I just reserved my room at the Riv, using a mailer I received last week for free rooms. I'll be arriving Tuesday in plenty of time to make TheChipBoard get-together at the Palms, and will be flying home relatively early Thursday (12:30 pm). That'll give me maybe two hours on the bourse floor, but what is more important to me is I'll be there for two days to spend some time with my good friends in this club. In case anyone might be wondering why I'm only going Tuesday thru Thursday, I'm working in Denver the weekend prior to the convention and need to leave Monday open should weather extend that event. I'm also working the weekend of the convention in Lufkin Texas, and have to fly to Houston on Friday the 20th.

Here's the schedule for my "part-time" job for this year. It's gonna keep me pretty busy, and I usually add a race or three because of postponed events due to weather or to cover for another reporter with personal problems.

March 15-16 SREPA 4-1; 4-2 San Antonio Raceway - Marion, TX
March 29-30 SREPA 9-3; Mooresville Dragway, Mooresville, NC
April 4-6 Amalie Oil IHRA Texas Nationals - San Antonio Raceway, Marion, TX
April 11-13 LODRS 4-3 Texas Motorplex - Ennis, TX
April 19-20 SREPA 4-3; 4-4 Tulsa Raceway - Tulsa, OK
April 25-27 LODRS 5-1 SRCA Dragstrip - Great Bend, KS
May 16-18 LODRS 4-4 Houston Raceway Park - Baytown, TX
May 23-25 LODRS 5-2 Brainerd International Raceway - Brainerd, MN
May 30 – June 1 20th annual O’Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals - Topeka, KS
June 7-8 SREPA 9-4; Piedmont Dragway, Piedmont, NC
June 13-15 LODRS 5-3 Bandimere Speedway - Morrison, CO
June 21-22 SREPA 4-7; 4-8 Pine Valley Raceway Park – Lufkin, TX
July 11-13 29th annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals - Morrison, CO
July 18-20 Mopar IHRA Canadian Nationals - Grand Bend, Ontario, Canada
August 1-3 Torco IHRA Northern Nationals – Martin, MI
August 7-10 27th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals - Brainerd, MN
August 16-17 SREPA 1-7; 1-8 Quaker City Raceway - Salem, OH
August 22-23 LODRS 5-5 Heartland Park Topeka - Topeka, KS
August 30-31 SREPA 4-9; Dallas Raceway - Dallas, TX
September 5-7 Amalie Oil IHRA North American Nationals – Epping, NH
September 12-14 Division 5 Summit ET Finals – Bandimere Raceway – Morrison, CO
September 19-21 Nitro Jam IHRA Canadian Nationals - Cayuga, Ontario, Canada
October 3-5 LODRS 2-5 Atlanta Dragway - Commerce, GA
October 10-12 Division 4 Summit ET Finals – Texas Motorplex – Ennis, TX
October 17-19 LODRS 4-6 Thunder Valley Raceway Park - Noble, OK
October 30-Nov. 2 Eighth annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals - Las Vegas, NV