (best is .000) is amazing!! (and maybe lucky) There were 45 people in his class and qualified #19 going into the race! On his first race he came so close to cutting a perfect time that you could not have even blinked your eyes. He ran a 6.994, .006 away from his index time. Unfort, when you 'break out' it doesnt matter how close, you are disqualified. So we didn't get to go on to any other rounds, but had a blast at the race track. It was a great way to go and have some family fun time and blow off some steam.. literally with the burn outs! haha.
We will be back at Commerce in October for another race and thinking about him entering again :)

Commerce Race coming up..

I wanted to put a quick note on the blog and let you know that we have the race in Commerce this weekend and would love for anyone to come out that can. Dustin is going to be racing this time for his first time in an actual race. He has gone down the dragstrip a few times, but never in a certified race! He will be entering the 7.0 class, which means that we now have someone in all three classes.. Mike in 5.0, Adam in 6.0, and now Dustin in 7.0. For those of you that don't know the lingo.. this is the time that they run in the 1/8 of a mile. Very fun! Everything will get started sometime late morning on Saturday and go all day with qualifying and then the race is on Sunday, probably starting around 10:30 or so.
So if you need something exciting to do for the weekend, come on out to the Commerce Dragstrip (we will be camping, so we will have AC and clean bathrooms!! haha)

Drag Racin

We were finally able to get to the race track again and watch Adam race. We had a great weekend getting away and seeing all the cars. Hailey got to be at the track for the first time. She loves loud noises and sleeps better to them, so she did great!! She let me sleep til 6 both nights! Commerce is coming up and we are excited and hope to see everyone there..

Racing and becoming a TV Star!

We went to Adam's race at the end of April to Orangeburg, SC. It was the first race of the season (with the first one being rained out) and it was extremely hot!! Saturdays qualification temperatures we around 93!! We pulled our camper and parked with the racing crew at mom and dad's rig. We hadn't done this in a while, so it was fun to get away to the dragstrip. The week before, the doctor had told me to take it easy, so I did a lot of lounging around in the chairs outside :] Dustin had fun getting to be the main cook and cooking a great meal for us and some other racers on Friday night. Everyone enjoyed his "beer chickens" and kept going back for more. One of these days he is going to have to open up a on-the-road BBQ business!
Adam did good on Sat. with his qualifications, but then somehow picked up speed on that hot Sunday and "broke out" and the other guy won the race. So unfort, going fast didn't get him a spot in the finals. We are looking forward to the next race in Commerce the weekend of May 15-17.

While there, we heard that the TV show "Pass Time" was going to be in Commerce the following week and you could bring your car (any car) and try to get on the show. Everyone decided that it would be really cool and you get to test and tune your car, so they headed up there with four cars. Adam took his race car, our friend Mike with his race care, Dad took the S-10 that he loves, and Dustin took dad's blown Chevy II. We were shocked when we got the call from them that ALL four cars had been picked to be on the show!! We got right in the car and drove up to watch the filming of it. Dustin had to call his friend Brandon and let him know that he HAD to take this once in a life time chance, and be a little late to the wedding rehearsal! Well he was a great friend and said sure. So Dustin got to be on tv and we are waiting to hear when it will air. We will def. inform everyone when we know!!

Orangeburg race and Pass Time TV Show

Some new goodies for your eyes!

FINALLY, I have added some new pics to the website. My sincere apologies for those of you who kept checking to see nothing but our same old site :( There are a few new pics of us, our dogs, and the things that we have been up to. You will notice that our new "Big Pic" is of us and Hairy Dawg. We were so excited to get a picture with him to hang in the "Georgia" Room!! We are hopeful that the Dawgs can pull it back together for the rest of the season, it was a real downer to be at the game last Saturday :(

We have been able to go with Adam and the Garner racing team more lately. He has been doing a great job, and keeping us entertained.

Please check back soon to see even more of what is going on in the world of the Floyd's!! Hopefully I will be able to keep up with our lifestyle as well. Hope you enjoy!!!! :)

Dustin is racing too!

Dustin has now decided to race on Friday night before the big race for my brother. It is called fast friday at Commerce race track. He has raced one other time before in SC, so this will be an exciting experience. Check him out in the pic, this was the last time he raced the truck!

DON'T MISS IT!!

Just wanted to remind everyone that Adam's race in Commerce is this weekend!! May 17 & 18. The events will begin on Saturday morning and go into Sunday (so whatever day you can make it) The parentals are having a cater come for lunch and cook BBQ (and chicken for those of you like me!) So try and make an appearance. Adam is really excited and is doing very well this year. It is def. not a weekend to miss!!