[Michael Beard]

Well, today has been more eventful than I would've liked. Warmed the car up making a couple laps around the pits this morning. When they called for our final qualifying session, I went to set the tires and noticed a little puddle under the car. Went to put it up on the open trailer to get a look at what it was, and then the transmission fluid started gushing from it. Thought a fitting had come loose (and they did take some turnin'), but after getting the line out completely, it appears that a line had somehow gotten up against the header. Big thanks to Jeff and Zac Ross (the fine folks I bought the car from many years ago) who went from checking up on me to jumping in with both feet, and coming up with a line to loop the trans and take the bad cooler line out of the system for the time being. I guess it was kinda like having visitation rights for his old baby... and was 'rewarded' with the smelly diaper.

Whatever you do, don't ask Jeff what transmission fluid smells like.

Stock's in the lanes for first round now, with Super Stock to follow.