More from Topeka...

Hello from our Dote Racing shop in Monroe, OH.  I drove over this morning from Avon, Indiana where I live.  I got here just in time to out to lunch with the guys.  We went to Firehouse Subs in West Chester.  I love how they have so many different kinds of soda to choose from.  

The guys, Doug Kuch, Tad Hafleck, Brandon Hazelton, and Justin Sturgill have been working hard since the minute they got back from Topeka.  They rarely get days off, but thankfully they will 3 days for Memorial Day this weekend.

I didn’t have a chance to finish my last update.  I wanted to share with you some of the stuff that I did in the week leading up to Topeka.  

Doug and Justin drive our FX Caprarra Dodge Durango to every race and they picked me up in Indiana on their way to Topeka Tuesday morning.  Tad and Brandon drive our two semi- trucks.  We drove all day and got checked into our hotel before sundown.  

That worked out well because I had to be up early the next morning for a radio show appearance on Legends Country 106.9 with Lani Novak.  It was really fun.  I like radio and Lani was super easy to talk to.  We gave away some tickets for the race to a lucky listener who answered our trivia question correctly.  Lani asked what year I won top fuel in Topeka.  The first caller said 2008 which was the right answer.

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Racing in the Heartland

Hey there Dote Racing fans!  Thank you for visiting our site.  I will be checking in and updating here after every race.  Plus I’m going to start updating at other times too, if I have something interesting to say.  

Our next race will be in Bristol, TN which is June 15-17.  It’s a few weeks away, and I can’t wait.

We just got back from racing at Heartland Park in Topeka, KS.  We couldn’t have asked for better weather for a late-spring event in the middle of America.  It was sunny but not too hot or humid.  In fact, for eliminations on Sunday morning, the air was so good, our first round opponent and a lot of other cars, ran in the 4.70’s.  We just didn’t have enough.  We lost to Steve Torrence who qualified #2 and won the last race in Atlanta.  We knew we had a tough opponent.  Hopefully we will beat him next time.

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