~Las Vegas Journal~

Hey Fans! Well, we just got back from Las Vegas. It was a long flight and I'm happy to be back home and getting ready for this weekend's race down in Atlanta. When you have a race out west it makes your week a little shorter because of the travel time, so things are really busy (as usual) here at the shop to make sure everything is ready for the next race. We had an all right run in Las Vegas. We had a new car out there and ran some really awesome laps in practice before first-round qualifying. So I felt pretty good before we made our qualifying run and thought we had a good chance of starting in the Top 25. I guess I messed up just a little in qualifying, so I was disappointed about ending up in the 31st spot. We stood on our time though for second-round qualifying because it looked like no one could run any faster, which proved to be the case, and ended up starting the race in the 31st position. We were much better in the race and I think even a couple times we one of the five fastest cars on the track. The car was a little tight off in the beginning of the race but it was helping me at that point. On our first stop of the race, we made an air pressure adjustment and it really helped the car. On our second stop, we made the same adjustment and it might have been a little too much that time. But these are the things we are learning right now. It's like Chris [Hussey] said after the race on Saturday, "You got to crawl before you walk and walk before you run." That's definitely what this team is working towards right now. We are taking what we learn at one race and applying it the next time we race. Right now it seems to be working for us because we moved up ten positions in every finish so far this season. In Daytona we were 37th, Rockingham 27th, and now in Las Vegas we were 17th. Hey, if that formula continues to work that means we will end up with a top 10 in Atlanta and I'd be very happy with that. Speaking of Atlanta, I'm really looking forward to going there. We had a good run there last year and great testing session there last year also. It's definitely one of the fastest tracks we run on and for me being a racecar driver that is what it is all about-going fast. We started 20th there last year and ended up finishing 34th because I wrecked while trying to make a pass on the car in front of me. We did run in the top 10 during part of the race so I feel confident that we can go down and repeat that performance but this time I plan on staying in the top 10. Hey, if you haven't heard yet there was a really cool announcement from my sponsor, Sprint, this past week in Las Vegas about my first attempt to run a Winston Cup race at Texas. Sprint will be sponsoring Pole Days at Texas and providing free tickets for some fans to attend both of the qualifying sessions for the Busch Series race and the Winston Cup race. Hopefully this means the stands will be packed with fans when I go out and make my first qualifying run for a Winston Cup race. This is a really big weekend for my family and me and we really appreciate the fact that Sprint is behind us one hundred percent and everything they are doing to make the weekend even more special. Well, as always thanks for your support and encouragement, it really means everything to the team and me. I hope everyone has a good week and "keep your eyes peeled" on the race this weekend in Atlanta. (I think that is how the saying goes that y'all use, right?). I'll talk to everyone next week before we visit the "Lady in Black". God Bless, Adam