Well, what a season we had! It is funny how when you start a season, you never know if you will be a contender for the championship or not. You just start out and give all you have and let the chips fall where they may. After a couple of races you find yourself leading points and looking pretty good for a shot at winning a championship. Going in to the final race with a 3 point lead over one of the best teams in the class, and it seems that was when the pressure and reality hits.

The season played out just like it should have, coming down to the next to the last round of the year to crown a champion, and it seemed like it was over before I ever knew what happened. Sitting in the car, Right behind Brett Harris and Jim Murphy, we were still maneuvering our car to get it lined up and the light turns green and in a matter of a few seconds the championship was ours! Winning it by only five points, you really look back and know how important every round win was.

Already looking to 2009, the guys are putting lists together and budgets for a new bag of tricks to start out with next year. We know that all of the front-running teams will be doing the same and it is no time to rest on our laurels. I will blog on any new cool stuff that we will be doing as soon as I can.

Sunday morning during the opening ceremonies at the NHRA Finals in Pomona, the Hot Rod Heritage Series champions will be introduced on stage so Lara and I will be flying out on Friday night and will meet up and spend some time with some of the guys from the team. We will post some picture from the ceremony for our fans to see.

Til next time, Troy & Lara

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