I was in Milwaukee this past weekend for the IndyCar race. Milwaukee is a very fun track to race and was looking forward to racing at this track but unfortunately I did not get to race.

I got on the race track Friday in the first practice session. The car was very loose and we had to make a few pit stops to make some adjustments. We made some good changes and went back on the track. The car felt really good and was taking some good time off our lap times. We were running 10th and just behind some solid cars. I had only made 19 laps and the car was feeling really solid and into the race track. This is something that is hard to get is your car feeling like it has side bite and into the race track. We were working on shaving time each lap taking off 3-5 tenths per second each lap. Then in turn 2 all of a sudden the car just broke loose and lost control. This was completely unexpected and caught me off guard. I hit the wall hard backwards then came around and slapped the wall sideways on the right side.

Unfortunately it was such a heavy impact we were not able to repair the car at the race track and was not able to race this weekend. I have been very sore from the impact and taking some time to recover. Not certain what the next weekend is going to bring with regards to running the IndyCar. I have to make sure my back is not as sore as it is now to be able to race those cars. It is really unfortunate because it might keep me from running in a few races.

I am still looking forward to the weekend to race either in the Nationwide race in Nashville or the IndyCar race in Texas. I just have to wait a few more days and see how my physical health is before I can make the right decision on what I am going to do...

Stanton

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