As of Sunday morning, I have vacated the Trone Motorsports #39 sprint car.  At this time I do not have any plans for the future or any rides lined up.  I plan to take a week or two and explore my options and clear my head.  As soon as I have any news, it will be posted on my website.  I appreciate everything John, Kevin and whole 39 team have done, and most importantly we have parted friends.  Talk to you soon.

Doug

It’s been a while since I wrote an update for the site, however, with our results it’s been hard to come up with a positive and interesting update. Many drivers have a PR person to write updates but I always felt it was better coming from me directly; therefore, sometimes I get behind. I apologize for getting behind and not keeping our fans up to date. …continue the action!

It’s good to be racing back in PA again!  After missing the end of the 2009 season, and a long winter, it felt good to get back to a familiar track.

The PAPosse season started at Williams Grove on Friday the 20th.  I was anxious to get back and get a feel for my car at a track I had experience with.  After warm ups, I felt real comfortable with our car and how it was operating.  By passing a couple of cars in the heat race we were able to get a front row starting spot for the feature. …continue the action!

Continuing with the Florida update.  We had several rain outs and only got to race East Bay once.  In summary the best part about Florida is that you get to test and tune for 3 weeks that would take 3 months back home.  As a result, we did have some challenges to overcome.  First we learned that I was running time trials with the car to tight.  Being out of the car for a while and being somewhat conservative, I was asking Kevin to make the car to tight to time trial well.  This would kill the motor and the speed in the car, which equaled slow time trial laps. …continue the action!

Last week we were able to practice at Ocala on Thursday.  It was a good opportunity to get back in the race car without the pressure of racing against other cars.  Honestly, I was a bit nervous considering my crash and the time out of the car.  The good news is that Kevin and the team had the car very easy and comfortable to drive.  At the race on Friday, we timed poorly, made some changes and really got going good in the heat race. …continue the action!

The cars are ready and loaded, complete with fresh motors and all the spare parts to make it through 2 weeks of tough racing.  We have also gotten our hands on a few Goodyear Racing Tires ready to do battle in Florida.  We’ll be starting out in Ocala, with practice on the 28th and racing at both East Bay and Volusia before we return to PA. …continue the action!