Happy 4th of July!

As tradition would have it (well, since 2006) we raced the Minnesota Modified Nationals at Viking Speedway in Alexandria this weekend.  This year Shane started 2nd in his heat and finished 2nd, which was not good enough to qualify because the format is done by passing points (and he didn't pass anyone :)  So, the next day he started front row of a consi and won it, so thankfully made the big show!  He started 14th, was up to 8th for a while, and fell back to 11th... which is where he finished the 60 lap race!  Congrats to Scot Danziesen on taking home the $7,000!  They also ran MWM's where he finished 3rd on Friday and 2nd on Saturday.

Prior to the Mod Nationals, we raced KRA in Willmar on Wednesday, where Shane won with the MWM and finished 2nd in the A-mod.

Waiting for the fireworks to start!

Sunday and Monday we had off from racing... so Sunday was spent unpacking, cleaning the hauler out, doing laundry, and getting ready to head back to work (BLAH)...  We also went to the fireworks in St. Cloud.  Monday we played in the kiddie pool while Shane worked on the cars, then took a pontoon ride with the neighbor!  I didn't bring my camera with, but Mason was swimming like a fish (with a life jacket, of course) in the 15ft waters of the Mississippi!  He had a blast!  I had to keep reminding him to relax, cause he thought his hands and feet had to kick a hundred times a minute to stay a float! 

And since Shane was the one to take him in the water, and show him how to swim underneath the pontoon, he had to do everything Shane did the rest of the day... Not sure if that's good or bad! Me and Mason came out to the garage and Mason said 'Dad, why do you have your shirt off?' 'Cuz I'm hot'. So of course Mason says 'yeah, i'm hot too' and takes his shirt off! And even at bedtime, had to wear just boxers (like dad) and wouldn't put on his pajamas, and had to eat the same bedtime snack (chocolate icecream bar...even if vanilla was what he originally wanted)!!

Trying to organize Mason's room, Mason found this cool halloween costume from Noah, that he thought he'd wear all evening while riding his bike and sweating his butt off in the process! And I don't know why he doesn't have shoes on in any pics....well, probably cause he rarely wears them!

This week is the ethanol challenge series for the midwest mod, so we will be racing Tues, Wed, Thur, Fri, and Sat this week!