A few roses amongst the stinkweed.

Even though our race weekend was over way too early, it was not a total loss. Darrell invited the mayor of Brainerd, James Wallin, to join us at the track, and he gave a quick welcome during the driver's meeting and was given the privilege of waving the green flag.

John Hogdahl did get a chance to drive the new road course at Brainerd. He was invited to be the Pace Car driver on Saturday. The pace car was pretty much a basic rental Ford Fusion, but John gave it a workout.