Cam Chowen at Woodburn

[Cam]

I can’t tell you how thankful we were for last weekend. at Woodburn. It was my wife Janie’s idea to go to the race and close out our season. After the year we had in 2011 she thought it would be be fun to go out and try to set the C/S record and just have some fun as a family.
In the staging lanes for round 1 Sunday I was thinking how my lights have been all over the map this year mostly bad so I threw caution to the wind and changed my launch sequence. Granted making a change to routine Sunday morning wouldn’t normally be a good idea but after setting the record it was going to be a good weekend no matter what.
Surprisingly, my lights started to improve right away. I slipped back into old habits twice during eliminations, but the car was running close to the dial in those two rounds and kept us in.
After the final Mick shook my hand at the scale and said I was .000 in the final. I hope I didn’t look as stunned as I felt.
Earlier I mentioned the year we had in 2011. In January that year Janie and I were on vacation in Barbados when I fell and hit my head on the concrete floor in the hotel. The doctors told her they weren’t sure if I was going to live as my brain was bleeding badly from the impact. Janie quickly got us moved to Miami where they continued to be less than optimistic about my chances to return to “normal” life.
Back home our daughter put the news of my condition on Facebook asking people started to pray for us. Over the next couple weeks the prognosis steadily improved from critical allowing us to head home after three weeks. We were never happier to see Prince George but but the change in climate from Miami to winter in the north almost did me in!
In closing, I must say thanks to the many people who have taken the time to help us by sharing their experience and encouragement. By far and away the best part about drag racing is the people who are involved. A heart felt thanks to you all.