The End!

Finally the 2010 season has come to an end... As always, it's a bittersweet time of year.  We are relieved to actually have some time to do other things (things like hunting, house cleaning & having a baby!), and just to relax a little.  But I know soon enough we'll be bored out of our mind!  This year actually went by alot faster than previous years, mostly due to the fact of having Sunday's off...so having the season come to an end isn't as joyous as it used to be!

This past weekend was the final race (at Ogilvie Raceway), and so the guys thought they'd have a little fun with it, and so our pit guy (DJ) and Ryan's pit guy/brother (Chris) thought they'd give racing a shot! 

All suited up and ready for hotlaps!

 Mason woke up bucky, so Shane was trying to cheer him up...it didn't work!

Shane ended up 5th with the superstock, 3rd with the midwest mod, and 10th in the A-mod for the final race of the year.

He finished the year 2nd in national standings with the mwm, and 7th with the modified!

Well, this concludes racing updates on this blog, but continue to follow if you're interested in baby news or random things!  Hope you all have a great 'off-season'!

Fall Classic

We are finally in the homestretch (of both racing & pregnancy)!!  This past weekend is usually the close of the racing season (but not the case this year).  We raced at Viking Speedway in Alexandria, MN for their annual Fall Classic, where Shane won the feature with the midwest mod, and finished 5th with the A-mod.  The superstock had some mechanical issues and didn't qualify for the main event.

So as I was saying, racing is still not over..... We have one more weekend left at Ogilvie Raceway for the "topless nationals".  As seen in the pics below, it's the CARS that are topless!  Personally, I think it's a horrible look, but some think it's cool I guess. 

 One of Mason's choices for Halloween this year... A boxer!  Sorry bud, it might be a little cold trick or treating in that!!

As far as my pregnancy, not a whole lot to report....It's just a waiting a game now! I've been to the doc and she says I'm not progressing much (if at all). I was in this morning for my 38 week appt and she guessed baby is around 7 pounds. I was hoping to deliver a 7 pound baby, so a) I hope she's guessing way overweight, or b) I hope I go into labor soon! Speaking of babies....Some racing friends just had their first child this past Sunday. Emma Louise Eystad was born on 10-10-10 to Corey & Jen Eystad. Pretty sweet birthday to have (and no she wasn't induced)! Congrats you two on your beautiful daughter!

Willmar & Fargo

Friday we raced at KRA for their final race of 2010.  Shane finished 2nd in the MWM & won with the A-mod.  He sold one of his A-mods a couple weeks ago, and purchased a new one (well, new to us).....It'll take some getting used to, but it's been good so far.  After Willmar, we drove to Sauk Centre and slept at the truck stop, then went to Red River Valley Speedway in Fargo, ND for the first time.  Shane placed 2nd in the MWM 4th in the A-mod.

 This weekend was the first time we went with 'no help'.  All of our pitmen were busy with other things, so Shane had 2 options for help:  Me or Mason...  (thankfully the people parked next to us were gracious enough to help out when needed!) Mason did however help with checking tires.  I think he had them down to 4 lbs when he was done ;)

He was also in charge of getting Dad a new tire (Fargo was horrible on tires).  He was so proud to drive through the pits like he was one of the big boys!

 And he has a funny way of getting things off the wheeler... He pulls & pulls til it's ready to fall, then goes running so it doesn't land on him.

Sunday we did this most of the day....

...watched "The Terminator", "Speed" & "Happy Gilmore" with breaks in-between for a trip to DQ & look at hunting land.