When I got back from the IndyCar race in Japan, I went back to Los Angeles for a couple of days where I got all my hair chopped off and dyed so I could double for Christoph Waltz in the remake movie of "The Green Hornet". It has Cameron Diaz, Seth Rogen and Jay Chou as the stars. I worked three days on that film, and we filmed from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. I went home and packed and headed to the airport to fly to Boston, where I am now, and have been working on another new film directed by Ben Affleck, which he is starring in it as well. This film is called "The Town" and is about bank robbers. Ben plays one of the bad guys and we are doing some fun driving stuff. I am the double for Ben in some of the scenes cause his stunt double has been sick. I did some cool shoot-out stuff yesterday with machine guns and get-away car chase. When I leave Boston I am heading back to LA where I am going to be working on "The Green Hornet" movie again until about November 23. The movie has tons of action and some great stunts and driving scenes. I am crashing people in cars, jumping across highways and doing all kinds of fun things.

My next race will be NASCAR racing in Fontana California next Saturday. That will be certainly fun to get back in the stock car. Then on October 24 I am going to shoot a new commercial for Nike with one of the Olympic athletes in Salt Lake on the ice track where we had the Olympics in 2002. This is going to be an exciting commercial for me to shoot and still have to spend some time on the creative content for this commercial.

It is still hard to believe I was just in Japan as it seems so long ago with the pace and schedule I have been keeping. I had such a great time seeing everyone there at the races and in Tokyo. Unfortunately, we had a problem in the race with the safety locking pin that holds the large wheel nut that keeps the wheel from coming off. The track is a very fun and challenging track to drive. Running some good lap times in the race gave me a more enjoyable experience and hopefully the fans enjoyed the event. After the race I got to spend some time at dinner with Dario Francetti and Scott Dixon, the winner of the race. They said my car and I were very fast in turn 3 and 4 and complimented me on how good I was driving. But, they felt the car had a lot of drag in turn 1 and 2 and down the straight. Turn 1 and 2 are turns where you do not lift the throttle. They felt that Motegi was the best that the number #98 car had run all year. Dario and actress Ashley Judd are now living in Boston and plan to go to dinner with me before I leave LA.

This Saturday's race in California will probably mark my last race of the year in a race car. I am looking forward to figuring out where and what I will be racing next year. For now, I will be making great movies and enjoying my family and looking forward to going to the Olympics in Vancouver to see the athletes that I have helped support through my charity.

It was so great to see all the Interush group in the Motegi stands with your hats, shirts and flags cheering me on! The whole experience was something so memorable and all of your support and enthusiasm just made it an amazing event for me!
Thank you!

I will add another blog and include some photos of the NASCAR race in California later this week.

Live Free and Fast!

Stanton

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